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• Bernardus Petrus Hendricus Hens, Waalwijk († 2006)
• Beranrdus Petrus Hendricus (Ben) Hens, Waalwijk, Netherlands († 2006)
• Hendrik Christiaan Haverkamp, Klazienaveen, Emmen († 1936)
• Bertha Dinnissen, Boxtel († 1938)
• Anna, Wilhelmina Melkert, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Bernhard Nebbig, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Eduard Leus, Lede († 1998)
• Duanne Delmar Peters († 1992)
• Jacob (jaap) Steur, Volendam († 2010)
• Hendrik Jakob Lassche, Emmen († 2011)

• Cornelia Janna Bijl (71), Dodewaard, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie Maan (61), Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus van Limburg (54), Ogden, Weber, Utah
• Antje BOS (37), Dennenoord (Zuidlaren) Drenthe Netherlands
• Antoinetta Maria Anna Verbeek (4), Gemert, NB, Nederland
• Abraham Abrahams Mijts (68), Noord-Scharwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Christina Blankenstijn (65), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Agatha Catharina van Konijnenburg (34), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Pluim (80), USA
• Albert Knoppien (85), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1934 » Ferdinand Biwersi, German footballer and referee († 2013)
• 1934 » Gloria Christian, Italian singer
• 1934 » Jean-Pierre Ferland, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1935 » Charlie Dees, American baseball player
• 1935 » Jean Milesi, French racing cyclist
• 1935 » Terry Riley, American composer and educator
• 1937 » Anita Desai, Indian-American author and academic
• 1938 » Abulfaz Elchibey, 1st democratically elected Azerbaijani president († 2000)
• 1938 » Ken Gray, New Zealand rugby player († 1992)
• 1938 » Lawrence Block, American author

• 1908 » Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Sarah Orne Jewett, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1849)
• 1922 » Walther Rathenau, German businessman and politician, 7th German Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Otto Mears, Russian-American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Xiang Zhongfa, Chinese politician, 2nd General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Camille Roy, Canadian priest and critic (b. 1870)
• 1946 » Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (b. 1864)
• 1962 » Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist and music critic (b. 1906)

• 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 16 » The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election.
• July 19 » Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain - mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces.
• August 14 » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
• August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
• October 9 » Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
• December 10 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.

The temperature on June 24, 1936 was between 12.0 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.