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• Annie Westenenk († 2020)
• Gerrit van 't Ende, Zwolle, Nederland († 2000)
• Doodgeboren kind Niemeijer, Tilburg († 1937)
• Harry C Huyser, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois († 2020)
• Apolonia Moerland († 2021)
• Berit Henrikke Jersin Jensen, Oslo, Norway († 2012)
• Dirk Kok († 2016)
• Anna Catharina Bruijstens(Waard) († 1939)
• Engel Breedveld († 2024)
• David Garber († 2003)

• Gijzels (67)
• Atsje Vonk (44), Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland
• "Mensje" Meinsje Meinsje (70), Den Haag, Nederland
• Aleida Holtslag (53), Voorst
• Bertha Jane Hutchcraft (51), Point Leamington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
• Arnoldus Jacobi (61), Zeist
• Anna Maria Paulina Horsten (72), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus van Reuth (68), Tilburg
• Cornelia Stok (80), Rotterdam
• Antonie den Hertog (46), Delft

• 1931 » Françoise Arnoul, Algerian-French actress
• 1931 » Raúl Castro, Cuban commander and politician, 18th President of Cuba
• 1933 » Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Bahranian king († 1999)
• 1936 » Colin Meads, New Zealand rugby player and coach († 2017)
• 1936 » Larry McMurtry, American novelist and screenwriter
• 1937 » Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, French race car driver
• 1939 » Frank Blevins, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Premier of South Australia († 2013)
• 1939 » Ian Hunter, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1939 » Steve Dalkowski, American baseball player († 2020)
• 1942 » Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and producer († 1999)

• 1921 » Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower and physician (b. 1879)
• 1924 » Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian lawyer and author (b. 1883)
• 1928 » Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1864)
• 1933 » William Muldoon, American wrestler (b. 1852)
• 1938 » John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower and tug of war competitor (b. 1873)
• 1946 » Mikhail Kalinin, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Edmond Decottignies, French weightlifter (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Nâzım Hikmet Ran, Turkish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1902)
• 1963 » Pope John XXIII (b. 1881)
• 1964 » Kâzım Orbay, Turkish general and politician, 9th Turkish Speaker of the Parliament (b. 1887)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Wilhelmus
12. Jacob
13. Hendrikus
14. Gerardus
15. Antonius
16. Johan

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. Alida
15. Helena
16. Margaretha

• 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.
• January 20 » Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner are sworn in for their second terms as U.S. President and U.S. Vice President; it is the first time a Presidential Inauguration takes place on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.
• April 9 » The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
• 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.
• 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.
• December 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.
• December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.

The temperature on June 3, 1937 was between 2.8 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.