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• I. E. Gabel, Breslaw Wracklow Polen († 2016)
• Alie Cornelia PRUIK, van DER († 2003)
• Geertruida Slooten († 2016)
• Everardus Douwes, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1986)
• Arnold Gerard Julienne Baeten, Borgloon, België († 2010)
• Esther Brandon, Dordrecht († 2006)
• Alie Cornelia Van der Pruik († 2003)
• Elske van Dellen, Wartena, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2011)
• Bernhard Frans Antonius (Bob) Deiters, Bussum, NH, Nederland († 2010)
• van Dal, Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Antje Schokkenbroek. (81), Nieuwe Pekela, Nederland
• Liana Maria van Duyse (0), St. Niklaas
• Albert K. Prins (77), Thomson (Carroll County) (Illinois)
• Aaltje Middelveld (69), Wezup (gem. Coevorden)
• Alberta Ossenberg (73), Nunspeet
• Anna Gertrudis Kunkels (50), Eindhoven
• Anna Sprenkeling (68), Akersloot, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Jan Alferink (71), Olst
• Aaltje Maria Overbeeke (73)
• Aaltje Middelveld (69), Wezup (Zweeloo)

• 1934 » Alex Hutchinson, Australian jazz musician
• 1934 » John Critchinson, English pianist and composer († 2017)
• 1934 » Stjepan Mesić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Croatia
• 1936 » Ivan Lawrence, English lawyer and politician
• 1937 » Félix Miélli Venerando, Brazilian footballer and manager († 2012)
• 1937 » John Taylor, Baron Kilclooney, Northern Irish politician, Irish Minister of Home Affairs
• 1938 » Bobby Henrich, American baseball player
• 1938 » Valentim Loureiro, Portuguese soldier and politician
• 1940 » Anthony Fauci, American physician, Director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984
• 1940 » Janet Carroll, American actress and singer († 2012)

• 1920 » Stephen Mosher Wood, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1832)
• 1926 » Wesley Coe, American shot putter, hammer thrower, and discus thrower (b. 1879)
• 1931 » Carlo Fornasini, micropalaeontologist (b. 1854)
• 1931 » Flying Hawk, American warrior, educator and historian (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1885)
• 1938 » Bruno Taut, German architect and urban planner (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858)
• 1942 » François Darlan, French admiral and politician, 122nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Josephine Sabel, American singer and comedian (b. 1866)
• 1947 » Charles Gondouin, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1875)

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 26 » Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
• May 21 » A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
• June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
• October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
• October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.

The temperature on December 24, 1937 was between 0.3 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.