About the day » Wednesday January 15, 1936Calender converter

• Harm Tonnis Koning, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland († 2010)
• Chester Craig Bargo, Harlan County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1974)
• Doodgeboren dochter Jansen, Geel, België († 1936)
• Henriëtte Elisabeth van Beek, Geertruidenberg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1994)
• Georges Jozef Mestdagh, Zonnebeke († 2015)
• Geertje de Leeuw († 2011)
• Jacoba Agnitha van der Willik, Boskoop († 1945)
• Barbra Cooper († 2015)
• Hannie Kramer, Velsen († 1954)
• Dorethea Johanna Barbara 'Dora' van der Kroft, Aarle-Rixtel († 2021)

• Falkena (0), Ijsbrechtum, Friesland, Nederland
• Beertje Dekker (72), Hierden
• Carrie Riemersma (51), Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan, United States
• Adolphe Junghani Junghaeni Jungham (60), Paris-XIIème, 75112, Paris, ile-de-France (F)
• Annie van Baren (70), South Holland, Cook County, Illinois
• Beertje Dekker (72), Hierden
• Abraham Caljouw (83), Oost en West Souburg, Zeeland, NL
• Anna Catharina Weijnschenk (79), ‘s-Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Baukje Iemkes' Smit (83), Naarden
• Albert N. Correll (82), Hutsonville Township, Crawford County, Illinois

• 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.
• January 29 » The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
• March 16 » Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.
• May 26 » In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
• June 30 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.
• 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.
• December 23 » Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

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.