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• Harm Vos, Hoogeveen nederland († 1976)
• Gerhard Hermann (Gerard) Ahlers, emmer-compascuum († 2009)
• Gerrit Hendrik Rentzenbrink, Hilversum († 2010)
• Doodgeboren kind van den Heuvel, Sint-Michielsgestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1936)
• G.J.M.A. van de Worp († 1988)
• Gerhard Hermann - Geert Ahlers, Munsterscheveld, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2009)
• Bennie Doedens († 1944)
• Florent Hermans, Gorsem, Belgiê († 2024)
• Femmina Steenbergen, Duisburg, Noordrijn-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1936)
• Alfons Jochems, Rijkevorsel († 1995)

• Aleida Maria Huirne (37), Lichtenvoorde
• Aaltje Bijpost (80), Harenkarspel
• Anthonij van der Burgt (68), Eindhoven, Nederland
• Adriana Hendriks (86), Berkel-Enschot, Nederland
• Adam John Newland (68)
• Abraham Langendoen (68), Oostvoorne
• Albert Lammers (76), Zeijen, Vries, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Meuwissen (42), Vliermaalroot, België
• Anna Hendrika Zuijdwijk (84), Abcoude-Proostdij, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Koolhaas (62), Abbekerk, Nederland

• 1934 » Bob Uecker, American baseball player, sportscaster and actor
• 1934 » Charles Marowitz, American director, playwright, and critic († 2014)
• 1934 » Huey "Piano" Smith, American pianist and songwriter
• 1934 » Roger Landry, Canadian businessman and publisher († 2020)
• 1935 » Corrado Augias, Italian journalist and politician
• 1935 » Henry Jordan, American football player († 1977)
• 1935 » Paula Rego, Portuguese-born British visual artist
• 1936 » Sal Buscema, American illustrator
• 1937 » Francisco Gonzales, former 1960 Summer Olympics yachting team member and murderer
• 1937 » Joseph Saidu Momoh, Sierra Leonean soldier and politician, 2nd President of Sierra Leone († 2003)

• 1926 » John Flannagan, American priest and academic (b. 1860)
• 1932 » William Wrigley, Jr., American businessman, founded the Wrigley Company (b. 1861)
• 1942 » Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
• 1943 » Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (b. 1887)
• 1946 » Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1884)
• 1946 » Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)
• 1947 » Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (b. 1898)
• 1948 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1876)
• 1948 » Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1882)

• 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.
• February 16 » The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election.
• April 5 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
• May 28 » Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
• July 23 » In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
• August 3 » Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
• November 25 » In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.

The temperature on January 26, 1936 was between 3.4 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.