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• David James Folkersma, Michigan,, United States († 2012)
• Johannes de Groote († 1998)
• Bobbie Jean Benton, Kingsport, Sullivan, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Verhoeven, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1937)
• Gerrit Jan van Schuppen († 2009)
• Hetty Jacobina Maria Meijer († 2008)
• Fulps Vincentinus Valstar, Naaldwijk († 2017)
• * Willy van den Berg, Eindhoven († 2014)
• Gerrit Voskamp, Hengelo, 7550, Nederland († 1937)
• Anna Elisabeth Weijzen, Susteren, Limburg, Nederland († 1937)

• Antje ROOSENDAAL (94), Hem,Venhuizen
• Abraham Andriesse (70), Roermond
• Agatha Westerhuis (58), Groningen
• Adrianus van Hammen (36), Schiedam
• Anthonie Biesterbosch (65), Haskerhorne (Frl)
• Anke Berg (68), Sappemeer (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• "Heinrich" Karl Alfred Joseph Kaspar von Kageneck (67), Freiburg im Breisgau, Allemagne
• Antonij Sebregts (76), Steenbergen (Steenbergen en Kruisland) (Noord-Brabant)
• Agatha Quanten (73), Heer en Keer
• Adrianus More (88), Rotterdam Zhl. NL

• 1934 » Édith Cresson, French politician and diplomat, 160th Prime Minister of France
• 1934 » George Follmer, American race car driver
• 1935 » Steve Demeter, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 2013)
• 1936 » Samuel C. C. Ting, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1936 » Troy Donahue, American actor († 2001)
• 1937 » Fred Åkerström, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1985)
• 1940 » Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin, Turkish engineer and politician, 35th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1940 » James Cromwell, American actor
• 1940 » Petru Lucinschi, Romanian activist and politician, 2nd President of Moldova
• 1940 » Terry Harper, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1919 » Endre Ady, Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1921 » Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant (b. 1891)
• 1922 » Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Isaac Babel, Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1942 » Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1888)
• 1951 » Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish field marshal and politician, 6th President of Finland (b. 1867)
• 1956 » Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director (b. 1890)
• 1961 » Bernard Friedberg, Austrian scholar and author (b. 1876)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Wilhelmus
12. Jacob
13. Gerardus
14. Hendrikus
15. Antonius
16. Franciscus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Petronella
9. Hendrika
10. Catharina
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Margaretha
15. Alida
16. Helena

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
• January 20 » Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner are sworn in for their second terms as U.S. President and U.S. Vice President; it is the first time a Presidential Inauguration takes place on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.
• March 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
• April 9 » The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
• July 2 » Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
• August 2 » The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
• August 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.

The temperature on January 27, 1937 was between -6.8 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.