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• Else Johanna Benoist, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Harm Bisschop, Tiendeveen, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2009)
• Hermanus Quirinus Jozef (Herman) Meershoek, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 2007)
• Frans Jozef Spiessens, Bornem († 2006)
• Charles CARBONNEAUX, Lons-le-Saunier, Jura, France († 1988)
• Hermanus Quirinus Jozef (Herman) Meershoek, Den Haag († 2007)
• Janssen, Soest, Nederland († 1937)
• Iemichje van de Velde, Den-Ham, Overijssel, Nederland († 2014)
• Geerdina Maria Domenie, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe († 1998)
• Faye Annette Williams, Athens, Clarke County, Georgia († 1995)

• Adrianus Suos (56), Tilburg
• Antoinetta Gerarda Maria Henriette Hofman (68), Nijmegen
• 1-Infant Girl Williams (0), Roscoe,St.Clair County, Missouri
• Janssen (0), Soest, Nederland
• Batiaan Ouwehand (37), Leiden
• Albert Boers (23), Groningen
• Abraham Boekbinder (8), Rotterdam
• Alouisius Penguet (64), Graauw en Langendam, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Arnoldus Vink, Arnhem (Gelderland) Nederland
• Abraham Boekbinder Gobets (8), Rotterdam

• 1934 » Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Mexican politician
• 1934 » Phillip King, Tunisian-English sculptor
• 1934 » Shirley Horn, American singer and pianist († 2005)
• 1934 » Tang Chang, Thai artist († 1990)
• 1936 » Hans E. Wallman, Swedish director, producer, and composer († 2014)
• 1936 » Danièle Huillet, French filmmaker († 2006)
• 1937 » Una Stubbs, English actress and dancer
• 1939 » Judy Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1939 » Victor Davies, Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1939 » Wilhelmina Cooper, Dutch model († 1980)

• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1945 » Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)
• 1953 » Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)
• 1956 » LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1879)

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 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
• January 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
• March 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
• March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
• November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.
• December 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.

The temperature on May 1, 1937 was between 7.9 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.