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• Arthurlyn Derward Bodden, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands († 2021)
• Clara Bartholina Louisa Geraeds, Maasbree († 2015)
• Buford Darwin Gourley, Lincoln, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Abram Sonneveld, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1990)
• Cornelis Johannes van der Mark, amsterdam, Nederland († 2014)
• Anna Maria Jacoba BRUGEL, Amsterdam (N-H) († 1991)
• Aldegonda (Alda) Motmans, Sint-Truiden, België († 2021)
• Cor Boeder, Twisk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• "Luisa Isabel" María del Carmen Cristina Rosalía Joaquina Álvarez de Toledo, Estoril, Portugal († 2008)
• Drina Thijs, Maarheeze,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2001)

• Aaltje Luitzens Faber (86), Leeuwarden, Fr, Nederland
• Antoniea Wiersema (72), Kollum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Barbara_Woutera van der Pol (62), Utrecht
• Aloysius DE Block (74), STEKENE
• Berendina Huckriede (81)
• Antonia HERMSEN (64), Nijmegen(Geld)
• Albertus Antonie Nijland (67), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bauke Wieringa (75), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bartha Sweenen (64), Aalten
• Berendina Vossers (79), Zelhem

• 1933 » Just Fontaine, Moroccan-French footballer and manager
• 1933 » Roman Polanski, French-Polish director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
• 1934 » Gulzar, Indian poet, lyricist and film director
• 1934 » Michael May, German-Swiss race car driver and engineer
• 1934 » Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and soldier († 1972)
• 1934 » Vincent Bugliosi, American lawyer and author († 2015)
• 1935 » Gail Fisher, American actress († 2000)
• 1935 » Hifikepunye Pohamba, Namibian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Namibia
• 1936 » Robert Redford, American actor, director, and producer
• 1937 » Sheila Cassidy, English physician and author

• 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)
• 1964 » Hildegard Trabant, Berlin Wall victim (b. 1927)
• 1968 » Arthur Marshall, American pianist and composer (b. 1881)

• 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.
• January 8 » Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.
• March 29 » Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in the 1936 German parliamentary election and referendum.
• September 7 » The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
• November 3 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected President of the United States.
• November 8 » Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
• November 23 » Life magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.

The temperature on August 18, 1936 was between 14.7 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.