About the day » Tuesday November 17, 1936Calender converter

• A.J.J. (Nan) de Cock, Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 2017)
• Dona Gail Suggs, Wichita County, Texas († 2011)
• Anny W. Roevros, Heer (thans Maastricht) († 2010)
• Bent Martensen, København († 1969)
• Anna Kattenberg († 1998)
• Edward James (Ted) Copelin († 2006)
• Catharinus (Rien) Anholts, Oegstgeest, Nederland († 2019)
• Cornelia Sommeling († 1960)
• Frederik Herman Cramer, Kerkrade († 1997)
• Dwayne Clifton Nuzum, Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado, Verenigde Staten († 2005)

• Barnabas Grant Knickerbocker SHOEMAKER (90), Reed City
• Anna Josephina Rosalina Douven (76), Valkenburg, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus de Ron (6), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barbara Hubertina Josephina van Es (39), Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Abel HOEK Hzn (72), Ouddorp, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Anna Hubertina Suzanna Verheggen (44), Weert
• Antonetta Jacoba Roosen (57), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Prooper (65), Delft
• arien van AALST (85), zwijndrecht
• Arthur Adolphe Ryan (55), Brunswick, Glynn, Georgia, Verenigde Staten

• 1933 » Dan Osinski, American baseball player († 2013)
• 1934 » Anthony King, Canadian-English psephologist and academic († 2017)
• 1934 » Jim Inhofe, American soldier and politician, senior senator of Oklahoma
• 1934 » Terry Rand, American basketball player († 2014)
• 1935 » Bobby Joe Conrad, American football player
• 1935 » Toni Sailer, Austrian skier and actor († 2009)
• 1936 » Crispian Hollis, English Roman Catholic bishop
• 1937 » Peter Cook, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1938 » Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, Scottish general
• 1938 » Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1924 » Gregory VII of Constantinople (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (b. 1865)
• 1929 » Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Charles W. Chesnutt, American lawyer, author, and activist (b. 1858)
• 1936 » Ernestine Schumann-Heink, German-American singer (b. 1861)
• 1937 » Jack Worrall, Australian footballer, cricketer, and coach (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Ante Trumbić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 20th Mayor of Split (b. 1864)
• 1940 » Eric Gill, English sculptor and typeface designer (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Raymond Pearl, American biologist and academic (b. 1879)
• 1947 » Victor Serge, Russian historian and author (b. 1890)

• 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.
• January 29 » The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
• June 28 » The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
• September 10 » First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, Held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium
• October 26 » The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
• November 20 » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.

The temperature on November 17, 1936 was between 4.4 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 20.0 mm of rain during 11.7 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.