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• Henricus Cornelis Jozephus van den Bogaert, Boekel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Joanna Geertruida Hendrina Regnerij, Utrecht († 1937)
• Jean Shelby Babos, Painesville, Lake, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Johan Peter Jozef van den Dungen, Schijndel († 1937)
• Adrianus Maarten (Aad) van Eendenburg, Monster, Nederland († 2020)
• Johanna Maria Kapma, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2021)
• Doortje (Dorothea Maria) van der Steen, Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2020)
• Elsie Mae Hunt, Parnell, Nodaway, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1971)
• Casper Cornelis Martinus Post, in Zuid Afrika († 2009)
• Jan van 't Zand, Leiden († 2008)

• Albert Smid (84), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Achillus Berat (80), Poperinge
• Arie Schaap (79), Zandvoort
• Adriaantje Buth (75), Rotterdam
• Adriana Maria Petronella van Beurden (74), Tilburg
• Asselina van Zwolle (72), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Berber Jans van der Wal (55), Heerenveen
• adriaantje BUTH (75), rotterdam
• Adriaan Boudewijns (74), Breda
• Antje BEENTJES (73), Castricum

• 1934 » Dottie Rambo, American singer-songwriter († 2008)
• 1935 » Gene Stallings, American football player and coach
• 1936 » Haroon Ahmed, Pakistani-English engineer and academic
• 1936 » John Tusa, Czech-English journalist and academic
• 1937 » Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algerian soldier and politician, 5th President of Algeria
• 1938 » Clark Gesner, American author and composer († 2002)
• 1938 » Lawrence Payton, American singer-songwriter and producer († 1997)
• 1938 » Ricardo Lagos, Chilean economist, lawyer, and politician, 33rd President of Chile
• 1939 » Jan Howard Finder, American author and academic († 2013)
• 1940 » Billy McNeill, Scottish footballer († 2019)

• 1930 » D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1885)
• 1938 » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer (b. 1871)
• 1939 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Gisela Januszewska, Jewish-Austrian physician (b.1867)
• 1944 » Ida Maclean, British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Emily Carr, Canadian painter and author (b. 1871)
• 1946 » Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1895)
• 1946 » George E. Stewart, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
• 1947 » Frans Johan Louwrens Ghijsels, Dutch architect and urban planner (b. 1882)
• 1949 » Sarojini Naidu, Indian poet and activist (b. 1879)

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 21 » A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
• May 26 » Walter Reuther and members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) clashed with Ford Motor Company security guards at the River Rouge Complex complex in Dearborn, Michigan, during the Battle of the Overpass.
• June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
• July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
• August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
• December 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).

The temperature on March 2, 1937 was between -1.0 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.