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• Anthoon Maria Borst, Alphen aan den Rijn († 1999)
• Jan Willem Kaptein, Mijnsheerenland († 2008)
• Fredericus Karel Marie Joseph Smits van Waesberghe, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2018)
• Jacoba Auerbach († 2017)
• Fredericus Karel Marie Joseph (Eric) Smits van Waesberghe, Breda, NB, Nederland († 2018)
• Albert Jan Grashuis, Stitswerd († 2016)
• Hendrik van der Meer († 2004)
• Annelie Kruger († 2006)
• Janice Lee Bomgaars, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 2022)
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• Antoinetta Maria Wilhelmina Laffree (63), Texel, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Schellekens (64), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adolph J Morin (77), Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho, Verenigde Staten
• Anne Grin (0), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Huber (79), Voorburg
• Antonie Meerbeek (89), AMSTERDAM, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander ten Hoven (0), Amersfoort
• "Charles" François Prosper de Hemricourt (62), Amiens, Somme, France
• Adriaan Adrianus Jorissen (68), Het Schijf
• Antje Mortel (81), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1934 » Jayakanthan, Indian journalist and author († 2015)
• 1934 » Shirley MacLaine, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1936 » David Crombie, Canadian educator and politician, 56th Mayor of Toronto
• 1936 » Jill Ireland, English actress († 1990)
• 1937 » Joe Henderson, American saxophonist and composer († 2001)
• 1940 » Sue Grafton, American author († 2017)
• 1941 » John Williams, Australian-English guitarist and composer
• 1941 » Richard Holbrooke, American journalist, banker, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 2010)
• 1942 » Barbra Streisand, American singer, actress, activist, and producer
• 1942 » Richard M. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 54th Mayor of Chicago

• 1931 » David Kldiashvili, Georgian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1935 » Anastasios Papoulas, Greek general (b. 1857)
• 1938 » George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (b. 1881)
• 1941 » Karin Boye, Swedish author and poet (b. 1900)
• 1942 » Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Charles Jordan, American magician (b. 1888)
• 1945 » Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician (b. 1899)
• 1947 » Hans Biebow, German SS officer (b. 1902)
• 1947 » Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1873)

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 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
• June 14 » Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
• July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
• July 22 » New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
• November 8 » The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
• December 21 » Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.

The temperature on April 24, 1937 was between 3.0 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.