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• Bertus Gasthuis († 2017)
• Elisabeth Ann Christensen, Ephraim, Sanpete County, Utah, United States of America († 2003)
• Carol A. Wood, Lima, Allen Co.Ohio († 2009)
• Grietje Bakker, Bunderhamrich, Ostfriesland, Germany († 1964)
• Andreas Mattheus Schreurs, Sragen († 2012)
• Hendrik Bertus Brinkman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Clasina Wilhelmina Elisabeth ( Sien) de Wildt († 2005)
• Agnes Georgine Tiesselinck, Semarang (Ned. Indie) († 2008)
• Dorotheus Ermens, Ginneken en Bavel, Nederland († 1936)
• Henricus Josephus Donders, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)

• Cornelis Marinus Mikkers (0), Apeldoorn
• "Helene" Marie Alexandra Elisabeth Auguste Karoline von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (79), Remplin, Malchin, Allemagne
• Dieuwke Jans Hof (80), Huizum, gem. Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Abram Tracy Hollingsworth (46), Howard County, Indiana
• Charles Henry Morrissey (70), 204, Pennywell Road, St John's Nfld, Bronchitis
• Antje Smilde (68), Utrecht(U)
• Albertus Schrijver (80), Zwolle
• Cornelia Janna Beaufort (86), Oud-Vossemeer
• Cornelia Ringlever (79), Rockanje
• Anna Petronella van der Wal (37), Dordrecht

• 1933 » Patrick Kalilombe, Malawian bishop and theologian († 2012)
• 1933 » Philip French, English journalist, critic, and producer († 2015)
• 1935 » Gilles Rocheleau, Canadian businessman and politician († 1998)
• 1935 » Melvin Charney, Canadian sculptor and architect († 2012)
• 1935 » Warren M. Washington, American atmospheric scientist
• 1936 » Don Denkinger, American baseball player and umpire
• 1938 » Bengt Fahlström, Swedish journalist († 2017)
• 1938 » Maurizio Costanzo, Italian journalist and academic
• 1938 » Paul Martin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Canada
• 1939 » John Kingman, English mathematician and academic

• 1903 » Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and architect, co-designed Central Park (b. 1822)
• 1919 » Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858)
• 1937 » George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894)
• 1943 » Georg Hellat, Estonian architect (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Emmett Till, American murder victim (b. 1941)
• 1959 » Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American composer and educator (b. 1890)
• 1965 » Giulio Racah, Italian-Israeli physicist and mathematician (b. 1909)
• 1968 » Dimitris Pikionis, Greek architect and academic (b. 1887)

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.
• June 30 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.
• July 23 » In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
• August 10 » Spanish Civil War: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is dissolved by the Spanish Republic.
• September 7 » The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
• September 14 » Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaures, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza
• November 12 » In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.

The temperature on August 28, 1936 was between 9.8 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.