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• Bernardus Martinus Takken, Zwaag († 1938)
• Daisy van Stenus, Tegal, Java (Indonesië) († 2014)
• Doodgeboren kind Hollants, Tilburg († 1936)
• Hollants, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Geertruida van den Brink, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1987)
• Cornelia Carter Roberts, Washington, D.C., Verenigde Staten († 1982)
• Geuje Voerman, Ambt Vollenhove, Nederland († 2017)
• Antonius Maria Schnieders, Erica, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2018)
• Francis Dean Elkins, El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• Gijsberta Hendrika van Mil, Berkel ca († 2014)

• Aaltje van den Beukel (31)
• Cornelia Anna Groot (35), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Mierop (85), Ouddorp, province of Zuid-Holland
• Barbara May "Bessie" Boyd **** (53), Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Anthonie FELIUS (83), Kruiningen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana van Wijk (70), Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Schutjes (60), Eindhoven
• Cornelis Schutjens (60), Eindhoven
• Adolph Grossholz (84), Fairvew Twp., Erie Co., PA
• Adriana Johanna Kraak (80)

• 1935 » Akihiro Miwa, Japanese singer, actor, director, composer, author and drag queen
• 1935 » Don Bragg, American pole vaulter
• 1935 » Ted Dexter, Italian-English cricketer
• 1935 » Utah Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2008)
• 1936 » Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-American actress and singer
• 1936 » Mart Laga, Estonian basketball player († 1977)
• 1936 » Paul Zindel, American playwright and novelist († 2003)
• 1936 » Ralph Steadman, English painter and illustrator
• 1937 » Karin Krog, Norwegian singer
• 1937 » Madeleine Albright, Czech-American politician and diplomat, 64th United States Secretary of State

• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881)
• 1948 » Edward J. Flanagan, Irish-American priest, founded Boys Town (b. 1886)
• 1954 » William March, American soldier and author (b. 1893)

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.
• May 5 » Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• 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 4 » Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
• August 9 » Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.
• October 27 » Mrs Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
• December 23 » Spanish Civil War: The Spanish Republic legalizes the Regional Defence Council of Aragon.

The temperature on May 15, 1936 was between 5.8 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.