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• Cornelis Pieter Wilhelm Clasie, Amsterdam († 1952)
• Hendrik Marinus Hilleman, Noordgouwe gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL († 2001)
• Andries Gerlof Helsloot, Amsterdam († 2022)
• Denise Thielman († 1993)
• Charles Louis Johannes Henricus Eekelaar, Tilburg († 1991)
• Dirk Bosch († 1973)
• Dolf Mook, Buitenzorg, Batavia, Nederlands Indië († 2001)
• Catharina Carolina (Toos) Lennartz, Echt, Netherlands († 2023)
• Bobby Gene Canter († 2007)
• Frans Fokke Hoite Bruinsma, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1937)

• Albertus Hermanus Broekman (35), Nijmegen, Gemeente Nijmegen, Gelderland, Niederlande
• Albert Jan Hennephof (84), Gemeente Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Bosman (75), Vinkeveen en Waveren Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Sophia Kusters (69), Maastricht, Limburg, The Netherlands
• Albertus Wilhelmus Delahaye (82), Bardenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duitsland
• Albert Hidding (4), Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Bloothoofd (46), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Boutkan (75), Brielle
• Albert Carl Bille SCHEEL (55), Rungsted Denmark
• Anna Clara Margrietha de Bree (78), Amersfoort

• 1932 » Carlos Saura, Spanish director and screenwriter
• 1932 » Clint Hill, American secret service agent and author
• 1934 » Rudolf Schuster, Slovak politician, 2nd President of Slovakia
• 1935 » Floyd Patterson, American boxer († 2006)
• 1937 » Dyan Cannon, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1937 » Grace Bumbry, American operatic soprano
• 1940 » Brian Josephson, Welsh physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 » Gao Xingjian, Chinese novelist, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 » George P. Cosmatos, Italian-Canadian director and screenwriter († 2005)
• 1941 » Kalpnath Rai, Indian politician († 1999)

• 1924 » Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Nellie Cashman, American nurse, restaurateur, entrepreneur, and gold prospector (b. 1845)
• 1927 » Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant (b. 1870)
• 1931 » Art Acord, American actor and stuntman (b. 1890)
• 1931 » Louise, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Mohammad Ali Jouhar, Indian journalist, activist, and scholar (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Flora Finch, English-American actress and producer (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Henri Bergson, French philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1943 » Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player (b. 1911)
• 1944 » Kaj Munk, Danish playwright and pastor (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.
• May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
• August 2 » The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
• August 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.
• September 5 » Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
• October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.

The temperature on January 4, 1937 was between 6.4 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.