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• Henri Bastiaens, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands († 2017)
• Jansje Brinkhuis († 1946)
• Hartog Reindorp, Leeuwarden († 1943)
• Hendrik Boekschoten, Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Bartus de Ruiter, Barneveld († 2004)
• hendrina martina (tiny) nooijen, helden-dorp († 2016)
• Gladys Elizabeth Holden, Belper, Derbyshire, England († 1991)
• Albert Pater, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2021)
• Albertus Gerhardus Weering, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1937)
• Anna Hanse, Amsterdam († 2009)

• Anna Christina van der Horst (62), Vlaardingen
• Benjamin Polak (73), Middelharnis
• Albertina Poutsma (82), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Bonhof (81), Nunspeet
• Aaltje Bonhof (81), Nunspeet
• Alkedina Horring (67), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Jansz de Ruijter (65), Hilversum
• Barend van der Beek (73), Zevenhuizen
• de Vlaming (0), Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel
• Alida de Ruijter (65), Hilversum

• 1935 » Frances Cress Welsing, American psychiatrist and author († 2016)
• 1935 » Ole Barndorff-Nielsen, Danish mathematician and statistician
• 1936 » F. W. de Klerk, South African lawyer and politician, 2nd State President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1937 » Mark Donohue, American race car driver († 1975)
• 1937 » Rudi Altig, German cyclist and sportscaster († 2016)
• 1938 » Carl Gottlieb, American actor and screenwriter
• 1938 » Kenny Lynch, English singer-songwriter and actor († 2019)
• 1938 » Machiko Soga, Japanese actress († 2006)
• 1938 » Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor and producer († 2017)
• 1938 » Timo Mäkinen, Finnish race car driver († 2017)

• 1913 » George I of Greece (b. 1845)
• 1918 » Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel (b. 1847)
• 1930 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek journalist, lawyer, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1864)
• 1939 » Henry Simpson Lunn, English businessman, founded Lunn Poly (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Henri Cornet, French cyclist (b. 1884)
• 1947 » William C. Durant, American businessman, co-founded General Motors and Chevrolet (b. 1861)
• 1954 » Walter Mead, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Louis Bromfield, American environmentalist and author (b. 1896)
• 1962 » Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware (b. 1880)

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.
• February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
• May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
• August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
• September 5 » Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
• September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
• November 1 » Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community.

The temperature on March 18, 1937 was between 5.1 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.