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• hendrina johanna (drien) pubben, helden-dorp († 2004)
• Hermanus Johannes Maria van der Wallen, Den Haag († 1993)
• Hendrik Jelte Oosterhuis, Leek,Groningen,Niederlande,Tolbert († 1999)
• Cornelia Anna Marie Bakker, Texel († 2016)
• Herman Tilman Vanherf, Riemst, België († 2011)
• Cornelis Zwanenburg, Katwijk († 2008)
• Catherine Teresa Lynn, Belfast, North-Ireland, United Kingdom († 2019)
• Harry van Kempen, Tilburg († 2005)
• Andreas Hofman, Ambt Hardenberg († 1961)
• Glenda Jean Walker, Ada, Pontotoc Co., Oklahoma, United States († 2018)

• Adriaan Baeten (102), Alphen en Riel, Hollande
• Anna Maria van Rijt (44), Leiden ZKH
• Aaltje Stam (64), Zwartsluis, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana van de Ven (60), Berkel-Enschot
• Adrianus Cornelis van Wijk (0), Den Haag, Nederland
• Albertus Talens (65), Haren
• Anna Maria Tholens (85), Axel
• Adrianus Johannes Stoop (0), Zevenbergen
• Aloysius Cyrillus Pommé (76), Houthulst West-Vlaanderen België
• Anna Hendrika Harms Veldman (61), Assen

• 1931 » Buddy Ryan, American football coach († 2016)
• 1931 » Jiřina Jirásková, Czech actress and singer († 2013)
• 1933 » Craig L. Thomas, American captain and politician († 2007)
• 1934 » Alan Bates, English actor († 2003)
• 1934 » Barry Humphries (Dame Edna Everage), Australian comedian, actor, and author
• 1935 » Christina Pickles, English-American actress
• 1936 » Jim Brown, American football player and actor
• 1937 » Mary Ann Mobley, American model and actress, Miss America 1959 († 2014)
• 1940 » Vicente Fernández, Mexican singer-songwriter, actor, and producer
• 1941 » Julia McKenzie, English actress, singer, and director

• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
• 1934 » Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (b. 1859)
• 1946 » Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (b. 1889)
• 1961 » Lütfi Kırdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1962 » Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1876)
• 1962 » Joseph Kearns, American actor (b. 1907)

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.
• April 5 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
• April 27 » The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
• May 9 » Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
• May 28 » Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
• August 14 » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
• October 4 » The British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.

The temperature on February 17, 1936 was between -0.2 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.