About the day » Saturday August 1, 1936Calender converter

• Hendrik Dirk Kollenveld, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Cornelia Ferdinanda Johanna de Kock, Bergen op Zoom († 1937)
• Hendrik Dirk Hollenveld, Den Hoorn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Ida Visser († 2018)
• David Wayne Engel, Bastress Twp, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Jansen, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Frans Jan Karel RIBBENS, Hoboken († 1976)
• Anneke Maria Rijn, Nairobi (Kenia)
• Gesina Maria BLOM, Amsterdam († 1999)
• Baptist Johannes Duijker, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2004)

• Aart Slingerland (56), Rotterdam
• Bartha van Dellen (85), Uithuizermeeden
• Albert Bijlsma (58), Steenwijk
• Arie van der Staaij (69), Rotterdam
• Anna Dorothea Maria Donker (30), Heerlen
• Albert Bijlsma (58), Steenwijk
• Barend Schuuring (68), Frederika Jacoba
• Antoon van Bommel (68), Schiedam
• Aaltjen Schuiterd (42), Almelo
• Aloisius Franciscus VAN TITTELBOOM - nachtwaker (43), Antwerpen

• 1933 » Dom DeLuise, American actor, singer, director, and producer († 2009)
• 1933 » Masaichi Kaneda, Japanese baseball player and manager († 2019)
• 1933 » Teri Shields, American actress, producer, and agent († 2012)
• 1934 » Derek Birdsall, English graphic designer
• 1934 » John Beck, New Zealand cricketer († 2000)
• 1935 » Geoff Pullar, English cricketer († 2014)
• 1936 » Laurie Taylor, English sociologist, radio host, and academic
• 1936 » W. D. Hamilton, Egyptian born British biologist, psychologist, and academic († 2000)
• 1936 » Yves Saint Laurent, Algerian-French fashion designer, co-founded Yves Saint Laurent († 2008)
• 1937 » Al D'Amato, American lawyer and politician

• 1911 » Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1918 » John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)
• 1921 » T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
• 1922 » Donát Bánki, Hungarian engineer (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and academic (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1921)
• 1944 » Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Jean Behra, French race car driver (b. 1921)

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.
• January 20 » King George V of the United Kingdom dies. His eldest son succeeds to the throne, becoming Edward VIII. The title Prince of Wales is not used for another 22 years.
• June 11 » The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
• July 19 » Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain - mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces.
• August 3 » Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
• October 5 » The Jarrow March sets off for London.
• 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).

The temperature on August 1, 1936 was between 9.2 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.