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• Anne Carol Copeland Graham Adams <K ObFgmcVABu>2 +Fg http:www.findagrave.comcgi-binfg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28643772, Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia († 1997)
• Jeanette A Derby Darby Jasper, Muskingum, Ohio, United States († 2016)
• Ernestine Vanermen, Attenhoven († 1992)
• Frank Nagelhout, Ermelo († 2015)
• Augustus Camiel Eduardus Schutijser, Makassar, Celebes, Indonesië († 2019)
• Audrey Sipkema († 2006)
• Christiaan Frederik Rogier, Den Haag († 2010)
• Aleida Geertruida Brager, Enschede († 2002)
• Hendrik van den Dragt, Doornspijk († 2015)
• Daniel (Dan) Saathof, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1996)

• Adriana van der Meide (61), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Alida Gijsbertha Verwoerd (57), Laag-Nieuwkoop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Steenbergen (67), Zalk en Veecaten, Overijssel, Nederland
• Andrew Ross (88), Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
• Bauke Oosterhoff (85), Den Haag
• Bernardus Kroonder (50), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ada Frances Hatfield (51), Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Antje Smit (14), Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aukje Heeringa (63), Akkerwoude, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus Casparus Tieken (89), Amsterdam

• 1934 » Irving Petlin, American painter and academic († 2018)
• 1935 » Brian Langford, English cricketer († 2013)
• 1935 » Cal Ripken Sr., American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1999)
• 1936 » Pope Francis
• 1936 » Tommy Steele, English singer, guitarist, and actor
• 1937 » Art Neville, American singer and keyboard player († 2019)
• 1937 » Brian Hayes, Australian-English radio host
• 1937 » Calvin Waller, American general († 1996)
• 1937 » John Kennedy Toole, American novelist († 1969)
• 1937 » Kerry Packer, Australian businessman, founded World Series Cricket († 2005)

• 1927 » Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
• 1928 » Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1930 » Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (b. 1867)
• 1933 » 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Lizette Woodworth Reese, American poet (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Alicia Boole Stott, Anglo-Irish mathematician and academic (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1895)
• 1947 » Christos Tsigiridis, Greek engineer (b. 1877)

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.
• March 16 » Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.
• 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 19 » Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain - mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces.
• July 21 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia is constituted, establishing an anarcho-syndicalist economy in Catalonia.
• August 24 » The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.

The temperature on December 17, 1936 was between 4.8 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.