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• Cornelia (Corrie) Kamphuis († 2010)
• Cornelis Mos († 2012)
• Constant Willem Gabriel VAN DER VOORT MAARSCHALK, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 2009)
• Jantinus Renke Kemper († 2009)
• Elisabeth Adriana Petronella Coolen, Beek en Donk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2019)
• Henrietta Elaine Tilstra, Alvord, Lyon County, Iowa († 2014)
• Harm Hulskers, Jipsingboermussel Vlagtwedde / Westerwolde Groningen Nederland († 1994)
• Hendrik Jan van den Heuvel, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 2003)
• Guillaume Marie Georges Gregoire, Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1946)
• Doctor Leon Gause Jr. († 1979)

• Charmian Joan Hamilton-Russell (4)
• Barbara Catharina Mulder (75), Son en Breugel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Angela Meijer (57), Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Alida Eikenberg (78), Groningen
• Arthur Augustine Poley (51)
• Andreas Emmanuel de Bock (22), Buggenum
• Antje Dam (64), Utrecht
• Adriana Buvelot (67), Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Angela Meijer (57), Haren, Emsland, Duitsland
• Arendina van de Beek (58), Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1935 » Felipe Alou, Dominican-American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1935 » Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1936 » Frank Stella, American painter and sculptor
• 1936 » Guillermo Endara, Panamanian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Panama († 2009)
• 1936 » Tom Snyder, American journalist and talk show host († 2007)
• 1937 » Beryl Burton, English cyclist († 1996)
• 1937 » George Carlin, American comedian, actor, and author († 2008)
• 1937 » Miriam Stoppard, English physician and author
• 1937 » Susan Hampshire, English actress
• 1938 » Millie Perkins, American actress

• 1916 » James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Amy Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1874)
• 1931 » Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1858)
• 1935 » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Arthur Quiller-Couch, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Max Brand, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1957 » Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)

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.
• March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
• March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
• May 27 » In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
• September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.
• November 8 » The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.

The temperature on May 12, 1937 was between 9.4 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.