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• Alida TOL, Volendam, Gemeente Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• (l.l.) de Frel, Dinteloord († 1935)
• Cornelia Maria van Kessel, Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1935)
• Broer Meyer, Rotterdam († 2004)
• Basil Albert HansEn, unbekannt († 1988)
• Elisabeth Caroline Mathilde Alexandrine Helene Olga Thyra Feodora Estrid Margarethe Desiree van Denenmarken, Kopenhagen (Den) († 2018)
• Agnes Froyen, Hasselt, België († 2017)
• Broer Meijer, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Albert Everts, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1940)
• Alkedina Jantina Huizing, Zuidbarge, Drenthe, Nederland († 2013)

• Antonia Aleida Hofman (1), Brummen, Nederland
• Arie Ketting (80), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Margaretha van de Boel (60), Baexem
• Bartholomeus Martens van der Els (87)
• Anktje Akker (72), Gaasterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Hendrica Timmerman (74), Zeist, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Beatrix Boogerd (83), Woubrugge, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barteld Abeles Oosterbaan (77), Marssum
• Adriana Hendrica Timmerman (74), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Margaretha Koning (84), Bloemendaal

• 1934 » David Williamson, Baron Williamson of Horton, English soldier and politician († 2015)
• 1934 » Leonard Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann, South African-English lawyer and judge
• 1934 » Maurice Norman, English footballer
• 1935 » Jack Charlton, English footballer and manager
• 1935 » Lucius Cary, 15th Viscount Falkland, Scottish politician
• 1935 » Princess Elisabeth of Denmark († 2018)
• 1936 » Haljand Udam, Estonian orientalist and academic († 2005)
• 1936 » Kazuo Koike, Japanese author
• 1937 » Bernard Cleary, Canadian journalist, academic, and politician
• 1937 » Mike Cuellar, Cuban-American baseball player († 2010)

• 1925 » John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1890)
• 1943 » Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander (b. 1919)
• 1944 » Themistoklis Diakidis, Greek high jumper (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Bernhard Rust, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Frank Bourne, British soldier, last survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Rediess, German SS officer (b. 1900)

• 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.
• January 11 » Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
• February 20 » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
• February 26 » Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
• July 20 » Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen.
• October 19 » The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
• November 9 » The Congress of Industrial Organizations is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey, by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor.

The temperature on May 8, 1935 was between 6.7 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.