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• Enno van der Sijde, Arnhem († 1970)
• Abraham Johannes Stolk, Rockanje Z.H († 1938)
• Hendrik Herman Blink, Opwierde (Appingedam) († 2020)
• Evert Klingenberg, Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 2023)
• Jan Kruk, Broek op Langedijk († 2019)
• Agnes Pelk, Edam († 2010)
• Egberdina Jantiena Wolbers, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2016)
• Arlo Vance Davidson, Safford, Graham, Arizona, Verenigde Staten († 2021)
• Harm Wolters, Gasselternijveen Gasselte AA en Hunze Drenthe Nederland († 2020)
• Anneke VERLOOP († 2005)

• Adriaan Visscher (54), Sliedrecht
• Adriaan Scherpenisse (94), Sint-Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Schimmel (51), Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Margaret Leangen (75), Faribault, Minnesota
• Alida Zorn (51), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Zorn (51), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adrianus Leonardus Heemskerk (1)
• Aaltje HUISMAN (75), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Stoel (95), Ezinge, Groningen, Nederland
• Absolom B Holman (65)

• 1935 » Nino Tempo, American musician, singer, and actor
• 1936 » Darlene Hard, American tennis player
• 1936 » Julio María Sanguinetti, Uruguayan journalist, lawyer and politician, 29th President of Uruguay
• 1937 » Doris Troy, American singer-songwriter († 2004)
• 1937 » Lou Holtz, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1937 » Ludvík Daněk, Czech discus thrower († 1998)
• 1938 » Adriano Celentano, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and director
• 1938 » Adrienne Clarke, Australian botanist and academic
• 1938 » Larisa Shepitko, Soviet film director, screenwriter, and actress († 1979)
• 1939 » Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Ukrainian footballer and manager († 2002)

• 1933 » Vladimir de Pachmann, Ukrainian-German pianist (b. 1848)
• 1934 » Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1937 » André Bessette, Canadian saint (b. 1845)
• 1939 » Gustavs Zemgals, Latvian journalist and politician, 2nd President of Latvia (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach (b. 1882)
• 1942 » Emma Calvé, French soprano and actress (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman, 3rd President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Ida Tarbell, American journalist, reformer, and educator (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist and chemist (b. 1863)

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 23 » The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.
• March 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
• April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
• May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
• September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
• September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.

The temperature on January 6, 1937 was between 3.2 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 15.8 mm of rain during 7.8 hours. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.