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• Beike (Beatrix) Deforche, Izegem, België († 2015)
• Clasina Maria (Clazien) Rijgersberg († 2023)
• Elisabeth Maria Kannekens, Fijnaart,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)
• Eliza Huibert Johannes Nootenboom, Rotterdam († 1940)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Christiaan Cornelis van den Hout, Goirle († 1937)
• Chretien VAN WIJNGAERDEN, Maaseik, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 1994)
• Bernardus Marinus Pon, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Gerrit Lokhorst († 1983)
• Geeske Wupke Prins, Hoofddorp, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1984)

• Anna Maria FRAISE (78)
• Anna Avis DRUM (48), Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Clementine Henriette Oppel (46), Arnhem
• Antoon Smit (0), Munnekemoer Ter-Apel Vlagtwedde Westerwolde Groningen Nederland
• Albert Jan Reinds (82), Goor, Overijssel, Nederland
• Carmelo PIRRELLO (30), VILLAROSA, Enna, Sicilia, Italia
• Ada Caroline Smith (69), Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
• Christiaan van Basten (39), Zeist,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adelaide Blanken (83), Victor, Iowa County, Iowa
• Charles P. Okerlund (81), Salina, Sevier County, Utah

• 1932 » Donald Byrd, American trumpet player and academic († 2013)
• 1933 » Ashleigh Brilliant, English-American author and illustrator
• 1933 » Milt Campbell, American decathlete and football player († 2012)
• 1933 » Morton Downey Jr., American singer-songwriter, actor, and talk show host († 2001)
• 1933 » Orville Moody, American golfer († 2008)
• 1934 » Judi Dench, English actress
• 1934 » Junior Wells, American blues singer-songwriter and harmonica player († 1998)
• 1938 » David Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1993)
• 1938 » Deacon Jones, American football player, sportscaster, and actor († 2013)
• 1938 » Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Greek epidemiologist, oncologist, and academic († 2014)

• 1930 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1932 » Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (b. 1865)
• 1935 » Walter Liggett, American journalist and activist (b. 1886)
• 1937 » Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1937 » Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Russian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1865)
• 1943 » Georges Dufrénoy, French painter (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Laird Cregar, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1945 » Yun Chi-ho, South Korean activist and politician (b. 1864)

• 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 8 » Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
• May 9 » Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
• July 26 » Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
• October 26 » The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
• November 12 » In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
• November 25 » In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.

The temperature on December 9, 1936 was between -0.2 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.