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• Gabriël Cornelis Winkels, ,, Achthuizen, Nederland († 2006)
• arnoldus theodorus (arnold) kurvers, helden-koningslust
• Herman SOUSA, Amsterdam († 1942)
• Betty Joyce Levier Downing [Cs] († 2005)
• Hendrikje Kolkman († 2022)
• Cornelia Maria Geertrudes van der Ham, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Erika I., Somerset County, Pennsylvania († 1979)
• Grietje van der Bent, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Grietje van der Bent, Katwijk († 1971)
• Cecilia Maria (Luci) van der Gulik, Grosthuizen, Noord Holland, Nederland († 2016)

• Arie Bezemer (61), Zwijndrecht Zhl. NL
• Andries van der Plaats (40), Dronrijp
• Bryan David VERRALL (0), Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
• Anne Léonie La Chapelle (65), Apres
• Andries Schaafsma (0), Twijzelerheide, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adolf Herman van Steijn (43), 's Gravenhage
• Berend Albertus Kwast (65), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana van der Heijden (71), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• aaltje KLUIT (87), heinenoord
• Bernard Knevel (85), St. Joseph, Stearns County, Minnesota

• 1935 » Carlos Pairetti, Argetine racing driver
• 1935 » Michael Eavis, English farmer, founded the Glastonbury Festival
• 1935 » Sydney Chapman, English architect and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household († 2014)
• 1936 » Bert Nievera, Filipino-American singer († 2018)
• 1936 » Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese-American seismologist and academic
• 1936 » Santiago Navarro, Spanish basketball player († 1993)
• 1936 » Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African singer-songwriter († 2013)
• 1937 » Aida Navarro, Venezuelan mezzo-soprano
• 1937 » José María Álvarez del Manzano, Spanish politician
• 1937 » Paxton Whitehead, English actor

• 1918 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1937 » J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (b. 1854)
• 1948 » Royal Cortissoz, American art critic (b. 1869)
• 1955 » Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician (b. 1873)
• 1956 » Anne Crawford, Israeli-English actress (b. 1920)
• 1958 » Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (b. 1896)

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 8 » Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.
• May 5 » Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• May 9 » Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
• August 3 » A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
• August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
• September 9 » The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRPAfonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão mutinied against the Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.

The temperature on October 17, 1936 was between 9.5 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.