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• Emma Elaine Thompson, Willmar, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota († 2015)
• Golden Norman Taylor, Santaquin, Utah, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Aaltje Sipma, Westergeest († 2018)
• Jantje Geitz, Emmen († 2022)
• Hilde de Keyser, Maasmechelen (Bel) († 2010)
• Helge Øien, Myrheim (N. Osen) († 2013)
• Jannetje van Eck, Rotterdam († 1965)
• Arlene Dorothy Heilman, Wellsburg, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Elly de Jonge Lughten, Utrecht († 1992)
• Jacobje Rens, Doornspijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 2016)

• Antoon (Oude Monnink) Oude Munnink (82), Groot Agelo (Ootmarsum)
• Baukje Jans Ros (76), Akkerwoude
• Alfonsus Jacobus Maria Kocken (78), Jutphaas, UTR, Nederland
• Cornelia Hendrika Cornelisdr. Nonnekens (75), Poortugaal
• Adrianus Cornelis LEEUWEN,VAN (60), Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Werkman (84), Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Cornelis van Rijnsoever (75), Ruwiel
• Antonius Johannes Daudt (61), 's Gravenhage
• Alida Helena Gesina Hogers (75)
• Adrianus Cornelis van Rijnsoever (75), Ruwiel

• 1934 » Eileen Atkins, English actress and screenwriter
• 1934 » Roger Neilson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2003)
• 1935 » Jim Dine, American painter and illustrator
• 1937 » Erich Segal, American author and screenwriter († 2010)
• 1937 » Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Bulgarian politician, 48th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• 1938 » Joyce Carol Oates, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet
• 1938 » Thomas Boyd-Carpenter, English general
• 1938 » Torgny Lindgren, Swedish author and poet († 2017)
• 1939 » Billy "Crash" Craddock, American singer-songwriter
• 1940 » Māris Čaklais, Latvian poet, writer, and journalist († 2003)

• 1925 » Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar (b. 1871)
• 1930 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor, co-invented the gyrocompass (b. 1860)
• 1930 » Ezra Fitch, American lawyer and businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Chick Webb, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1905)
• 1940 » DuBose Heyward, American author (b. 1885)
• 1944 » Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Aris Velouchiotis, Greek general (b. 1905)
• 1946 » Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (b 1889)

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.
• April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
• April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
• September 5 » Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
• September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
• October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.
• December 12 » Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USSPanay on the Yangtze river in China.

The temperature on June 16, 1937 was between 10.6 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.