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• Aaltje Schraal, Urk († 2020)
• Kip, Onstwedde, Nederland († 2002)
• Anthony (Albert Laverne White) Gress, Harvey, Marion, Iowa, United States († 1998)
• Albertha Maria Wilhelmina Vree Egberts, Nieuw Heeten (Raalte) († 2016)
• Elisabeth Christine Plambeck († 2018)
• Hendrikus Johannes Lobé, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Aart Bout, Huizen († 1936)
• Gerritje Knegt, Emmen († 2013)
• Franciscus van der Donk, Sint-Michielsgestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1938)
• Hendricus Johannes (Henny) Lobé, Zwijndrecht († 1999)

• Adriana Lips (79), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• André Maillette de Buy Wenniger (50), Blaricum
• Seraphina Baert (60), Stekene
• Adriana Broeders (78), Raamsdonk
• Auguste Elise Ida Staack (62), Hamburg, Hamburg, Duitsland
• Anna Sibilla Nissing (76), Godesberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Andre Maillette de Buy Wenniger, Pontianak
• * Joannes Josephus Bultman (69), Maastricht
• Alida van de Kuijen (59), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Belle Rinehart (65), Richland, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten

• 1931 » James Dean, American actor († 1955)
• 1932 » Cliff Allison, English racing driver and businessman († 2005)
• 1932 » John Williams, American pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1933 » Elly Ameling, Dutch soprano
• 1937 » Harry Wu, Chinese human rights activist († 2016)
• 1937 » Joe Raposo, American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1939 » Jose Maria Sison, Filipino activist and theorist
• 1940 » Sophie Lihau-Kanza, Congolese politician († 1999)
• 1940 » Ted Koppel, English-American journalist
• 1941 » Nick Nolte, American actor and producer

• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)
• 1945 » Italo Santelli, Italian fencer and coach (b. 1866)
• 1956 » Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (b. 1862)
• 1957 » Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)

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. Gerardus
14. Wilhelmus
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. Grietje
15. Margaretha
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.
• January 15 » The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
• July 21 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia is constituted, establishing an anarcho-syndicalist economy in Catalonia.
• August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
• October 5 » The Jarrow March sets off for London.
• October 26 » The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
• December 10 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.

The temperature on February 8, 1936 was between -5.6 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.