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• ?? van der Linde, (OV) Zwolle († 1937)
• Dirk van Velden, De Lier († 1985)
• Hein Cooijmans, Den Dungen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Alida Maria Voorham, Wassenaar († 1937)
• Dinie Jurjens, Ane, Gramsbergen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1976)
• Denise Thielman († 1993)
• Dirk Bosch († 1973)
• Dolf Mook, Buitenzorg, Batavia, Nederlands Indië († 2001)
• Camilla Marina Fiscalini, Groningen († 2009)
• Joannes Adrianus, Peterus (Jan) Hendrikx, Halsteren, Nederland († 2010)

• Albertus Teunissen (81), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Abraham van Egmond (56), Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Bloothoofd (46), Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Pompert (80), Kampen
• Albertus Hermanus Broekman (35), Nijmegen
• Adriana Feijtel (80), Zierikzee,Schouwen-Duiveland,Zeeland,Nederland
• Agnes Francisca Bex (77), Schinnen, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriaantje Boutkan (75), Brielle
• Aartje van Manen, Ede
• Anna Clara Margrietha de Bree (78), Amersfoort

• 1932 » Carlos Saura, Spanish director and screenwriter
• 1932 » Clint Hill, American secret service agent and author
• 1934 » Rudolf Schuster, Slovak politician, 2nd President of Slovakia
• 1935 » Floyd Patterson, American boxer († 2006)
• 1937 » Dyan Cannon, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1937 » Grace Bumbry, American operatic soprano
• 1940 » Brian Josephson, Welsh physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 » Gao Xingjian, Chinese novelist, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 » George P. Cosmatos, Italian-Canadian director and screenwriter († 2005)
• 1941 » Kalpnath Rai, Indian politician († 1999)

• 1924 » Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Nellie Cashman, American nurse, restaurateur, entrepreneur, and gold prospector (b. 1845)
• 1927 » Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant (b. 1870)
• 1931 » Art Acord, American actor and stuntman (b. 1890)
• 1931 » Louise, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Mohammad Ali Jouhar, Indian journalist, activist, and scholar (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Flora Finch, English-American actress and producer (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Henri Bergson, French philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1943 » Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player (b. 1911)
• 1944 » Kaj Munk, Danish playwright and pastor (b. 1898)

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 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
• April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
• May 12 » The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
• June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
• October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.
• November 1 » Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community.

The temperature on January 4, 1937 was between 6.4 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.