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• Hubertus Gergini Maurix, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2003)
• Arend Moes, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1936)
• George A. Myers, Massachusetts, United States († 2012)
• Antonetta Petronella Schoenmakers, Udenhout
• Clement Huygen, Munsterbilzen († 1987)
• Antje van Duijvenvoorde, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Bastiaan Cornelis Muilwijk († 2010)
• Geesjen Hermina Karst († 2015)
• Gerritje van den Hazel, Putten, Gelderland, Nederland († 2020)
• Hubertus Gergini Maurix, Sint Michielsgestel († 1995)

• Caspar Hubert Schrijbers (82), Meerssen,Gemeente Meerssen,Limburg,Nederland
• Arie Dubbelt (41), Amersfoort
• Aartje Bruinink (65), Ermelo
• Anthonius Josephus Deen (0), Enkhuizen
• Antonia Willems (66), Beuningen
• Aartje Bruinink (65), Ermelo
• Arie Boekestijn (43), De Lier, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Angelina Johanna Maria Beer, de (45), Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Krabbendam (68), Hoorn, NH, Nederland
• Andries van den Heuvel (55), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1935 » Elizabeth Drew, American journalist and author
• 1935 » Magdi Yacoub, Egyptian-English surgeon and academic
• 1935 » Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Iraqi-Lebanese cleric, educator, and author († 2010)
• 1936 » John Moore, Australian businessman and politician
• 1937 » Alan Budd, English economist and academic
• 1938 » Ahmed Bouanani, Moroccan filmmaker († 2011)
• 1938 » Kang Ning-hsiang, Taiwanese politician
• 1938 » Robert Nozick, American philosopher, author, and academic († 2002)
• 1938 » Troy Seals, American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• 1938 » Walter Learning, Canadian actor († 2020)

• 1911 » A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, 9th Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
• 1913 » George Barham, English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (b. 1836)
• 1922 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1947 » Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1879)
• 1956 » Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (b. 1887)
• 1960 » Clark Gable, American actor and singer (b. 1901)

• 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.
• 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 3 » A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
• August 30 » The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
• October 1 » Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
• November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.

The temperature on November 16, 1936 was between 4.4 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.