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• Berend Jan Beekhuizen, Renkum († 1937)
• Adrianus Cornelis Bijl, Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Jakobus Prins, Grafhorst, Ov. Nederland († 2008)
• Diane Margaret Deck, McMinnville, Oregon, VS († 2006)
• Dick Anslijn, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1966)
• Gerrit van de Stroet († 1989)
• Bertha (Bep) Brooimans, Breda († 1942)
• Elias van der Steen, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Alfonsina Maria Josee Octavie EVERAERTS, Rillaar Vlaams Brabant * († 2011)
• Franciscus Lucia Marinus van Esch, Vlijmen († 1939)

• Annigje Metselaar (101), Hoogeveen nederland
• Alejandro Aguirre (83), Arandas, Jalisco, México
• Adriaan de Vrieze (72), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Baron Lavance Watford (33)
• Adriana Gabrielse (79), Sheboygan, WI
• Anthonij Johannes Daman Willems (86), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aplonia van de Graaff (78), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bertha Luckenbach (81), Boerne, Kendall Cnty, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Spiekers (69), Kerkrade (L
• Adolf Zeldenrust (58), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1934 » Fredric Jameson, American philosopher and theorist
• 1935 » Erich von Däniken, Swiss historian and author
• 1935 » John Oliver, English bishop
• 1935 » Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton, English table tennis player, swimmer, and politician
• 1936 » Arlene Martel, American actress and singer († 2014)
• 1936 » Bobby Nichols, American golfer
• 1936 » Frank Serpico, American-Italian soldier, police officer and lecturer
• 1937 » Efi Arazi, Israeli businessman, founded the Scailex Corporation († 2013)
• 1937 » Sepp Mayerl, Austrian mountaineer († 2012)
• 1938 » Mahmud Esad Coşan, Turkish author and academic († 2001)

• 1917 » L. L. Zamenhof, Polish physician and linguist, created Esperanto (b. 1859)
• 1919 » Auguste-Réal Angers, Canadian judge and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1837)
• 1925 » John Singer Sargent, American painter (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Vladimir Mayakovsky, Georgian-Russian actor, playwright, and poet (b. 1893)
• 1931 » Richard Armstedt, German philologist, historian, and educator (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Emmy Noether, German-American mathematician and academic (b. 1882)
• 1938 » Gillis Grafström, Swedish figure skater and architect (b. 1893)
• 1943 » Yakov Dzhugashvili, Georgian-Russian lieutenant (b. 1907)
• 1950 » Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru and philosopher (b. 1879)
• 1951 » Al Christie, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1881)

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 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.
• April 1 » Aden becomes a British crown colony.
• June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
• July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
• August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.
• December 12 » Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USSPanay on the Yangtze river in China.

The temperature on April 14, 1937 was between 9.3 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.