About the day » Sunday May 24, 1936Calender converter

• "Patrick" Marie Joseph Pierre Fernand Constantin Nothomb, Schaerbeek, Bruxelles, Belgique († 2020)
• Engelina Maria Wachthera Roovers, Gilze en Rijen († 1937)
• Hendrik van Nijhuis, Ermelo Gld († 1992)
• Egberdina Jantina de Jonge († 1992)
• Hendrik Gerrit Schoneveld, Raalte, Broekland († 1985)
• Doreen Moore greenhough johnson, St Helens,England († 1998)
• Dirk Voskamp, 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Engelina Maria Wacthera Roovers, Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1937)
• Cornelis Hendrikus Smulders, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1975)
• Arie Waanders, Heerde († 2015)

• Aart Dirk Buys (56), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Burger (67)
• Adriana Tonia Kiezebrink (76), Zalk en Veecaten, Nederland
• Aart Dirk Buys (56), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana Antonia Kiezebrink (76), Zalk, Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Adrianus van Heeren (69), Dordrecht (Zuid-Holland)
• Anna Catharina van Bodegraven (62), Schiebroek
• Adriana Tonia Kiesebrink (76), Zalk en Veecaten
• Ariena Jacoba Prins (72), Beverwijk
• Anna Cathatina van Bodegraven (62), Schiebroek

• 1932 » Arnold Wesker, English playwright and producer († 2016)
• 1933 » Aharon Lichtenstein, French-Israeli rabbi and author († 2015)
• 1933 » Jane Byrne, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Chicago († 2014)
• 1933 » Réal Giguère, Canadian television host and actor
• 1935 » Joan Micklin Silver, American director and screenwriter
• 1936 » Harold Budd, American composer and poet
• 1937 » Archie Shepp, American saxophonist and composer
• 1937 » Maryvonne Dupureur, French runner and educator († 2008)
• 1938 » Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer († 2016)
• 1938 » Tommy Chong, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1915 » John Condon, Irish-English soldier (b. 1896)
• 1919 » Amado Nervo, Mexican poet, journalist, and educator (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Lancelot Holland, English admiral (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1948 » Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect, designed Lenin's Mausoleum and Moscow Kazanskaya railway station (b. 1873)
• 1950 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English field marshal and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (b. 1883)
• 1951 » Thomas N. Heffron, American actor, director, screenwriter (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Martha Annie Whiteley, English chemist and mathematician (b. 1866)

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.
• May 28 » Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
• August 1 » The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
• October 1 » Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
• October 26 » The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
• November 25 » In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.
• December 7 » Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.

The temperature on May 24, 1936 was between 7.9 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.