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• Ans Hetem, Haarlem (Noord-Holland NL) († 2000)
• Gijsbertus Broos, Leiden († 1997)
• Aart (Arie) Bultman, Gemeente Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 2012)
• Eibertus Johannes Franciscus (Frans) Theuns, Uithoorn († 2002)
• A. (Jessie) KRUYNTJENS KRUIJNTJENS († 2018)
• Aaltje Martina Scheffer, Vlissingen, Nederland († 2013)
• hendrikus hubertus mathijs zeelen, kessel
• Eliseba Esther Velleman, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Engeltje Mulder, Groningen († 1937)
• Henk de Boer, Nieuwe Niedorp († 2006)

• Anthony A. Selm (31), Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Catherine "Kate" O'Connell (67), Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus Johannes van Noord (71)
• Cornelius Odulphus Fabrie (28), Saltpond, Ghana
• Christiaan SERFONTEIN (38)
• Christina Kas (52), Barneveld, Nederland
• Diena Meijer (72), Beilen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Benjamin Kuite (48), Allegan, Michigan, VS
• Arend van den Bos (41), Heerenveen, FRL, NL
• Brand Brandsen (66), Harderwijk

• 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)

• 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.
• May 28 » Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
• August 24 » The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
• September 10 » First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, Held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium
• 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.
• December 21 » First flight of the Junkers Ju 88 multi-role combat aircraft.

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.