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• Adriana Wilhelmina Maria Leijgraaf, Castricum, Nederland († 2005)
• Adriana Johanna Dorgelo, Tilburg († 2009)
• Euphemia Hendrika (Femi) Lammertink, Rijssen, 7461, Nederland († 2008)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Maria Leijgraaf, Castricum († 2005)
• Christiane Deelkens, Hasselt († 2009)
• Annie van Dorst, Oijen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2001)
• David Lewis Hacker, Independence, Iowa († 2018)
• Alberdiena Dievertje Post, Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands († 1991)
• Cornelia Duivenvoorden, Noordwijkerhout († 1981)
• Annie van Dorst, Oijen († 2001)

• Adriana van Merlen (75), Haarlem,Gemeente Haarlem,North Holland,Netherlands
• Antonia Abbing (75), Gendringen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aart Vliem (89), Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Alexander Tamanian (57), Erevan, Arménie
• Alida Eenkhoorn (71), Genemuiden (gem. Zwartewaterland)
• Aaltje Huiskamp (81), Epe
• Augusta Percy (75), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Bartele Jacobs Spandaw (85), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Hendrika de de Jong (67), Abcoude-Baambrugge
• Albert Everts van der Linde (0)

• 1934 » Bobby Unser, American race car driver
• 1935 » Ellen Gilchrist, American novelist, short story writer, and poet
• 1936 » Larry Hovis, American actor and singer († 2003)
• 1936 » Marj Dusay, American actress († 2020)
• 1936 » Shigeo Nagashima, Japanese baseball player and coach
• 1937 » David Ackles, American singer-songwriter and actor († 1999)
• 1937 » Nancy Wilson, American singer and actress († 2018)
• 1937 » Robert Evans, Australian minister and amateur astronomer
• 1937 » Robert Huber, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1937 » Roger Penske, American race car driver and businessman

• 1907 » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1920 » Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)
• 1920 » Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Takiji Kobayashi, Japanese writer (b. 1903)
• 1936 » Max Schreck, German actor (b. 1879)
• 1957 » Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Turkish scholar and politician (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer(b. 1879)

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.
• February 16 » The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election.
• March 5 » First flight of K5054, the first prototype Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
• May 28 » Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
• July 20 » The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
• August 1 » The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
• September 6 » Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.

The temperature on February 20, 1936 was between -0.5 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.