About the day » Wednesday September 23, 1936Calender converter

• Adrian Landegent, Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa († 2018)
• Hendrikus Antonius Cornelis Maria Bindels, Ginneken en Bavel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)
• Francina Helena Middelburg, Naaldwijk († 2002)
• Doodgeboren kind Keehnen, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1936)
• Cornelia Johanna Slip, Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 1936)
• Corry van Ammers, Nederland († 2004)
• Arend Benjamins, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1973)
• Charles E. Baugh [Wk], Mt. Zion, Kentucky († 2023)
• Gerhardus Johannes Vossebeld, Boekelo († 2018)
• Emilio Zola Florenzano, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 1991)

• Arend Jan Snellink (71)
• Abraham de Haas (70), Leeuwarden
• Aart de JONG (81), Rotterdam
• cornelis de HEER (67), papendrecht
• Doodgeboren kind Keehnen (0), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catherine Ferguson McCallum (83), Aviemore, Chamber Ave, Bondi, New South Wales
• Dingeman Berkenbosch (25), Roosendaal-Nispen
• Anna Hoiting (75), Onderdendam, gem. Bedum, Groningen, Nederland
• Alida Woudt (50), Wormerveer,,Nederland
• Aaltje Reinds (53), Ruinerwold, Drenthe, Netherlands

• 1934 » Per Olov Enquist, Swedish journalist, author, and playwright († 2020)
• 1935 » Les McCann, American soul-jazz singer and pianist
• 1935 » Prem Chopra, Pakistani-Indian actor
• 1935 » Ron Tindall, English-Australian footballer, cricketer, and manager († 2012)
• 1936 » George Eastham, English footballer
• 1936 » Sylvain Saudan, Swiss skier
• 1936 » Tareq Suheimat, Jordanian physician, general, and politician († 2014)
• 1936 » Valentín Paniagua, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 91st President of Peru († 2006)
• 1937 » Jacques Poulin, Canadian author and translator
• 1938 » Romy Schneider, Austrian-French actress († 1982)

• 1913 » Donato Álvarez, Argentinian general (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1929 » Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat, interim president, 1911 (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Hale Holden, American businessman (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and critic (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (b. 1876)

• 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.
• April 27 » The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
• June 30 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.
• August 3 » A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
• August 3 » Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
• August 30 » The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
• November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.

The temperature on September 23, 1936 was between 7.0 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.