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• van Viegen, Veenendaal († 1937)
• IJmkje Oving, Norg, Drenthe, Nederland († 2020)
• Aan van der Weij († 2002)
• Jacob (Jaap) Westra, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 2011)
• Glen J Klyn, Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa († 1937)
• Hendrikus Franciscus Asbroek, Enter († 2014)
• Idskia OLIVIER, Holwerd (Westdongeradeel) Friesland Netherlands († 2019)
• Frieda Hardijzer, Amsterdam († 1999)
• Kodde, Aagtekerke († 1937)
• Ad Wilbrink († 1959)

• Benoit Van Paepeghem (80)
• Albert Andries van der Wal (62)
• Andreas Ratgers (64), Stadskanaal, Nederland
• Adriana VAN ROEKEL (1), Ede
• Bastiaan Cornelis Hendriksd van Luijk (76), Rotterdam, zh.nld
• Andreas (Sietske Ratgers (geboren Souverein)) Ratgers (64), Stadskanaal
• Antje RIETKERK (78), Den Haag
• Adriana van Roekel (1), Ede
• Arnoldus Andreas van Zwaaij (6), Bemmel
• Barton W. Carr (69), Lenora, Norton, Kansas, United States

• 1935 » Cookie Gilchrist, American football player († 2011)
• 1935 » John Ffowcs Williams, Welsh engineer and academic
• 1935 » Victoria Shaw, Australian-born American actress († 1988)
• 1935 » W. P. Kinsella, Canadian novelist and short story writer († 2016)
• 1936 » Rusi Surti, Indian cricketer († 2013)
• 1936 » Tom T. Hall, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1937 » Tom Phillips, English painter and academic
• 1938 » Geoffrey Robinson, English businessman and politician
• 1938 » Margaret Forster, English historian, author, and critic († 2016)
• 1938 » Raymond Carver, American short story writer and poet († 1988)

• 1924 » Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1889)
• 1926 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1927 » Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1876)
• 1930 » Randall Davidson, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1848)
• 1934 » Gustav Holst, English trombonist, composer, and educator (b. 1874)
• 1937 » Henry Ossawa Tanner, American-French painter and illustrator (b. 1859)
• 1939 » Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1942 » Emanuel Feuermann, Ukrainian-American cellist and educator (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Nils von Dardel, Swedish painter (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Witold Pilecki, Polish officer and Resistance leader (b. 1901)

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.
• April 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
• May 7 » Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.
• June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
• August 2 » The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
• September 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.

The temperature on May 25, 1937 was between 9.3 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.