About the day » Saturday May 9, 1936Calender converter

• Gijsbertus Hazeleger, Woudenberg, Utrecht, Nederland († 1980)
• Guiseppe Mario Molducci, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland († 2001)
• Anny van Gerwen, Veldhoven († 2007)
• Dirk Nijk, Steenwijk († 2021)
• Frans Jacobus PHAFF († 1994)
• Kappers, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Beppie Wouters, Weesperkarspel († 1937)
• Glenn William Foxx, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1965)
• Frank Harold Beckon († 1985)
• David Prohoroff, Dalano, California († 1997)

• alida johanna SCHELLINGERHOUT (69), alphen aan de rijn(ZH)
• adrianus wilhelmus willemsen (70), velp, rheden, gelderland, nederland
• Abraham Bolé (83), Rotterdam
• Alida (Aal) van der Geest (77), Noordwijk
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Sebreghts (73), Genk, Limburg, 3600, België
• Antonij Voorendijk (76), Rotterdam
• Albert Askin Cowan (57)
• Bart Bovenhof (38), Havelte
• Aagje Dolk (78), Delft
• Augustus Wilhelm Urff (86), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1934 » Alan Bennett, English screenwriter, playwright, and novelist
• 1935 » Nokie Edwards, American guitarist († 2018)
• 1935 » Roger Hargreaves, English author and illustrator († 1988)
• 1936 » Albert Finney, English actor († 2019)
• 1936 » Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician
• 1936 » Terry Downes, British boxer and former world middle-weight champion († 2017)
• 1937 » Dave Prater, American singer († 1988)
• 1937 » Rafael Moneo, Spanish architect, designed the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels and Valladolid Science Museum
• 1937 » Sonny Curtis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1938 » Charles Simić, Serbian-American poet and editor

• 1915 » François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1918 » George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Albert Abraham Michelson, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1933 » John Arthur Jarvis, English swimmer (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Ernst Bresslau, German zoologist (b. 1877)
• 1938 » Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman (b. 1866)
• 1942 » Józef Cebula, Polish priest and saint (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Han Yong-un, Korean poet and social reformer (b. 1879)
• 1949 » Louis II, Prince of Monaco (b. 1870)
• 1950 » Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (b. 1883)

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 10 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
• March 1 » The Hoover Dam is completed.
• March 29 » Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in the 1936 German parliamentary election and referendum.
• August 10 » Spanish Civil War: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is dissolved by the Spanish Republic.
• November 12 » In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
• 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.

The temperature on May 9, 1936 was between 9.7 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.