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• Gerardus Martinus Maria Sonnemans, Someren,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2007)
• Agatha Jacoba van der Heiden, Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Alida Maria Koek, Monnickendam, Gemeente Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Frederik W.B. van Smaalen, Tjimahi, Noord Oost Indie († 2019)
• Daniel van Egmond, Rijnsburg († 1986)
• Cheryon Widdison, Saint Anthony, Fremont County, Idaho, United States of America († 1937)
• Bernardus Wilhelmus Maria te Koppele, Eibergen († 2007)
• "Béatrix" Marie Hélène Alix de Thiollaz († 2016)
• Albertina Weber, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1960)
• Bernard Ueberwasser, Dinklage (Dld) († 2002)

• Cornelia Francina Duijnhouwer (6), Goes
• Catharina Petronella Schimmel (58), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Petrus Bakker (58), Gouda (Nl)
• Adriana Maria Willemse (57), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Frederikus Burgers (57), Didam
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Munckhof, van den (0), Horst
• Cornelia Kloot (70), Alblasserdam
• van Kuik (0), Oudewater
• Cornelia den Ouden (48), Meerkerk
• Cheryon Widdison (0), Saint Anthony, Fremont County, Idaho, United States of America

• 1933 » Bernie Kopell, American actor and comedian
• 1935 » Françoise Sagan, French author and playwright († 2004)
• 1937 » John Edrich, English cricketer and coach
• 1938 » Don Black, English songwriter
• 1938 » John W. Dower, American historian and author
• 1938 » Michael M. Richter, German mathematician and computer scientist
• 1940 » Mariette Hartley, American actress and television personality
• 1940 » Michael Ruse, Canadian philosopher and academic
• 1941 » Aloysius Paul D'Souza, Indian bishop
• 1941 » Joe Flaherty, American-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter

• 1929 » Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, English sociologist, journalist, and academic (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Thorne Smith, American author (b. 1892)
• 1940 » Édouard Vuillard, French painter (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Charles Dillon Perrine, American astronomer (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Gustave Sandras, French gymnast (b. 1872)
• 1952 » Wop May, Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1896)
• 1954 » Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American engineer, developed the zipper (b. 1880)
• 1957 » Claude Farrère, French captain and author (b. 1876)
• 1957 » Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)

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.
• May 7 » Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.
• August 24 » Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
• August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
• September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
• December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
• December 12 » Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USSPanay on the Yangtze river in China.

The temperature on June 21, 1937 was between 9.2 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.