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• Geertje Bakker, Urk († 2003)
• Aaltje Lia Boers († 1996)
• Barbara Jean McCoullough, fortasse, quodam loco, Verenigde Staten († 1970)
• Gerard Schoorlemmer, Heeten, Gem. Raalte, Overijssel, Nederland († 2003)
• Greta Bauwelinck, Temse († 2019)
• Dietje Riekje Kooi, Saaksum († 2010)
• Cornelis Kulk, Katwijk († 1999)
• Cornelis Blankespoor († 2023)
• Cornelis Wilhelmus Lambertus Arnoldus Josephus Nooren, Princenhage († 2006)
• Corrie Smetsers, Bladel en Netersel († 2012)

• Anthonius Martinus Geul (81), Utrecht(UT)
• Antonio Álvaro de Souza Camargo (75), Brasil
• Arend Sotthewes (27), Deventer, Nederland
• Antonetta van den Boogaard (71), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria van den Ende (22), Monster,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Anna Maria Anne Pistorius (84), Tilburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria Dammingh (59), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aafje Maria Lelieveld (20), Heel &, Panheel
• Aleida Weelink (70)
• Antoon Jansen (77), Wamel

• 1934 » Bill Torrey, Canadian businessman († 2018)
• 1934 » Keith Sutton, English bishop († 2017)
• 1935 » Keith Burkinshaw, English footballer and manager
• 1935 » Maurice Ferré, Puerto Rican-American politician, 32nd Mayor of Miami
• 1936 » Costas Simitis, Greek economist, lawyer, and politician, 180th Prime Minister of Greece
• 1936 » Richard Bach, American novelist and essayist
• 1937 » Alan Haselhurst, English academic and politician
• 1937 » Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish captain and politician, 10th President of Finland, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1937 » Niki Sullivan, American guitarist and songwriter († 2004)
• 1939 » Scott Burton, American sculptor († 1989)

• 1914 » Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Indian guru and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1945 » Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian journalist and activist (b. 1923)
• 1953 » Albert Gleizes, French painter (b. 1881)
• 1954 » Salih Omurtak, Turkish general (b. 1889)
• 1956 » Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and educator (b. 1875)
• 1959 » Boris Vian, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
• 1959 » Hidir Lutfi, Iraqi poet. (b. 1880)
• 1969 » Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish runner (b. 1907)
• 1970 » Roscoe Turner, American soldier and pilot (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Gerry Birrell, Scottish race car driver (b. 1944)

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 25 » The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until September 18, 2009.
• May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
• July 6 » Spanish Civil War: Battle of Brunete: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.
• July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
• October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
• December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.

The temperature on June 23, 1937 was between 9.5 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.