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• Antoon van der Meij († 2015)
• Arnold de Levie, Oss († 1944)
• Hendrina Geertruida Looman, Millingen aan de Rijn, Nederland († 1936)
• Gijsberta Liebeton, Tilburg († 2003)
• Egbertus Bernardus Thijssen († 1998)
• Eelke Van der Veen, Broeksterwoude († 2008)
• C. Vernon Richards, Iowa (USA) († 2017)
• Hendricus Johannes (Henny) Lobé, Zwijndrecht († 1999)
• Antonius Bernardus Velthuis, Ootmarsum († 2014)
• Franciscus van der Donk, Sint-Michielsgestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1938)

• Alexander Pendleton Goldston <sKBsOb>1 "Alex" (57), Soldier's Home in Johnson City, Tennessee
• Antonia Verroen (61), Papekop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bernardina Berendse (52), odijk
• Ann Frances Ferriell (72), Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky
• Andries de Waard (78), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
• Adriana Lips (79), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Abraham Lincoln Anderson (69), Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
• Arie Maurits Pleijsier (0), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart van den Brink (75), Amersfoort zie Utrecht-Amersfoort
• André Maillette de Buy Wenniger (50), Blaricum

• 1931 » James Dean, American actor († 1955)
• 1932 » Cliff Allison, English racing driver and businessman († 2005)
• 1932 » John Williams, American pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1933 » Elly Ameling, Dutch soprano
• 1937 » Harry Wu, Chinese human rights activist († 2016)
• 1937 » Joe Raposo, American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1939 » Jose Maria Sison, Filipino activist and theorist
• 1940 » Sophie Lihau-Kanza, Congolese politician († 1999)
• 1940 » Ted Koppel, English-American journalist
• 1941 » Nick Nolte, American actor and producer

• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)
• 1945 » Italo Santelli, Italian fencer and coach (b. 1866)
• 1956 » Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (b. 1862)
• 1957 » Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)

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 3 » Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
• April 27 » The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
• June 15 » First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
• July 23 » In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
• September 6 » Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.
• December 21 » First flight of the Junkers Ju 88 multi-role combat aircraft.

The temperature on February 8, 1936 was between -5.6 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.