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• Geneva van der Weide, Boyden, Sioux County, Iowa († 2016)
• Elizabeth Adriana de Zeeuw, Naaldwijk († 2024)
• Althea Grace Lamphere, Providence, Rhode Island, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Gerrit KARSSENBERG, Gelselaar († 2017)
• Helen Hawks († 2012)
• Gerardus Petrus Hubertus Sjung HERMANS, Blerick, Venlo, Limburg, Nederland († 2018)
• Cecile (zuster Aloysia) DE MEYERE, Ruiselede (Kruiskerke) († 1992)
• Grietje Booi, Opeinde, Friesland, Nederland († 2023)
• Grietje Witting, Eexterzandvoort, Anloo († 2022)
• David Aron Gobetz, Amsterdam († 1943)

• Catharina Evekink (74)
• Christian Edward Gisenas (71), Beaver, Marinette County, Wisconsin
• Berend Jan Tallen (0), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Knaap (42), Hillegom
• Anna Eilers (73), Weststellingwerf
• Andreas Wilhelmus (55), Maastricht
• Adriana BAAK (38), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Harm Luinge (68), Eelde
• Arie Stello (42), Rotterdam
• Andreas Wilhelmus (55), Maastricht, Nederland

• 1934 » Alexei Leonov, Russian general, pilot, and cosmonaut († 2019)
• 1934 » Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and manager († 2012)
• 1935 » Guy Tardif, Canadian academic and politician († 2005)
• 1935 » Ruta Lee, Canadian-American actress and dancer
• 1936 » Keir Dullea, American actor
• 1937 » Christopher Haskins, Anglo-Irish businessman, life peer, and British politician
• 1937 » Rick Mather, American-English architect († 2013)
• 1938 » Billie Letts, American author and educator († 2014)
• 1939 » Dieter Quester, Austrian race car driver
• 1939 » Michael J. Pollard, American actor († 2019)

• 1925 » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (b. 1876)
• 1926 » Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Tōgō Heihachirō, Japanese admiral (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Floyd Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1904)
• 1941 » Prajadhipok, Thai king (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Louis Slotin, Canadian physicist and chemist (b. 1910)
• 1947 » Georg von Trapp, Austrian captain (b. 1880)
• 1948 » József Klekl, Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician (b. 1874)
• 1949 » Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, French cardinal (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Hermann Broch, Austrian-American author (b. 1886)

• 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.
• April 27 » The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
• May 21 » Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
• June 26 » Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
• July 6 » A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet (61m) into the River Irwell.
• October 26 » The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
• December 10 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.

The temperature on May 30, 1936 was between 5.8 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.