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• Henk Coomans, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Adriaan J F Appelboom († 2006)
• Dennis Lee HOPPER, Dodge City, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Anette Margarethe Metzukat, Baarn
• Doodgeboren zoon Huis, Rotterdam († 1936)
• Gerardus Johannes Maria SMITHUIS, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Henricus Adrianus Hooijen, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren († 2015)
• Henricus Aloysius Maria Verreck, Ubach over Worms, Limburg, Nederland († 2012)
• Herman Alphons VERBEEK, Groningen, 2116, Groningen, Nederland († 2013)
• Arthur Charles Herrick [Wks] "Art", Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah († 2003)

• Huis, Rotterdam
• Arnoldus Rutten (82), Ubbergen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Amelia Emma Heinzel (60), Benton County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Emma Alfonsina De bruyn (0), Weert
• Antonie Adriaan Geensen (39), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anthony Baarendse (76), Steenbergen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Josephus Castelijns, Veldhoven
• Anna Maria Pannebakker (69), Boskoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Hoogervorst (45), Sassenheim, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Martien Bakkers (39), Hengelo

• 1933 » Yelena Gorchakova, Russian javelin thrower († 2002)
• 1934 » Earl Morrall, American football player and coach († 2014)
• 1934 » Friedrich-Wilhelm Kiel, German educator and politician
• 1934 » Ronald Wayne, American computer scientist, co-founded Apple Inc.
• 1935 » Dennis Potter, English voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1994)
• 1936 » Dennis Hopper, American actor and director († 2010)
• 1937 » Hazel R. O'Leary, American lawyer and politician, 7th United States Secretary of Energy
• 1938 » Jason Bernard, American actor († 1996)
• 1938 » Marcia Freedman, Israeli activist
• 1938 » Pervis Jackson, American R&B bass singer († 2008)

• 1921 » Karl Mantzius, Danish actor and director (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Dorothy Levitt, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1882)
• 1927 » Harold Geiger, American pilot and lieutenant (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Cass Gilbert, American architect (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, and educator (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Panagis Tsaldaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 124th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1868)
• 1938 » Jakob Ehrlich, Czech-Austrian academic and politician (b. 1877)
• 1943 » Johanna Elberskirchen, German author and activist (b. 1864)
• 1947 » George Forbes, New Zealand farmer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)
• 1951 » William Birdwood, Anglo-Indian field marshal (b. 1865)

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.
• February 16 » The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election.
• July 11 » The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
• August 1 » The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
• August 24 » The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
• September 14 » Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaures, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza
• December 13 » An annular solar eclipse occurred and was visible from Australia, New Zealand on December 14th (Monday), and Oeno Island in Pitcairn Islands on December 13th (Sunday).

The temperature on May 17, 1936 was between 10.4 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.