About the day » Wednesday January 15, 1936Calender converter

• Bernardus Halberstadt, Amsterdam († 1983)
• Ida Helena Op den Camp, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 2001)
• Jack Estes Felton († 1956)
• Dorethea Johanna Barbara 'Dora' van der Kroft, Aarle-Rixtel († 2021)
• Gijsbertje Hop, Hierden († 1976)
• Henry Niemyer, Larchwood, Lyon, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Isidoor Lezer, Rotterdam, The Netherlands († 1943)
• Doodgeboren dochter Jansen, Geel, België († 1936)
• Chester Craig Bargo, Harlan County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1974)
• Cornelis van de Beek, Hilversum († 1995)

• Beertje Dekker (72), Hierden
• Anna Maria Daenen (0), Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anna Maria WILLEMS (49), Berghem,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Caljouw (83), Oost-en West-Souburg, Walcheren, Zeeland, Nederland
• Abraham Caljouw (83), Oost en West Souburg, Zeeland, NL
• Alice Miller STAUFFER (72)
• Anna Catharina Weijnschenk (79), 's-Gravenhage, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Sanders (81), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Falkena (0), Ijsbrechtum, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Willems (49), Berghem

• 1933 » Ernest J. Gaines, American author and academic († 2019)
• 1933 » Frank Bough, English journalist and radio host
• 1933 » Peter Maitlis, English chemist and academic
• 1934 » V. S. Ramadevi, Indian civil servant and politician, 13th Governor of Karnataka († 2013)
• 1937 » Margaret O'Brien, American actress and singer
• 1938 » Ashraf Aman, Pakistani engineer and mountaineer
• 1938 » Chuni Goswami, Indian footballer and cricketer
• 1938 » Estrella Blanca, Mexican wrestler
• 1939 » Per Ahlmark, Swedish journalist and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden († 2018)
• 1939 » Tony Bullimore, British sailor

• 1926 » Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1929 » George Cope, American painter (b. 1855)
• 1936 » Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, English cricketer and politician, 7th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1866)
• 1937 » Anton Holban, Romanian author, theoretician, and educator (b. 1902)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Josephus Daniels, American publisher and diplomat, 41st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1862)
• 1950 » Henry H. Arnold, American general (b. 1886)
• 1951 » Ernest Swinton, British Army officer (b. 1868)
• 1951 » Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian-Russian captain and sailor (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Ned Hanlon, Australian sergeant and politician, 26th Premier of Queensland (b. 1887)

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 11 » The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
• 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.
• July 26 » Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
• October 5 » The Jarrow March sets off for London.
• November 3 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected President of the United States.
• December 30 » The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.

The temperature on January 15, 1936 was between -1.6 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.