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• Elizabeth de Jong († 2015)
• Arnoldus Huijsmans, Goirle († 2011)
• Hendrik van Blokland, Haarlem († 1954)
• Bertha Regina Wilkens, Zierikzee (NL) († 1943)
• Gerrit Harm Hulsebosch, Zwolle, Nederland († 2020)
• Cornelis Gerardus Maria Helsloot, Amsterdam († 2021)
• Bruin Schokker, Barger-Compascuum, Emmen († 2020)
• Hendrik Nicolaas Boukema, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland († 1989)
• Adriana van den Berg, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Buitenhuis, Apeldoorn {GE} († 2009)

• Cornelis Vriendjes (70), Eenigenburg, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Akke (Agnes) Gerrits Zoodsma (82), Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Stel (69), Tallmadge Township, Ottawa Cy, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan Eliza de Haan (48), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Akke Gerrits Zoodsma (82), USA Kalamazoo
• Anna Maria Carolina de Bruijn (66), Hillegersberg
• Alphonsus Franciscus Cornelis van Tilborg (32), Baarle-Nassau
• Edward W. Van Dixon (72), Cambridge, Lenawee, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Benjamin B Chisolm (81), Pearsall, Texas
• Clasina Spierenburg (70), Utrecht

• 1930 » Bernard Manning, English comedian († 2007)
• 1930 » Don Ho, American singer and ukulele player († 2007)
• 1930 » Wilfried Hilker, German footballer and referee
• 1930 » Wilmer Mizell, American baseball player and politician († 1999)
• 1933 » Joycelyn Elders, American admiral and physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States
• 1935 » Alex de Renzy, American director and producer († 2001)
• 1935 » Mudcat Grant, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1938 » Bill Masterton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1938 » Dave "Baby" Cortez, American R&B pianist, organist, and composer
• 1940 » Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach († 2000)

• 1910 » Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1912 » Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
• 1917 » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hayato Ikeda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)

• 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.
• June 26 » Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
• July 19 » Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain - mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces.
• July 26 » Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
• August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
• August 30 » The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
• August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.

The temperature on August 13, 1936 was between 11.3 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.