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• Gerardus Hubertus Uytewaal, Jutphaas, Utrecht, Netherlands († 2005)
• Anna Jean Mowry, Marrowbone, Kentucky († 2018)
• Baijens, Veldhoven
• Geert Ruurds Adema, Huizum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2009)
• Betty Hyland († 1984)
• Hendrikus Antonius van Kasteren, Vught
• Allegonda Antje Catharina Klinge, Appingedam, Groningen, Netherlands († 2018)
• Cornelis Slump, Echten († 2005)
• Age Meinsma, Haarlem († 1996)
• van der Woerd, Abcoude-Baambrugge, Utrecht, Nederland († 1936)

• Anna Maria Elisabeth Vananroye (67), Borgloon, België
• Annanette Scheffer (82), Zwolle, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antoinette (Antje) Duijsker (81), Paramaribo, Suriname
• Andrew Flipse (43), Grand Rapids, Verenigde Staten
• Archie McDonald - new line DNA999DZ- linked Darrel Mcdonald (76), Dale, Alabama, United States
• Aaltjen Fredrika Kolkman (89), Gorssel
• Aaltjen Frederika Kolkman (88), Gorssel
• "Maria Josefine" Himelda Gabriele de Robiano (71), Alsbach, Allemagne
• Adrianus van Liempd (76), Uden
• Alexandre Canon (45), Mont-Saint-Martin, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France

• 1933 » Johnny Unitas, American football player and sportscaster († 2002)
• 1935 » Avraham Heffner, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1935 » Michael Hopkins, English architect
• 1936 » Jimmy Ruffin, American soul singer († 2014)
• 1936 » Robin Hanbury-Tenison, English explorer and author
• 1936 » Tony O'Reilly, Irish rugby player and businessman
• 1937 » Claude Raymond, Canadian baseball player and coach
• 1937 » Eddie Clayton, English footballer
• 1939 » Ruggero Deodato, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1939 » Sidney Altman, Canadian-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1922 » Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)
• 1925 » William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and author (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Octavian Goga, Romanian politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1881)
• 1940 » George Lansbury, English journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1941 » James George Frazer, Scottish-English anthropologist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1942 » Felix Weingartner, Croatian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)
• 1943 » Fethi Okyar, Turkish colonel and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian journalist and politician (b. 1864)

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 8 » Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.
• July 17 » Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
• August 3 » A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
• October 4 » The British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.
• October 5 » The Jarrow March sets off for London.
• December 30 » The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.

The temperature on May 7, 1936 was between 10.8 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.