About the day » Thursday July 16, 1936Calender converter

• Doyle Eugene Stearns, Dallas, Texas († 1986)
• Eugene Golden***, South Carolina († 1988)
• "Rudolf" Kamillus Maria Hermann Joseph Antonius Bernhard von Fürstenberg († 2018)
• An de Feij, Leiden († 1999)
• Wagner, Nijmegen († 1936)
• Antonia Hendrika Gijsbers, Horst, Nederland († 2012)
• Anna Jakoba de Groot, Marum
• Cornelia Maria Winter, Oude-Pekela, Groningen, Nederland († 2021)
• Dina Maria Dros, Den Burg (Texel), Nederland († 1975)
• Antonia Hendrika Gijsbers, Horst († 2012)

• Christiaan Martens Staal (70), Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland
• Agatha Theodora Adriana de Vries (37), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• barend jacobs (77), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Cornelis van den HOEK (58), Oegstgeest
• * Hendriena van Son (68), Nijnsel
• Cornelis Maria Antonius Johannes Disch (40), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Wagner (0), Nijmegen
• Adriana Hadewina Vellekoop (60), Maastricht(LB)
• Benigno Flores Madrigal (68), La Piedad de Cabadas, La Piedad, Michoacán de Ocampo, Mexico
• Aalbertje van IJmeren (87), Echteld

• 1934 » Katherine D. Ortega, 38th Treasurer of the United States
• 1934 » Tomás Eloy Martínez, Argentine journalist († 2010)
• 1935 » Carl Epting Mundy Jr., American general († 2014)
• 1935 » Lynn Wyatt, American socialite and philanthropist
• 1936 » Buddy Merrill, American guitarist
• 1936 » Jerry Norman, American sinologist and linguist († 2012)
• 1936 » Venkataraman Subramanya, Indian-Australian cricketer
• 1936 » Yasuo Fukuda, Japanese politician, 91st Prime Minister of Japan
• 1937 » John Daly, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1937 » Richard Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Nevada

• 1915 » Ellen G. White, American theologian and author (b. 1827)
• 1917 » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1960 » John P. Marquand, American author (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Rauf Orbay, Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Boris Artzybasheff, Ukrainian-American illustrator (b.1899)

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.
• July 11 » The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
• July 26 » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
• July 26 » Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
• August 1 » The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
• November 2 » The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
• November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.

The temperature on July 16, 1936 was between 11.7 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.