About the day » Thursday December 24, 1936Calender converter

• Denise de Zeeuw, Rotterdam († 1979)
• Carol Jane Stanaback, Petoskey (Emmet, Michigan, USA) († 2015)
• Aart van Ommeren, Veenendaal († 1989)
• August BERGHMANS, Westerlo († 1985)
• Antonia Geertruida Johanna Maria van Steenis, Utrecht (NL) († 2016)
• * Levenloos kind Baars, Putten, Gelderland, NL († 1936)
• Denise Frans Wijnand de Zeeuw (Zeeuw,de Seeuw,de Seeu), Rotterdam, Nederland († 1979)
• Anton van Waaij, Zoetermeer, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2014)
• Cecile Leus, Bavegem († 1996)
• Anna Catharina Jacoba Janssen, Koningsbosch, Netherlands († 1945)

• Aaltje Ernst Pols (83), Dokkum, Fryslân, Nederlân
• Antje Brouwer (34), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Baars (0), Putten
• Archibald Ernest THOMPSON (52), Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia
• Arend G. Meijerhof (78), Termunten, Nederland
• Antonie (1) Neervoort (59), Doesburg
• Anna Maria Eijkhoff, van den (63), Haarlem Nhl. NL
• Annigje van LUIJK (73), Rotterdam
• Adriaantje Buwalda (52), Achlum, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aart Jacobus de Looff (85), Wissenkerke

• 1932 » Colin Cowdrey, Indian-English cricketer († 2000)
• 1932 » On Kawara, Japanese-American painter († 2014)
• 1934 » Alex Hutchinson, Australian jazz musician
• 1934 » John Critchinson, English pianist and composer († 2017)
• 1934 » Stjepan Mesić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Croatia
• 1936 » Ivan Lawrence, English lawyer and politician
• 1937 » Félix Miélli Venerando, Brazilian footballer and manager († 2012)
• 1937 » John Taylor, Baron Kilclooney, Northern Irish politician, Irish Minister of Home Affairs
• 1938 » Bobby Henrich, American baseball player
• 1938 » Valentim Loureiro, Portuguese soldier and politician

• 1920 » Stephen Mosher Wood, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1832)
• 1926 » Wesley Coe, American shot putter, hammer thrower, and discus thrower (b. 1879)
• 1931 » Carlo Fornasini, micropalaeontologist (b. 1854)
• 1931 » Flying Hawk, American warrior, educator and historian (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1885)
• 1938 » Bruno Taut, German architect and urban planner (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858)
• 1942 » François Darlan, French admiral and politician, 122nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Josephine Sabel, American singer and comedian (b. 1866)
• 1947 » Charles Gondouin, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1875)

• 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.
• March 1 » The Hoover Dam is completed.
• August 24 » The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
• August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
• December 5 » The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.
• December 21 » First flight of the Junkers Ju 88 multi-role combat aircraft.
• December 23 » Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

The temperature on December 24, 1936 was between -0.5 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.