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• Cornelia Bevaart, Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Helena Hillegonda Maria Odijk, Vlijmen († 1995)
• Ellen van Winkel, Alphen aan de Rijn († 1995)
• Anna Rivette, New Orleans, LA († 2016)
• Doodgeboren kind Hoesen, Tilburg († 1936)
• Dorothy Marie Baer, Chambersburg, Franklin Co. Pennsylvania († 1939)
• Hans Alexander Timmerman, Utrecht († 1992)
• Gerda Jentina Luisman, Ambt Hardenberg († 2009)
• Gerard Adrie Schnitger, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Eligius Egidius Brouwers, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)

• *Arie Willems van de Leur (77), Baarn
• Arie Leendert van Dis (75), Fijnaart en Heijningen (N.B.)
• Beerd van Loo (86)
• Aaltje Lamberdina Hendrika Alink (31)
• Aaltje Mietes (2), Steenwijk
• Alfred Fred John James (62), Bassendean, Western Australia, Australia
• Augustinus Waltherus van de Put (72), Tilburg
• Adriana Fijneman (72), Waalwijk, Nederland
• Aaltje van Nieuwpoort (78), Woerden-Utrecht-Nederland
• Antoine Trudel (87), Buckigham (Québec, Canada)

• 1932 » Derek Ibbotson, English runner († 2017)
• 1932 » John Murtha, American colonel and politician († 2010)
• 1933 » Christian Ferras, French violinist († 1982)
• 1933 » Harry Browne, American soldier and politician († 2006)
• 1933 » Maurice Stokes, American basketball player († 1970)
• 1936 » Ken Loach, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1936 » Vern Harper, Canadian tribal leader and activist († 2018)
• 1937 » Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian fashion designer, television presenter and politician († 2009)
• 1937 » Peter Fitzgerald, Irish footballer and manager († 2013)
• 1937 » Ted Nelson, American sociologist and philosopher

• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)
• 1952 » Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (b. 1914)
• 1954 » Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (b. 1920)
• 1956 » Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman (b. 1878)

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.
• June 26 » Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
• July 11 » The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
• November 12 » In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
• November 23 » Life magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.
• 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.

The temperature on June 17, 1936 was between 8.9 °C and 26.7 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 14.4 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.