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• Gradus, Gerhardus Schutte († 1968)
• Bindert Tinga, Oostermeer († 1948)
• Gerrit Brouwer († 2007)
• Bartholomeus Glas, Noord-Scharwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Cornelia Wilhelmina Oortwijn, Luttenberg († 2009)
• Grietje Jantje Krul, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Christiaan (Gerry) Gerardus Knubben, Amby († 1989)
• Cornelia Adriana (Corrie) Huisman († 2019)
• Bruce Weston Arnold, Mount Clemens, Macomb, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Erna Metelmann, Karkeln (russ. Myssowka), Rajon Slawsk, Oblast Kaliningrad († 2015)

• Anna Maria Helena Theunissen (0), Schinveld
• Albert Bontekoe (75), Amersfoort
• Adriana Lindhout (48), Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus Omtzigt (55), Eindhoven
• Antonie van Lienden (69)
• Adriana Wagenmakers (41), Rotterdam
• van Den Hout (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonius Martinus Geul (81), Utrecht, Nederland
• Aafke Jans Visser (92), Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus Omtzigt (55), Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1934 » Peter Ashdown, English race car driver
• 1936 » Akira Machida, Japanese lawyer and judge, 15th Chief Justice of Japan († 2015)
• 1936 » Andrei Chikatilo, Ukrainian-Russian serial killer († 1994)
• 1936 » Mladen Koščak, Croatian footballer († 1997)
• 1936 » Peter Bowles, English actor and screenwriter
• 1938 » Carl Gunter, Jr., American politician († 1999)
• 1938 » Nico, German singer-songwriter, model, and actress († 1988)
• 1940 » Barry Corbin, American actor and producer
• 1940 » Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player and coach († 2003)
• 1940 » Ivan Della Mea, Italian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist († 2009)

• 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1946 » Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
• 1947 » Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (b. 1868)
• 1951 » Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (b 1895)
• 1956 » Jules Rimet, French businessman (b. 1873)
• 1957 » John Anthony Sydney Ritson, English rugby player, mines inspector, engineer and educator (b. 1887)
• 1958 » Robert Redfield, American anthropologist of Mexico (b. 1897)
• 1959 » George Marshall, American general and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Defense, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1880)
• 1959 » Minor Hall, American drummer (b. 1897)

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.
• March 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
• April 1 » Aden becomes a British crown colony.
• May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
• May 27 » In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
• June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
• August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.

The temperature on October 16, 1937 was between 4.4 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.