About the day » Thursday May 16, 1935Calender converter

• Arie Marten Hus, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Berend Jan Lugies, Ambt Hardenberg († 2009)
• Abraham Cornelis Gardenier, Vlaardingen († 2020)
• Dirk (Dick) Bravenboer († 2005)
• Berndina Catharina Maria de Cocq van Delwijnen, Maasdriel († 1935)
• Cornelia Leuntje Johanna (Corrie) Vreugdenhil, Maasdijk, Nederland († 2018)
• Cornelia Maria de Cocq van Delwijnen, Driel of Kerkdriel, Maasdriel,Gemeente Overbetuwe,Gelderland,Nederland († 1935)
• Edley C. Brown, Verenigde Statn († 2015)
• Cornelis Theodorus (Nono) Breuer, Tjimahis (Ned.Ind.) († 1993)
• Alexandre McEwen († 2008)

• Andries~Lieuwes Folkertsma (82), Gaasterlân
• Anna Wilhelmina Maria Hubertina van de Venne (22), Roermond
• Anna Tekla Theresia Roelfs (0), Oomsberg, Onstwedde
• Aaltje Veenstra (30), Ureterp, gem. Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Bauke van der Velde (72), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Verschoore de la Houssaije (70), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Camillus Franciscus Cornelius Blanckaert (69), Beerst,8600,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Annigje Eikenaar (76), Kampen
• Adriaan Verschoore De la Houssaije (70), Vlissingen,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Catharina Lucia Maria de Cock (79), Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands

• 1931 » Hana Brady, Jewish-Czech Holocaust victim (d.1944)
• 1931 » Vujadin Boškov, Serbian footballer, coach, and manager († 2014)
• 1934 » Antony Walker, English general
• 1934 » Kenneth O. Morgan, Welsh historian and author
• 1935 » Floyd Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1936 » Karl Lehmann, German cardinal († 2018)
• 1937 » Yvonne Craig, American ballet dancer and actress († 2015)
• 1938 » Ivan Sutherland, American computer scientist and academic
• 1938 » Marco Aurelio Denegri, Peruvian television host and sexologist († 2018)
• 1938 » Stuart Bell, English lawyer and politician († 2012)

• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)
• 1926 » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1865)
• 1944 » George Ade, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1946 » Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1947 » Zhang Lingfu, Chinese general (b. 1903)
• 1953 » Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer (b. 1910)

• 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 8.4 million citizens.
• February 2 » Leonarde Keeler administers polygraph tests to two murder suspects, the first time polygraph evidence was admitted in U.S. courts.
• February 13 » A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.
• May 14 » The Constitution of the Philippines is ratified by a popular vote.
• June 12 » A ceasefire is negotiated between Bolivia and Paraguay, ending the Chaco War.
• September 2 » The Labor Day Hurricane, the most intense hurricane to strike the United States, makes landfall at Long Key, Florida, killing at least 400.
• December 5 » Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.

The temperature on May 16, 1935 was between 0.4 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.