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• Gerard Snoeij, Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1982)
• Augustinus Joannes CEUSTERS, Eel, Ravels, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1936)
• Adriaan Cornelis Maurice, Amsterdam († 2011)
• Fred Astaire Jr. († 1987)
• H. Holweg, Lichtenvoorde († 2001)
• Dominicus Maria (Nic) van Dijk († 1990)
• Els Stevelmans († 2023)
• Dirkje Damen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Bas van de Hoek († 1991)
• Primé, Hendrik († 2009)

• Anna Abbink (64), Leiden (Zuid-Holland)
• Aleida Tibbe (73), Hagelshoek, Niedersachsen, Germany
• Anna Abbink (64), Leiden
• Alexander Zoubkoff (36), unbekannt
• * Gerrigje van Diest (68), Eindhoven
• Albertus Albertuszn. Oostendorp (64), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Voorhorst (83), Zutphen
• Antje Fleurke (77), Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aaltje Kramer (72)
• Anna Geertruida Dojes (53)

• 1932 » Giuseppe Patanè, Italian conductor († 1989)
• 1933 » James Hormel, American philanthropist and diplomat
• 1933 » Joe Orton, English dramatist († 1967)
• 1934 » Alan Berg, American lawyer and radio host († 1984)
• 1934 » Lakhdar Brahimi, Algerian politician, Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1935 » Om Prakash Chautala, Indian politician
• 1936 » James Sinegal, American businessman, co-founded Costco
• 1939 » Michèle Mercier, French actress
• 1939 » Phil Read, English motorcycle racer and businessman
• 1939 » Senfronia Thompson, American politician

• 1918 » William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian author and educator (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862)
• 1944 » Edwin Lutyens, English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)
• 1954 » Duff Cooper, English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1890)

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.
• April 6 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
• 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 20 » The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
• August 14 » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
• September 7 » The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
• October 4 » The British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.

The temperature on January 1, 1936 was between 6.9 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.