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• Christina Snijder, Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2013)
• Bruining (bruin) Kok, Hoorn, Noord Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Astrid Madeleine Balduck, Noordschote 8647, Lo-Reninge, West Vlaanderen († 1988)
• Everdina van Duin, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Jelle de Vries, Drachten-Smallingerland († 2009)
• Harmina Maria Kamphof, Zwollerkerspel († 1939)
• Wösten, Barger-Oosterveld, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1936)
• Claudia Elizabeth Hinton ****, Park Rapids, Hubbard, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• Hermanus Haasnoot, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Hermanus Haasnoot, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)

• Adrianus van GINKEL (51), Noord-Holland,Hilversum,NETHERLANDS
• Cornelis GEBUIS (74), Sommelsdijk, ZH, Nederland
• Catharina Theodora Petronella Jouai- (74), Apeldoorn, Nederland
• Anna Francina Gleser (70), Bussum
• Adrianus van Ginkel (82), Hilversum
• Bootje Dirks Visser (66), Grouw, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham de Jonge (86), Zwijndrecht, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Klaver, Dantumadeel
• Annechien OOSTING (83), Windeweer (Hoogezand), Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Hendje Gerdina van Tussenbroek (56), Rossum, Nederland

• 1934 » Maureen Connolly, American tennis player († 1969)
• 1935 » Ken Kesey, American novelist, essayist, and poet († 2001)
• 1936 » Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic († 2014)
• 1936 » Michael Hennagin, American composer and educator († 1993)
• 1937 » Nigel Boocock, English-Australian motorcycle racer († 2015)
• 1937 » Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
• 1937 » Sitakant Mahapatra, Indian poet and literary critic
• 1938 » Bobby Wine, American baseball player and coach
• 1938 » Paul Benedict, American actor († 2008)
• 1938 » Perry Robinson, American clarinet player and composer

• 1923 » Stefanos Dragoumis, Greek judge and politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1842)
• 1925 » Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1862)
• 1933 » Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary (b. 1877)
• 1936 » Ettie Annie Rout, New Zealand author and activist (b. 1877)
• 1937 » Walter Dubislav, German logician and philosopher of science, Vienna circle member (b. 1895)
• 1938 » Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author (b. 1901)
• 1943 » Friedrich Zickwolff, German general (b. 1893)
• 1948 » Folke Bernadotte, Swedish soldier and diplomat (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (b. 1898)

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.
• July 22 » Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community.
• August 14 » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
• September 6 » Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.
• October 9 » Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
• October 27 » Mrs Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
• December 30 » The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.

The temperature on September 17, 1936 was between 10.6 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.