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• Gijsbertje Wilhelmina Tonica DE GOEDE († 2005)
• Jacobus van den Berg, Leiden († 1985)
• Ernest Ray Blythe, Melrose Township, Iowa († 2009)
• Commerina Johanna van der Helm († 2013)
• Hendrika Maria Brouwer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Frans Martinus Jacobus Ruddijs, Enschede († 2020)
• Jacob Rademakers, Hoensbroek, Limburg, Nederland († 2006)
• Cornelis Monster, Rijnsburg († 2013)
• Greta Zomerdijk, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Hubertus Adianus Commandeur, Kudelstaart († 1986)

• Nicolaas Faay, Gouda
• van der Hagen (0), Lexmond (Zederik), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Sikken (42), Meppen, Zweeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Brigidis van Boxel (79), Dongen
• Catharine Petronella Hammes (78), Sheboygan, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Leijtens (16)
• Arend Engberts *Huizing (73), Haarlem
• Andrias Krol (81), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Hendrika van der Eem (66), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus van den Hoogen (38), Uden

• 1932 » Duke Pearson, American pianist and composer († 1980)
• 1932 » Jean-Jacques Sempé, French cartoonist
• 1932 » V. S. Naipaul, Trinidadian-English novelist and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2018)
• 1933 » Mark Dinning, American pop singer († 1986)
• 1934 » João Donato, Brazilian pianist and composer
• 1934 » Ron Henry, English footballer († 2014)
• 1936 » Margaret Heafield Hamilton, American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner.
• 1936 » Seamus Mallon, Irish educator and politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland
• 1938 » Theodoros Pangalos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
• 1939 » Luther Allison, American blues guitarist and singer († 1997)

• 1918 » Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
• 1920 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1924 » Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (b. 1860)
• 1936 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)
• 1945 » Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)
• 1949 » Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891)

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.
• March 8 » Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
• May 5 » Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• July 18 » On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
• August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
• October 26 » The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.

The temperature on August 17, 1936 was between 12.4 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.