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• Antonius Harm Holzhauer, Rotterdam († 1997)
• Anton Hendrik DOEDENS, Kampen Friesland Netherlands († 1937)
• Adrianus Johannes Franken, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Arina Cornelia Sonneveld, Pijnacker († 1988)
• Hillegonda VEERMAN, Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Geertruida de Jong, Hei-en Boeicop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Francina Schimmel († 1999)
• Hendrika Dirkje Poot († 2017)
• Andreas Cyriel Leon Van Leeuwe, Maldegem-Adegem († 2022)
• Francina Adriana Willems, Wijchen, Nederland († 2013)

• Adriaan Verhage (42), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, NL
• Andries Koster (83), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Annetje Heijndijk (86), Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Geertrui Wilmsen (77), Venray, Limburg, Nederland
• Bertha Heskel (66), Berlin, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
• A.M(Anne) Kokhuis (0), Almelo
• Barend Nicolaas Tuinenburg (87), 's-Gravenhage
• Bernardus HEIJTING (72), Doetinchem, Nederland, Gelderland, Ambt, Oosseld
• Berend Jan Ax (73), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Ambrose Cram (59), Montana, United States

• 1935 » Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Puerto Rican-American golfer
• 1935 » JacSue Kehoe, American neuroscientist
• 1936 » Charles Goodhart, English economist and academic
• 1936 » Philip Kaufman, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1937 » Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain († 1971)
• 1937 » Deven Verma, Indian actor, director, and producer († 2014)
• 1937 » Johnny Carroll, American rockabilly musician († 1995)
• 1938 » Alan G`ilzean, Scottish footballer and manager († 2018)
• 1939 » C. V. Vigneswaran, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st Chief Minister of the Northern Province
• 1939 » Charlie Foxx, American R&B/soul singer and guitarist († 1998)

• 1917 » Eugène Grasset, Swiss illustrator (b. 1845)
• 1921 » John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber (b. 1840)
• 1935 » Charles Demuth, American painter and educator (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Zane Grey, American dentist and author (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Ralph Rainger, American pianist and composer (b. 1901)
• 1943 » Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Charles Glover Barkla, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Hana Brady, Czech holocaust victim (b. 1931)
• 1950 » Al Jolson, Lithuanian-American actor and singer (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Adrien de Noailles, French son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles (b. 1869)

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.
• April 1 » Aden becomes a British crown colony.
• April 26 » Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
• July 7 » The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War.
• July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
• July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
• October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.

The temperature on October 23, 1937 was between 8.8 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.