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• Grietje van der Burg, Anna Paulowna († 2007)
• Hendrikje van Veen, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1937)
• Cornelis Petrus Leijtens, Waalwijk (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1999)
• Antonetta Maria Wilhelmina Elderbeek, Amsterdam († 2005)
• Henrica Joanna Maria van Leeuwen († 2018)
• Hugo Post, Batavia († 2019)
• Aurora Torres Costilla, Rural Spring Branch, Comal, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Henk Hoving, 2e Exloërmond († 2018)
• Hendrik Groenendijk, Sommelsdijk, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Elisabeth Cornelia van Eijndhoven, Hapert († 1995)

• Adriana Lagendijk (90), Rotterdam
• Antonie Voorhorst, Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Flooren (57), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Schouten (86), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• adirana LAGENDIJK (90), rotterdam
• Benjamin Harrison Todd (47), Webster County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis van Wensveen (40), Utrecht
• Dina DOEDYNS (91), Pella, Marion County, Iowa
• Bernardus Oomen (0), Chaam
• Adriaantje Lagendijk (90), Rotterdam

• 1935 » Ken Kesey, American novelist, essayist, and poet († 2001)
• 1936 » Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic († 2014)
• 1936 » Michael Hennagin, American composer and educator († 1993)
• 1937 » Nigel Boocock, English-Australian motorcycle racer († 2015)
• 1937 » Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
• 1937 » Sitakant Mahapatra, Indian poet and literary critic
• 1938 » Bobby Wine, American baseball player and coach
• 1938 » Paul Benedict, American actor († 2008)
• 1938 » Perry Robinson, American clarinet player and composer
• 1939 » Carl Dennis, American poet and educator

• 1923 » Stefanos Dragoumis, Greek judge and politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1842)
• 1925 » Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1862)
• 1933 » Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary (b. 1877)
• 1936 » Ettie Annie Rout, New Zealand author and activist (b. 1877)
• 1937 » Walter Dubislav, German logician and philosopher of science, Vienna circle member (b. 1895)
• 1938 » Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author (b. 1901)
• 1943 » Friedrich Zickwolff, German general (b. 1893)
• 1948 » Folke Bernadotte, Swedish soldier and diplomat (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (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 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
• February 11 » The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.
• July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
• July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
• September 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
• December 16 » Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.

The temperature on September 17, 1937 was between 9.3 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.