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• Hendrik Jan (Henk) ENSING, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 2008)
• van Miltenburg, Linschoten († 1936)
• Jacob van Iperen, Rijnsaterwoude († 1999)
• Dicky van der Zwart († 2017)
• Gerrit Ooijen, van, Den Haag
• Henk Vermaat, Stolwijk († 1996)
• Elisabeth Stoeten, Ambt Hardenberg († 2016)
• Adriana Bijl, Rotterdam († 2019)
• Doeve († 1982)
• Bernard Joseph Cornil Luyssaert, Millam, Nord, Hauts-de-France, Frankrijk († 2020)

• Christoffel Anthonie GEIJS (63), Rotterdam
• Arend Carpentier de (54), zaandam
• CORNELIA HENDRIKA VAN DE WERKEN (83), 'S-GRAVENHAGE
• Antien Langejans (72), Heemse, Overijssel, Nederland
• Carl Friedrich Lüdicke (80), Plötzin (Pruisen)
• Arnoldina Maria Geerts, Empel en Meerwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana de Zwart (82), Dussen
• Catherine Joséphine MOUREAU (70), Hoensbroek,, Pays-Bas
• Colin Sellick PRATT (19), Weston Super Mare, Avon, Somerset
• Boelo Houwen (37), Wedde, Groningen, Nederland

• 1934 » Manfred Durniok, German film producer, director and screenwriter († 2003)
• 1935 » Faisal II of Iraq, the last King of Iraq (d.1958)
• 1935 » Luis Suárez Miramontes, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1936 » Engelbert Humperdinck, English singer and pianist
• 1936 » Michael Rabin, American violinist († 1972)
• 1936 » Norma Aleandro, Argentinian actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1937 » Gisela Elsner, German writer († 1992)
• 1937 » Klaus Enders, German motorcycle sidecar racer († 2019)
• 1937 » Lorenzo Music, American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2001)
• 1938 » Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho († 1996)

• 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)
• 1945 » Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (b. 1920)
• 1953 » Wallace Bryant, American archer (b. 1863)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Petrus
8. Pieter
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Antonius
12. Jacob
13. Wilhelmus
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Arie

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Anna
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Helena
14. Margaretha
15. Grietje
16. Mary

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
• June 30 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.
• August 4 » Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
• November 8 » Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
• December 5 » The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.
• December 13 » An annular solar eclipse occurred and was visible from Australia, New Zealand on December 14th (Monday), and Oeno Island in Pitcairn Islands on December 13th (Sunday).
• December 23 » Spanish Civil War: The Spanish Republic legalizes the Regional Defence Council of Aragon.

The temperature on May 2, 1936 was between 5.9 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.