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• Franciscus Antonius Maria van Veggel, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2014)
• Aaltje ( Alida ) Molenhuis, Doezum ( Grootegast) († 1997)
• Alida Helena Nomden, Onstwedde († 1977)
• Gerald Duane Koenen († 2009)
• Geesje Lamberts, Odoorn Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland
• Elsje Bekamp, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1994)
• Francine Amelie Meerts, Brussel, Belgie († 1937)
• Cornelia,Anna,Maria Buitenhof, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Elsje Bekamp, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1994)
• Armand Philomena Edward Bellens, Antwerpen († 2016)

• Adella May Shoemaker (67)
• Anna Maria Sebregts (61), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aarjen Balder (83), Lansing, VS
• Alfonzo Pickett (64), Watertown, Jefferson, New York
• Anna Maria Kaasjager (56), Zaltbommel
• Alida Visser (85), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Aarjen Balder (83), Lansing, VS
• Aarjen Aarjensz Balder (83), Lansing, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham Dubbelman (89), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Bakx (86), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1934 » Tammy Grimes, American actress and singer († 2016)
• 1935 » Richard Brautigan, American novelist, poet, and short story writer († 1984)
• 1935 » Tubby Hayes, English saxophonist and composer († 1973)
• 1936 » Horst Jankowski, German pianist and composer († 1998)
• 1937 » Boris Spassky, Russian chess player and theoretician
• 1937 » Vanessa Redgrave, English actress
• 1938 » Islam Karimov, Uzbek politician, 1st President of Uzbekistan († 2016)
• 1941 » Dick Cheney, American businessman and politician, 46th Vice President of the United States, 17th US Secretary of Defense
• 1941 » Gregory Benford, American astrophysicist and author
• 1941 » Tineke Lagerberg, Dutch swimmer

• 1926 » Barbara La Marr, American actress (b. 1896)
• 1928 » Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1929 » La Goulue, French model and dancer (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Frederick Blackman, English botanist and physiologist (b. 1866)
• 1948 » Arthur Coningham, Australian air marshal (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Orville Wright, American pilot and engineer, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Jean Crotti, Swiss painter (b. 1878)

• 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 21 » The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
• 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 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
• June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
• June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
• July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.

The temperature on January 30, 1937 was between -7.4 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged -3.4 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 9.2 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.