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• Geertje Stiksma, Kollumerland († 2015)
• Cornelis Kaai, Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Bernard Henricus Gerardus Brager, Geesteren († 1936)
• Edward "Eamon" Kelly, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland († 2006)
• Cornelis Gerardus Ket, Alkmaar († 2002)
• Antonia Joanna Maria Struijcken, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 2015)
• Frans Munnich, Djokjakarta Indonesia († 1976)
• Fredrika Femmigje Schipper († 2006)
• Christina Everdina Johanna Holtslag, Brummen, Gld, The Netherlands († 1936)
• Dirk Jacobus van Brenk, Geldermalsen († 1944)

• Adriaan Hamers (89), Maastricht
• Adrianus Hamers (89), Maastricht
• Aaltje Mantel (66), Andijk, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham van ES (83), Kedichem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardina Derksen (66), Zevenaar
• alphonse louis DELVALLEE (42), Springfield (Illinois-USA)
• Anna W. Martin (76), Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Breg (72), Beets, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Huiskamp (84), Voorst
• Arnoldus Johannes Metternich (58), Oldenzaal

• 1934 » Francisco J. Ayala, Spanish-American evolutionary biologist and philosopher
• 1936 » Eddie Sutton, American basketball player and coach
• 1936 » Michał Heller, Polish professor of philosophy
• 1936 » Virginia Hamilton, American children's books author († 2002)
• 1937 » Zoltán Horvath, Hungarian sabre fencer
• 1937 » Zurab Sotkilava, Georgian operatic tenor († 2017)
• 1938 » Johnny Rutherford, American race car driver and sportscaster
• 1938 » Juan Horacio Suárez, Argentine bishop
• 1938 » Ron Tutt, American drummer
• 1938 » Vladimir Msryan, Armenian actor, († 2010)

• 1925 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
• 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1954 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1920)
• 1955 » Theodor Plievier, German author best known for his anti-war novel (b. 1892)

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.
• January 20 » King George V of the United Kingdom dies. His eldest son succeeds to the throne, becoming Edward VIII. The title Prince of Wales is not used for another 22 years.
• April 6 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
• July 18 » On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
• July 23 » In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
• August 4 » Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
• November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.

The temperature on March 12, 1936 was between -0.3 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.