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• Ida CM van Kleef, Kethel &, Spaland
• Gerald Fred Schadt, Peoria, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Gezina Christina Snoijer, Avereest (gem. Hardenberg) († 2013)
• Albert Berends, Zwolle
• Aart Sint Nicolaas († 2006)
• Gerda Wortman († 2010)
• Nijhuis, Haarlem († 1969)
• Cornelia maria Koorneef, zoetermeer († 1940)
• Cornelis Antonius Maria STROEK († 2010)
• Agnès Hélène Louise Ghislaine Masai, Saint-Vaast, Henegouwen, België († 2020)

• Albert Knikker (72), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anton Meier (37), De Wijk
• Adrianus van Hest (75), Tilburg
• Adrianus Hest van (75), Tilburg, Netherlands
• Albert Knikker (72), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agatha (Eva) de Wagenaar (71), Aarlanderveen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hubertina Sterck (80), Vaals
• Alice McAndrew (76), Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
• Aart Schep (89), Delft
• Alfred Goffinet (69), Sint-Truiden, België

• 1935 » Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor († 1977)
• 1935 » Lewis H. Lapham, American publisher, founded Lapham's Quarterly
• 1936 » Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, Australian-English zoologist, ecologist, and academic († 2020)
• 1936 » Zdeněk Mácal, Czech-American conductor
• 1937 » Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer
• 1938 » Bob Eubanks, American game show host and producer
• 1938 » Yevgeny Nesterenko, Russian opera singer and educator
• 1939 » Alan Wilson, English mathematician and academic
• 1939 » Carolina Herrera, Venezuelan-American fashion designer
• 1939 » Ruth Maleczech, American actress († 2013)

• 1934 » Alexandre Stavisky, Ukrainian-French financier (b. 1886)
• 1934 » Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1880)
• 1935 » Rauf Yekta, Turkish musicologist and author (b. 1871)
• 1938 » Johnny Gruelle, American author and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English general (b. 1857)
• 1942 » Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American lawyer and religious leader (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Andres Larka, Estonian general and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of War (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Richard Hillary, Australian pilot and author (b. 1919)
• 1944 » William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American lieutenant and sailor (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Karl Ernst Krafft, Swiss astrologer and author (b. 1900)

• 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.
• April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
• April 26 » Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
• August 1 » Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.
• September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.
• October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.
• November 8 » The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.

The temperature on January 8, 1937 was between -1.0 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.