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• Darlene Marie Harringa, Lakota, Kossuth County, Iowa († 1985)
• Albert Verduyckt
• doodgeboren kind van den Heuvel, Gouda († 1937)
• Clinton Henderson Durham, Atascosa County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Aaltje Doppenberg, Putten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1999)
• Gerrit F. Tromp († 1986)
• Bertha Lee Tatum, LaGrange, Ga († 1937)
• Casper van Eijk, Delft († 2006)
• Ennij Laufer († 2012)
• Foukje Swennen, Vlissingen († 2018)

• Anna Wilhelmina van der Wolk (63), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Abrahams Elzinga (71), Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Aart Maaskant (65), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
• Anna Gertrudis Welters (85), Born
• Albert WILLEMS (75), Horst,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Getruidis Hubertina Welters (85), Born, Limburg, Nederland
• Aart Goed (69), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• aart MAASKANT (65), hendrik ido ambacht
• Adrianus BAKELAAR Azn (73), Oude-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Thijs (0), Vlijtingen, Riemst, België

• 1934 » Raymond Briggs, English author and illustrator
• 1935 » Albert Millaire, Canadian actor and director († 2018)
• 1935 » Gad Yaacobi, Israeli academic and diplomat, 10th Israel Ambassador to the United Nations († 2007)
• 1935 » Jon Stallworthy, English poet, critic, and academic († 2014)
• 1936 » David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
• 1937 » John Hume, Northern Irish educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1938 » Anthony Giddens, English sociologist and academic
• 1938 » Curt Flood, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1997)
• 1938 » Hargus "Pig" Robbins, American Country Music Hall of Fame session keyboard and piano player
• 1938 » Werner Olk, German footballer and manager

• 1923 » Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Polish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Curly Howard, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1954 » Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor (b. 1879)
• 1955 » Saadat Hasan Manto, Pakistani author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1956 » Konstantin Päts, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Estonia (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Makbule Atadan, Turkish lawyer and politician (b. 1885)

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 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
• January 20 » Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner are sworn in for their second terms as U.S. President and U.S. Vice President; it is the first time a Presidential Inauguration takes place on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.
• May 27 » In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
• June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
• July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
• December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.

The temperature on January 18, 1937 was between 0.4 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain during 7.0 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east.