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• Cornelia Adriana Maria van Gool, Ginneken en Bavel († 1937)
• Hinderika Hoving, Hoogezand (NL) († 1945)
• Beverley Jane Ogg, Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2019)
• Ernst Jakobus Meijer († 2001)
• Cornelia Oosterloo, Rotterdam, Nederland († 2014)
• Annie Geerts, St. Annaparochie, Friesland, Nederland († 2011)
• Adrianus Gerhardus Vonk, amsterdam, Nederland († 2008)
• Bernardus Arnoldus Theresia Close, Heerlen († 2014)
• Erwin D Oltmann, Allison, Butler County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Jan Pipers, Roermond († 2000)

• Catharina Elisabeth van der Krabben (73), 's Gravenhage, Zuid Holland
• - Veenema (0), Emmen
• Anna Petronella "Annie" Tentij (27), 's Gravenhage
• Cornelia Wilhelmina de Jong (70), Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Petronella Tentij (27), 's Gravenhage
• * Johannes Marinus Groenendaal (63)
• Catherine Mary of the Sacred Heart Hefele (70), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Antonetta Hendrika SLUITER (55), Bergh, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hannessen (68), Almelo
• Catharina Elisabeth Van Der Krabben (73), 's-Gravenhage

• 1936 » Bill Rompkey, Canadian educator and politician († 2017)
• 1937 » Beverley Owen, American actress († 2019)
• 1937 » Roch Carrier, Canadian librarian and author
• 1937 » Roger Zelazny, American author and poet († 1995)
• 1937 » Trevor Baylis, English inventor, invented the wind-up radio († 2018)
• 1937 » Zohra Lampert, American actress
• 1938 » Anna Cropper, British actress († 2007)
• 1938 » Francine Pascal, American author and playwright
• 1938 » Giuliano Amato, Italian academic and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Italy
• 1938 » Laurent Beaudoin, Canadian businessman

• 1926 » Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop (b. 1857)
• 1929 » Arthur Scherbius, German electrical engineer, invented the Enigma machine (b. 1878)
• 1930 » Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian scientist, explorer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1938 » Charles Édouard Guillaume, Swiss-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1941 » Ōnishiki Uichirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26th Yokozuna (b. 1891)
• 1941 » Frederick Christian, English cricketer (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Tubby Hall, American drummer (b. 1895)
• 1946 » Zara DuPont, American suffragist (b. 1869)
• 1947 » Sukanta Bhattacharya, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1926)
• 1948 » Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (b. 1920)

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 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
• June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
• July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
• 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 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.

The temperature on May 13, 1937 was between 8.0 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.