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• Johanna Maria Koekoek († 2007)
• Hartogh Benjamin (Harry) Luyckx († 2017)
• Henricus Jacobus Koopmans, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Eric Herfst, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1985)
• Hans Sudmeijer, Amsterdam
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Siemons, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2014)
• Hendrina Francisca Maria Schoofs, Bladel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Gaylen Duane Kuperus, Parkersburg-Iowa (USA) († 2014)
• Jan Rutger Bouwmeester, Noordwijkerhout(ZH) († 2010)
• Grietje Uniken († 2003)

• Bastiaan Van Der Wal (74), Leerdam
• Adrianus Hendrikus Beckers (61), Rijsbergen
• Andries Jans van Zomeren (75), Apeldoorn
• "Franz" Maria Alfred von Harrach (66), Jihlava / Iglau, Tchéquie
• Aleida Gerritdina van de Scheur (9), Velsen
• Albert Dooren (65), Hilversum
• Annette Keijser (78), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Heij (74), Kesteren (Gelderland) Nederland
• Adrianus v. Galder (81), Princenhage
• Aalbert Hengeveld (18), Utrecht

• 1935 » Ethel Johnson, American professional wrestler († 2018)
• 1935 » Rudi Šeligo, Slovenian playwright and politician († 2004)
• 1936 » Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor († 1973)
• 1936 » Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1987)
• 1938 » Robert Boyd, English pediatrician and academic
• 1939 » Rupert Neudeck, German journalist and humanitarian († 2016)
• 1939 » Troy Shondell, American singer-songwriter († 2016)
• 1940 » Chay Blyth, Scottish sailor and rower
• 1940 » George Mathewson, Scottish banker and businessman
• 1940 » H. Jones, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient († 1982)

• 1931 » David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)
• 1936 » Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Emma Goldman, Lithuanian author and activist (b. 1869)
• 1940 » Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Heber J. Grant, American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)
• 1945 » Isis Pogson, English astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1852)
• 1945 » Wolfgang Lüth, Latvian-German captain (b. 1913)

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 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
• June 14 » Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
• June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
• July 22 » New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
• September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
• October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.

The temperature on May 14, 1937 was between 7.9 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.