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• van Genesen, Zevenbergen († 2003)
• Els Peters, Schijndel, Nederland († 2001)
• Anna Maria Sol, Rotterdam († 1995)
• Geertruida Wilhelmina Ludovica de Winkel († 2000)
• Antje Griffioen, Hekendorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Hendrikus Johannes Lelifeld, Almelo, 7601, Nederland († 2010)
• Gijsbertus Maria van den Ende, Roermond, Limburg, Nederland († 1936)
• Cornelis Wilhelmus Maria Plasmans, Hapert († 2014)
• Adrianus Dijkman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Hendricus van Wanrooij, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2001)

• Cornelia Lelsz (84), Almelo,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cora M Hutchins (44), Atlanta, Cass County, Texas, United States of America
• Aleida Meuleman (59), Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan Gerard van Steeden (66), Bloemendaal
• Catharina Maria Sausenthaler (76), Hoorn
• Alice Grace Warn (56), Carroll, NY, 14770, Verenigde Staten
• Beatrix van Ooste (23), (NH) Amsterdam
• Aaltje Uttjens van der Wal (74), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Bernardina Hendrika Chattelin (83)
• Adrianus Johannes Buise (76), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1931 » Ken Boyer, American baseball player and manager († 1982)
• 1933 » Constance Towers, American actress and singer
• 1935 » José Mujica, Uruguayan guerrilla leader and politician, 40th President of Uruguay
• 1936 » Anthony Zerbe, American actor
• 1937 » Dave Hill, American golfer († 2011)
• 1937 » Derek Lampe, English footballer
• 1939 » Balu Mahendra, Sri Lankan-Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1940 » Sadaharu Oh, Japanese-Taiwanese baseball player and manager
• 1940 » Shorty Long, American singer-songwriter and producer († 1969)
• 1940 » Stan Mikita, Slovak-Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster († 2018)

• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler (c. 1869)
• 1925 » Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1831)
• 1940 » Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Georgios Siantos, Greek sergeant and politician (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop and politician, 137th Prime Minister of Greece (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.
• January 15 » The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
• August 10 » Spanish Civil War: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is dissolved by the Spanish Republic.
• August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
• September 14 » Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaures, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza
• November 25 » In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.
• December 11 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective.

The temperature on May 20, 1936 was between 8.4 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.