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• Arie Bernardus de Gans, Alphen aan den Rijn († 1976)
• Donald Eugene Milwee, Harlan County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Hendrika van Baaren († 2012)
• Casi Jacobs, Borsbeek, België († 2016)
• Gerarda Maria Wijsman († 2018)
• Bert Schimmel († 2017)
• Fennigje (Fenna) van der Wal, Wapenveld, Nederland († 2008)
• Augusta Wilhelmina de Koningh, Vught
• Derkje Megchelina Altena, Brummen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Brigitte Martha Müller, Pforzheim, Duitsland

• Adrianus Jongeneelen (57)
• Afien Rubingh (75), Wildervank
• Alida Alberdina Focke (54), Amsterdam, NH. NL
• Alida Alberdina Focke (54), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Albertus Van Essen (74), Woudenberg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Johannes Huitzing (68), Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Gerarda Johanna Maria Matthijssen, Nijmegen 36 jaar oud
• Antonie van Buuren (61), Langbroek, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida Focke (54), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annie Elizabeth Peterson (81), Union, Arkansas, United States

• 1934 » Bob Turner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2005)
• 1934 » Ernesto Brambilla, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver
• 1934 » Gene DeWeese, American author († 2012)
• 1934 » James Franciscus, American actor and producer († 1991)
• 1935 » Kenzaburō Ōe, Japanese author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1936 » Can Bartu, Turkish former basketball and football player
• 1937 » Andrée Boucher, Canadian educator and politician, 39th Mayor of Quebec City († 2007)
• 1937 » Philip Glass, American composer
• 1937 » Regimantas Adomaitis, Lithuanian actor
• 1937 » Suzanne Pleshette, American actress († 2008)

• 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)
• 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Vivian Woodward, English captain and footballer (b. 1879)
• 1955 » John Mott, American activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1956 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright, created Winnie-the-Pooh (b. 1882)
• 1958 » Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Auguste Herbin, French painter (b. 1882)

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 7 » Prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
• May 21 » Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
• November 20 » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.
• November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
• December 11 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective.

The temperature on January 31, 1936 was between 5.5 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 11.6 mm of rain during 10.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.