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• Corstiaan Anton Korteweg, Blankeweer (Haren) († 1958)
• Elisabeth Antonia Prins († 2008)
• Christina Clementine Maria Brager, Hengelo († 1990)
• Christina Francisca Helena Martens, Ginneken en Bavel († 1957)
• Agatha Siebregtje Zeinstra, Midlum (FRL), Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2023)
• Boukje Hoogeveen, Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland († 2022)
• Adrianus Johannes Henricus Scholten, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord Brabant († 1988)
• Albertha Johanna Aljo Kerssies († 2002)
• Jan Jonker, Hilversum († 1936)
• Caroline Elsie Heidebrink, Iowa († 2010)

• Arie Vermeij (44), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Hendrika Elisa Kusters (41), Sittard
• Arie VERMEIJ (44), Dordrecht
• Annechiena Maria Molenkamp (0), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Catherine Arsene DANSE (72), Montegnee,Liege,Belgium
• Anna Helena Verheggen (83), Maasniel
• Anthonie Koning (65), Zuilen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina Wijnanda van Deudekom (75), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje van Nieuwpoort (78), Woerden
• Catharina Michels Ledoux (87), Steger, Will, Illinois

• 1933 » Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, Maltese politician, 9th Prime Minister of Malta
• 1933 » Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress († 2014)
• 1933 » Tony Pithey, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer († 2006)
• 1934 » Lucio Tan, Chinese-Filipino billionaire businessman and educator
• 1935 » Diahann Carroll, American actress and singer († 2019)
• 1935 » Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor and producer
• 1935 » Peter Schickele, American composer and educator
• 1938 » Hermann Huppen, Belgian author and illustrator
• 1939 » Andrée Champagne, Canadian actress and politician († 2020)
• 1939 » Spencer Davis, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1925 » Lovis Corinth, German painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1842)
• 1932 » Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor, singer, and director (b. 1862)
• 1935 » George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Robina Nicol, New Zealand photographer and suffragist (b. 1861)
• 1944 » William James Sidis, American mathematician and anthropologist (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Ernst Busch, German field marshal (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Draža Mihailović, Serbian general (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Florence Fuller, South African-born Australian artist (b. 1867)

• 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.
• March 29 » Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in the 1936 German parliamentary election and referendum.
• May 9 » Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
• June 26 » Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
• August 3 » Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
• August 4 » Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
• November 3 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected President of the United States.

The temperature on July 17, 1936 was between 9.8 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.