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• Geertje van Ommen, Wezep, Nederland († 2012)
• Gerardus Henricus Joannes (Gerard) Bult, Denekamp († 1988)
• Jeu Senden Zenden, Neerbeek († 2006)
• Dina Roozendaal, 't Rijpje († 2000)
• Heather Jean CLARK († 2019)
• Jan Cornelis Martinus van Rhee, Helmond († 2005)
• Gerrit Nijman, Ambt Hardenberg († 2003)
• Elbertus Bruin, Deil West Betuwe (GL) († 2020)
• Ferdinand Victor Jacobs, Diepenbeek, België († 1982)
• Jeu Senden, Neerbeek, Beek († 2006)

• Alexander ADRIAENSEN (84), Vlimmeren,, Antwerpen, België
• Arie Pietersz Haas den (76), Katwijk
• Anna Maria van de Valk (60), Nistelrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie den Haas (76), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Rietbergen (63), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan de Lange (90), Nieuw Lekkerland
• Alexander Adriaensen (84), Vlimmeren (België)
• Adriana van Strijp (77), 's Gravenhage
• Abraham Owen Johnson (67), Payson, Utah County, Utah, United States of America
• Abraham Hendrikus van Hilten (24), Amsterdam

• 1935 » Armando Picchi, Italian footballer and coach († 1971)
• 1935 » Jim Barker, American politician († 2005)
• 1935 » Len Dawson, American football player and sportscaster
• 1936 » Billy Guy, American singer († 2002)
• 1936 » Enn Vetemaa, Estonian author and screenwriter († 2017)
• 1937 » Jerry Keller, American singer-songwriter
• 1937 » Stafford Dean, English actor and singer
• 1938 » Joan Kirner, Australian educator and politician, 42nd Premier of Victoria († 2015)
• 1938 » Mickie Most, English music producer († 2003)
• 1939 » Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer († 1998)

• 1909 » Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and psychologist (b. 1842)
• 1929 » Emmanouil Benakis, Greek merchant and politician, 35th Mayor of Athens (b. 1843)
• 1945 » Bruno Frank, German author, poet, and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Bugsy Siegel, American mobster (b. 1906)
• 1952 » Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (b. 1898)
• 1958 » Kurt Alder, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1963 » Raphaël Salem, Greek-French mathematician and academic (b. 1898)
• 1965 » Bernard Baruch, American financier and politician (b. 1870)
• 1966 » Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1894)

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.
• February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
• March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
• 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 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
• October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
• November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.

The temperature on June 20, 1937 was between 8.5 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 11.0 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.