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• Eeuwe Wijtzes Riemersma († 2013)
• Daniel Frederik (Danny) ZIJLSTRA, Maartensdijk Utrecht Netherlands († 1992)
• Adrianus Gerrit de Bruijn, Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland († 2008)
• Christina de Jong († 1972)
• Elisabeth Francina Maria van Grootel, Veldhoven († 2023)
• Anna Maria Teresia Berkemeijer, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 2021)
• Alida M. Zonneveld, Castricum († 1996)
• Geert Lahuis, Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1994)
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• Feike van der Veen († 2014)

• Adrianus Jacobus Albertus Opstelten (83), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ann Holmes (93), Hull, Yorkshire East Riding, England
• Mortelmans (63), Mortsel, België
• Adriana Jacoba Geluk (57), Noordgouwe
• Alida Schaap (36), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Achille Albert COTTENIER (62), Aalbeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Carel Pieter Cronje (81), Harrismith, Natal, South Africa
• Alberdina Jebbink (82), Eefde
• Arie OUDSTEN, den (94), Lekkerkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bartelina van Andel (81), Ginneken, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1933 » Carol Fran, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1934 » Caitro Soto, Afro-Peruvian musician († 2004)
• 1935 » Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Puerto Rican-American golfer
• 1935 » JacSue Kehoe, American neuroscientist
• 1936 » Charles Goodhart, English economist and academic
• 1936 » Philip Kaufman, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1937 » Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain († 1971)
• 1937 » Deven Verma, Indian actor, director, and producer († 2014)
• 1937 » Johnny Carroll, American rockabilly musician († 1995)
• 1938 » Alan G`ilzean, Scottish footballer and manager († 2018)

• 1917 » Eugène Grasset, Swiss illustrator (b. 1845)
• 1921 » John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber (b. 1840)
• 1935 » Charles Demuth, American painter and educator (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Zane Grey, American dentist and author (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Ralph Rainger, American pianist and composer (b. 1901)
• 1943 » Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Charles Glover Barkla, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Hana Brady, Czech holocaust victim (b. 1931)
• 1950 » Al Jolson, Lithuanian-American actor and singer (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Adrien de Noailles, French son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles (b. 1869)

• 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 10 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
• September 6 » Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.
• September 10 » First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, Held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium
• October 1 » Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
• October 26 » The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
• November 2 » The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.

The temperature on October 23, 1936 was between 10.5 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.