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• Adrianus Laurentius Dijkman Dulkes, Beverwijk, Beverwijk, Beverwijik, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2012)
• Jacob (Job) Hindriks, Emmen Drenthe Nederland († 2010)
• Franciscus Albertus Hendrik Hessing, Utrecht († 2012)
• Annechina Ackermann († 2019)
• Stienen, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Francina Wilhelmina Kapteijns, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2012)
• Daniel Vincent Curran, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Gerrit Hendrik Krukkert, Wierden, Overijssel, Nederland
• Hendrik Adriaan AMBAGTSHEER, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Berthie de Liever, Nijkerk († 1943)

• Alida de Haas (63), IJmuiden
• Andreas Adrianus van Mastrigt (64), Breda
• Antje Zondervan (51), Huizum (Leeuwarderadeel
• Arij Philippus de Bruin (79), Hillegersberg, Nederland
• Arthur Allan Sherren (0), Charlottetown, Queens Co., Prince Edward Island, Canada
• Anna Catharina Pater (43), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Anne Marie Colette Vansichem (79), Sint-Truiden, België
• Adriaan Lambeek (27), Utrecht
• Bruin Spijker (68), Utrecht
• Anna Maria Willems (80), Sint Odiliënberg, Lim, Nederland

• 1934 » Kenny Baker, English actor († 2016)
• 1936 » A. S. Byatt, English novelist and poet
• 1936 » Arthur B. C. Walker, Jr., American physicist and academic († 2001)
• 1936 » Kenny Guinn, American banker and politician, 27th Governor of Nevada († 2010)
• 1937 » Moshood Abiola, Nigerian businessman and politician († 1998)
• 1937 » Susan Sheehan, Austrian-American journalist and author
• 1938 » David Freiberg, American singer and bass player
• 1938 » Mason Williams, American guitarist and composer
• 1940 » Francine Lalonde, Canadian educator and politician († 2014)
• 1940 » Madsen Pirie, British academic, President and co-founder of the Adam Smith Institute

• 1923 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (b. 1860)
• 1943 » Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1943 » Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1898)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
• September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
• December 21 » Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.
• December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.

The temperature on August 24, 1937 was between 12.8 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.