About the day » Friday May 8, 1936Calender converter

• Catharina Wilhelmina - Toos Peters, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2021)
• Emile Van Tilborgh, Vilvoorde († 1999)
• Broer Dijkman, Hallum († 1996)
• Eduardus Johannes Albertus Meussen, Wierden († 1982)
• Herman Schweigman, Maartensdijk († 1998)
• doodgeboren zoon de Groot, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1936)
• Alfred Heitlager († 1980)
• Gerbrand Besse, Wormer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1936)
• David Allen Cochran, Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania († 2000)
• Hendrikus Johannes van der Veer, Loenen

• Anna Maria Koumans (84), Stein, Limburg, Netherlands
• Berendina Hameka (55)
• Aafje Hoogendijk (79), Schiedam
• Anna Maria Sluijter (78), Amsterdam
• Antje Boel (75), Streefkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Fopma (69), Ureterp, gem. Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Alberta Gidding (89), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antoinette Wilhelmina van EIJMEREN (72), Utrecht
• Annie Rebecca Coles (36), Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
• Aaltje Haveman (79), Sleen, Drenthe, Netherlands(Schoonoord)

• 1934 » Leonard Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann, South African-English lawyer and judge
• 1935 » Jack Charlton, English footballer and manager
• 1935 » Lucius Cary, 15th Viscount Falkland, Scottish politician
• 1935 » Princess Elisabeth of Denmark († 2018)
• 1936 » Haljand Udam, Estonian orientalist and academic († 2005)
• 1936 » Kazuo Koike, Japanese author
• 1937 » Bernard Cleary, Canadian journalist, academic, and politician
• 1937 » Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Colombian lawyer and politician († 2015)
• 1937 » Mike Cuellar, Cuban-American baseball player († 2010)
• 1937 » Thomas Pynchon, American novelist

• 1936 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1890)
• 1943 » Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander (b. 1919)
• 1944 » Themistoklis Diakidis, Greek high jumper (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Bernhard Rust, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Frank Bourne, British soldier, last survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Josef Terboven, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Rediess, German SS officer (b. 1900)

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 7 » Prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
• June 28 » The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
• July 20 » The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
• August 3 » Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
• August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
• October 9 » Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.

The temperature on May 8, 1936 was between 9.7 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.