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• Bernardus Wilhelmus (Ben) Stoer, Neede († 1994)
• Hedy Sonntag, Batavia († 1972)
• Els Sanders, Amsterdam († 1940)
• Evert Meilink, Ane, Overijssel, The Netherlands (Gramsbergen) († 2009)
• Kuijer, Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1937)
• Els Sanders, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Hendrik HAKVOORT, Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 2016)
• Alvy Tai A Pin, Paramaribo († 2017)
• Harry van den Akker, Deurne,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Giuseppi (Joe) Lorenzin, San Marco Di Resana, Treviso,,Italy († 2009)

• Adrianus Kouters (59), Breda
• Barend Jan de Wind (49), Assendelft NH NL
• Adrianus Cornelis van Dongen (1), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoinetta Everdina Van Erne (22)
• Annechien (Anna) Doek (91), Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alice Church (80), Homewood, Jefferson, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Annechien Hekman (60), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bokke Harkes Meindersma (50), Wanswerd, Ferwerderadeel
• Moerman, Maasland
• Anne Gertrude Mélanie Vanmarsenille (83), Sint-Truiden, België

• 1934 » Michael Graves, American architect, designed the Portland Building and the Humana Building († 2015)
• 1935 » Mercedes Sosa, Argentinian singer and activist († 2009)
• 1935 » Michael Williams, English actor († 2001)
• 1935 » Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Finance († 2005)
• 1936 » David Zinman, American violinist and conductor
• 1936 » June Jordan, American poet and educator († 2002)
• 1937 » David Hockney, English painter and photographer
• 1938 » Brian Dennehy, American actor († 2020)
• 1938 » Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor († 1985)
• 1940 » David B. Frohnmayer, American lawyer and politician, 12th Oregon Attorney General († 2015)

• 1927 » John Drew, Jr., American actor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » King Camp Gillette, American businessman, founded the Gillette Company (b. 1855)
• 1937 » Oliver Law, American commander (b. 1899)
• 1938 » Benjamin N. Cardozo, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Lucjan Żeligowski, Polish-Lithuanian general and politician (b. 1865)
• 1949 » Fritz Hart, English-Australian composer and conductor (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1894)
• 1955 » Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 (b. 1881)
• 1955 » Don Beauman, English race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1959 » Ferenc Talányi, Slovene journalist and painter (b. 1883)

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 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
• March 21 » Ponce massacre: Nineteen people in Ponce, Puerto Rico are gunned down by police acting on orders of the US-appointed Governor, Blanton C. Winship.
• June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
• July 5 » Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
• September 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
• November 1 » Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community.

The temperature on July 9, 1937 was between 8.2 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.