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• Gerda Dronkert († 1941)
• Gerrit Denen, Groeningen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1976)
• Adolphina Gabrielle Drilsma, Zaandam († 1943)
• Helen Lydia Swart, unbekannt († 2015)
• Geoffrey Walter (Nipper) KNOWLES († 1998)
• Gerardus Hendrikus Sieljes, Slagharen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1995)
• Helena Cornelia Schouten, Noordwijkerhout († 1937)
• Gerrit Herman Rang, Amsterdam († 2015)
• Doodgeboren Bekhuis, Hezinge (Tubbergen) († 1936)
• Cornelia Johanna van Dongen, Hillegom († 2021)

• Anna Hendrika Meines Veldman (77), Hoogeveen
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• Bote Bakker (54), Amsterdam
• Anna ALBERDA (61), Tzummarum (Franekeradeel) Friesland Netherlands
• Arthur, David Beltzer (38)
• Anthoon KRUIZE (50), De Bilt,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Margaretha Hanckman (22), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Bartel Meeuwsen (77), Kruiningen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Albert Broeksma (53), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Christopher Torstensen Gulsvig (68), Havana, Sargent, North Dakota, United States

• 1934 » Sarat Pujari, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1935 » Donald P. Bellisario, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1935 » John Laws, Papua New Guinean-Australian singer and radio host
• 1936 » Frank Howard, American baseball player and manager
• 1936 » Jan Pieńkowski, Polish-English author and illustrator
• 1937 » Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor († 1987)
• 1937 » Dustin Hoffman, American actor and director
• 1937 » Sheila Varian, American horse breeder († 2016)
• 1938 » Jack Baldwin, English chemist and academic († 2020)
• 1938 » Jacques Hétu, Canadian composer and educator († 2010)

• 1921 » Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and author (b. 1861)
• 1928 » Stjepan Radić, Croatian politician (b. 1871)
• 1930 » Launceston Elliot, Scottish wrestler and weightlifter (b. 1874)
• 1934 » Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1863)
• 1937 » Jimmie Guthrie, Scottish motorcycle racer (b. 1897)
• 1940 » Johnny Dodds, American clarinet player and saxophonist (b. 1892)
• 1944 » Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1944 » Michael Wittmann, German commander (b. 1914)
• 1947 » Anton Denikin, Russian general (b. 1872)
• 1950 » Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, founded Qantas (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.
• March 29 » Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in the 1936 German parliamentary election and referendum.
• July 18 » On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
• July 23 » In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
• July 26 » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
• November 8 » Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
• November 25 » In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.

The temperature on August 8, 1936 was between 12.0 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.