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• Christiaan Polak, Fijnaart, Nederland († 1936)
• Etienne Van den Neste, Herzele Oost-Vlaanderen († 2012)
• Frank DiFrancesco, Buffalo, Erie, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Ite Hamming, Eekwerd († 1998)
• Hendrika Johanna Eelderink, Zelhem († 1998)
• Donald L Willis, Dows, Iowa († 2010)
• Antje "Anneke"" Reitsma, Luitjepost († 2015)
• Gerrit Jan Visscher, Ambt Vollenhove († 1999)
• Anna Hubertina Borghans, Schaesberg († 2004)
• Antje Reitsma, Lutjepost, Friesland, Nederland († 2015)

• Bernadina Johanna Maissan (89), 's-Hertogenbosch, Nederland
• Amalia Newman (76), Belle River Township, Douglas, Minnesota, United States
• Aart Schuit (48), Putten
• Anje Melis (87), Wedde
• Annechien Bos (1), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Barteld Jans Nauta (77), Donkerbroek, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Bernardina (Zr. Emelia) Janssen (75), nijmegen
• Anna Houwen, (79), Stadskanaal, Gem. Onstwedde
• Arie de Waard (61), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie de Waard (61), Rotterdam

• 1932 » Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs, British politician
• 1932 » Jim Hurtubise, American race car driver († 1989)
• 1932 » Sheldon Lee Glashow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1933 » Gennadiy Agapov, Russian race walker († 1999)
• 1933 » Harry Holgate, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Tasmania († 1997)
• 1934 » Joan Didion, American novelist and screenwriter
• 1935 » Calvin Trillin, American novelist, humorist, and journalist
• 1935 » Yury Vlasov, Ukrainian-Russian weightlifter and politician
• 1936 » James Lee Burke, American journalist, author, and academic
• 1938 » J. J. Cale, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2013)

• 1925 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
• 1940 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Pakistani painter (b. 1913)
• 1942 » Jock Delves Broughton, English captain (b. 1883)
• 1946 » Louis Dewis, Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1872)
• 1951 » Abanindranath Tagore, Indian painter, author, and academic (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
• 1953 » William Sterling Parsons, American admiral (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.
• 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.
• March 29 » Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in the 1936 German parliamentary election and referendum.
• August 3 » Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
• August 14 » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
• November 8 » Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
• November 23 » Life magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.

The temperature on December 5, 1936 was between 0.4 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.