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• Frans Leendert van Eijk († 2012)
• Abraham van Wijk, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen († 2008)
• Albertus Willem Johannes Leeuwis, Renkum (Gelderland) († 1981)
• Cornelis Rijke, de, Nieuwerkerk gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL († 2005)
• Elisabeth Catharina Bijwaard, Breezand († 2007)
• Geertje Hermanna Bredenhoff, Heerde, Nederland († 2001)
• Catharina Amiabel, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Albertus Westra († 2014)
• Gaston Punie, Alken, België († 2020)
• Barbara van den BERG, Utrecht

• Antje Monsma (36), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• (1) Maria Sprong (42), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Adrianus Maria van Raak (82), Haaren (Oisterwijk) (Noord-Brabant)
• Adeleida Zwanenburg (13), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Ockhuizen (71), Utrecht
• Annechien Harmannus BROUWER (68), Loppersum, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaan Ages (27), Groningen
• Annechien Harmannus BROUWER (68), Loppersum Groningen Netherlands
• Aaltje Biesterbos (73), Epe
• Aaltje de Vroome (87), Boskoop, ZH, The Netherlands

• 1932 » Frank D'Rone, American singer and guitarist († 2013)
• 1932 » Israr Ahmed, Indian-Pakistani theologian, philosopher, and scholar († 2010)
• 1932 » Shirley Cawley, English long jumper
• 1933 » Arno Allan Penzias, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1933 » Carol Burnett, American actress, singer, and producer
• 1933 » Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican-American general († 2005)
• 1935 » Patricia Reilly Giff, American author and educator
• 1937 » Jean-Pierre Beltoise, French racing driver and motorcycle racer († 2015)
• 1938 » Duane Eddy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1938 » Maurice Williams, American doo-wop/R&B singer-songwriter

• 1920 » Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (b. 1887)
• 1932 » William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1934 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876)
• 1940 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Sigmund Rascher, German physician (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882)
• 1950 » George Murray Hulbert, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (b. 1868)

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 29 » February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends.
• March 1 » The Hoover Dam is completed.
• July 26 » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
• August 3 » Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
• October 1 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.
• November 23 » Life magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.

The temperature on April 26, 1936 was between 7.6 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 7.2 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.