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• A. (Jessie) KRUYNTJENS KRUIJNTJENS († 2018)
• Andreas Jacobus van den Heuvel, Vught († 1968)
• Gerard van Berlo, Erp, NL († 1943)
• Jacob 'JR' Haisma, Grand Rapid, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Tjalsma, Hennaarderadeel († 1936)
• Henk de Boer, Nieuwe Niedorp († 2006)
• Harold Joseph Gaebel, Freeport, Stearns Co, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1990)
• Catharina Maria Hut († 2018)
• Isaac Italiaander, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Adrianus (Adriaan) Post, Loosduinen († 2009)

• Anthony A. Selm (31), Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Clara Catharina MULLER (76), Zeist (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
• Antonie ROOKE (52), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Smith (30), Heideberg, Victoria, Australia
• Albertus Johannes van Noord (71)
• Arend van den Bos (41), Heerenveen, FRL, NL
• Clara Catharina Muller (76), Zeist
• Antoinnetta Cornelia Hillen (67), Arnhem
• Diena Meijer (72), Beilen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Anna Margaretha Vosshard (67), Bloemendaal

• 1933 » Antonio Lamer, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Chief Justice of Canada († 2007)
• 1934 » Edward D. DiPrete, American politician
• 1934 » Marty Feldman, English actor and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1934 » Raquel Correa, Chilean journalist († 2012)
• 1935 » John David Crow, American football player and coach († 2015)
• 1935 » Steve Lawrence, American actor and singer
• 1935 » Vitaly Sevastyanov, Russian engineer and astronaut († 2010)
• 1938 » Diane Clare, English actress († 2013)
• 1939 » Ed Lumley, Canadian businessman and politician, 8th Canadian Minister of Communications
• 1940 » Joe B. Mauldin, American bass player and songwriter († 2015)

• 1930 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)
• 1934 » Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general (b. 1856)
• 1942 » Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Jean Moulin, French soldier (b. 1899)
• 1950 » Othmar Spann, Austrian sociologist, economist, and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1952 » August Alle, Estonian lawyer, author, and poet (b. 1890)

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.
• August 1 » The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
• August 3 » A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
• August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
• September 6 » Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.
• October 1 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.
• December 5 » The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.

The temperature on July 8, 1936 was between 12.4 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.