About the day » Friday July 17, 1936Calender converter

• Gooitzen Bonnes van Dam, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1996)
• Cornelis Willem Maria Koelemij, 's-Gravenhage, Nederland († 1997)
• DOODGEBOREN KIND WEENINK, APELDOORN († 1936)
• Carl Christoph Hofstra, Amsterdam († 2020)
• Diny Veldhuizen († 2023)
• Alexander Lanphen, Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Cornelia Johanna Willemina Zoet, Haarlem († 2005)
• Eduard Heinrich Strootmann († 1991)
• Gerrit de Vries († 1975)
• Adrianus Johannes Henricus Scholten, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord Brabant († 1988)

• Arie Vermeij (44), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dena vande Zande (49), Trenton, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Berend Willem Hoitink (64), Winterswijk
• Anna Helena Verheggen (83), Maasniel,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anthonie Koning (64), Zuilen (U), Utrecht, Nederland
• Alfred Theodore Paul Conitz (50), New Salem, Morton, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Carlos Myron Reynolds (64), Provo, Utah, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis van Gaans (9), Rotterdam
• Caroline Lina Talkington (75), Indiana
• Cornelis de Nijs (83), Waalwijk

• 1933 » Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, Maltese politician, 9th Prime Minister of Malta
• 1933 » Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress († 2014)
• 1933 » Tony Pithey, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer († 2006)
• 1934 » Lucio Tan, Chinese-Filipino billionaire businessman and educator
• 1935 » Diahann Carroll, American actress and singer († 2019)
• 1935 » Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor and producer
• 1935 » Peter Schickele, American composer and educator
• 1938 » Hermann Huppen, Belgian author and illustrator
• 1939 » Andrée Champagne, Canadian actress and politician († 2020)
• 1939 » Spencer Davis, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1925 » Lovis Corinth, German painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1842)
• 1932 » Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor, singer, and director (b. 1862)
• 1935 » George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Robina Nicol, New Zealand photographer and suffragist (b. 1861)
• 1944 » William James Sidis, American mathematician and anthropologist (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Ernst Busch, German field marshal (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Draža Mihailović, Serbian general (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Florence Fuller, South African-born Australian artist (b. 1867)

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 5 » Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• June 11 » The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
• June 26 » Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
• September 6 » Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.
• November 2 » The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
• December 11 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective.

The temperature on July 17, 1936 was between 9.8 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.