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• Anna Theresia Wittendorp, Barger-Oosterveen, Emmen († 1989)
• Alfons Luciaan Mondelaers, Vorst-Kempen († 1936)
• Bette Mae Fry († 1994)
• Antonius Albertus Snelder, Netherlands († 2003)
• Hendrik Weijs († 2015)
• Ernst Kollmann, Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• hendrika leonora maria smits, baarlo
• Antonius Josephus Johannes Petrus van Ierland, Tilburg († 2013)
• Anna Maria van Hartevelt, Zoeterwoude
• Cornelis Jacob den Draak, Vlaardingen († 2014)

• Aalbert Johan Koops (58), Oldebroek
• Adriaan Kleijn (67), Asperen (West Betuwe) (GL)
• Adriaan Lodewijk Hoog (62), Boschvoorde(B)
• Arnoldus Johannes Gijsbertus Rovers (3), Driel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernardus Johannes Selhorst (75), Sint Pancras (gem. Langedijk, NH)
• Carolus Ludovicus Vandevoorde (77), Hooglede,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Adriaan Kleijn (67), Asperen, Lingewaal, Gelderland, Nederland
• August Harry Ben Kroese (27), Malang, Java, Indonesia
• Antonio de Lacerda Franco (82), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Adriana Maria Blok (11), Gouda

• 1933 » Edward de Bono, Maltese physician, author, and academic
• 1934 » Jim Lehrer, American journalist and author († 2020)
• 1934 » Ruskin Bond, Indian author and poet
• 1935 » David Hartman, American journalist and television personality
• 1937 » Pat Roach, English wrestler († 2004)
• 1938 » Herbie Flowers, English musician
• 1938 » Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Ukrainian long jumper and coach
• 1938 » Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese politician († 1989)
• 1939 » James Fox, English actor
• 1939 » Livio Berruti, Italian sprinter

• 1915 » John Simpson Kirkpatrick, English-Australian soldier (b. 1892)
• 1918 » Gervais Raoul Lufbery, French-American soldier and pilot (b. 1885)
• 1935 » T. E. Lawrence, British colonel and archaeologist (b. 1888)
• 1936 » Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall, British Islamic scholar (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Ahmet Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish journalist and publicist (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Philipp Bouhler, German soldier and politician (b. 1889)
• 1946 » Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist (b. 1869)
• 1950 » Daniel Ciugureanu, Romanian physician and politician, Prime Minister of Moldova (b. 1884)
• 1954 » Charles Ives, American composer and educator (b. 1874)

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.
• April 5 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
• May 28 » Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
• August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
• 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.
• November 12 » In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.

The temperature on May 19, 1936 was between 9.2 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.