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• Alfons Noens, Stevoort, België († 1997)
• Gustaaf Henriëtte van Roeyen, Clinge,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1999)
• Evertje Ekkelkamp († 2011)
• Hendrik Boshove, Ambt Hardenberg († 1988)
• Annie (Annigje) Nijmeijer, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1994)
• Eusebia Oostra, Dokkum († 1936)
• Adriaan Elias Huisman, Nieuw-Lekkerland († 2001)
• Cornelis Johannes (Kees) van Loon, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Coy S Tanner, Mississippi († 2001)
• Cornelia Goudswaard, Oud-Beijerland, Nederland († 1938)

• Andries De waard (79)
• Egbert Stufken (78), Apeldoorn
• Arie de Bruijn (68), Gorinchem
• Annigje Middelveld (79), De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria Vermeij (71), Amsterdam
• Annigje Middelveld (79), de Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Hobbelen (58), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna van Teeffelen (35), Dreumel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonio Arnaldo Taveira (67), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Catharina Jacoba de Vreede (9), Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1934 » Valery Bykovsky, Russian general and astronaut († 2019)
• 1935 » Hank Cochran, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2010)
• 1936 » Anthony Payne, English composer and author
• 1937 » Billy Cannon, American football player and dentist († 2018)
• 1937 » Garth Hudson, Canadian keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
• 1937 » María Duval, Mexican actress and singer
• 1937 » Ron Brierley, New Zealand businessman
• 1938 » Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2007)
• 1938 » Pierre de Bané, Israeli-Canadian lawyer and politician († 2019)
• 1938 » Terry Peck, Falkland Islander soldier († 2006)

• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)
• 1937 » Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)
• 1939 » Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and educator (b. 1863)
• 1955 » Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator (b. 1879)

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.
• February 29 » February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends.
• June 30 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.
• July 22 » Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community.
• August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
• 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 23 » Spanish Civil War: The Spanish Republic legalizes the Regional Defence Council of Aragon.

The temperature on August 2, 1936 was between 7.9 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.