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• Helena Cornelia Kock, Gilze en Rijen
• Harmen Huigensz van der Niet, Noordwijk († 2006)
• Gerda Johanna Roerink, Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands († 2011)
• Helena Cornelia Kock, Gilze en Rijen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2016)
• Johanna Clasina Noordijk, Hilversum († 1988)
• Hermina Christina (Miep) Stehmann († 1988)
• Ferdinand (Ferdi) Vierhout, Nunspeet († 2023)
• Gerrit Veneberg, Ommen († 2017)
• Jan Postma († 2013)
• Jan Postma, Drogeham († 2013)

• Casper Petrus Vrakking (20), Bussum
• Aaltje Vlink (79), Balk, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Driessen (61), Stein, Limburg, Netherlands
• Caroline Jackman (88), Adelaide, Sth. Australia
• Adrianus Wandemaker (89), Nieuw-Helvoet
• Bernardus van Doorn (66), IJsselstein
• Antje Heins Cnossen (79), Joure (FRL)
• Anna Gezina Christina Kuiper (61), Bennebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Emmerik (66), Culemborg
• Antje Sjirks Cossen Heins (79), Súdwest Fryslân, Wymbritseradiel, Niederlande

• 1934 » Nana Mouskouri, Greek singer and politician
• 1935 » Bruce Morrow, American radio host and actor
• 1935 » Etterlene DeBarge, American singer-songwriter
• 1936 » Chitti Babu, Indian veena player and composer († 1996)
• 1938 » Hugo Young, English journalist and author († 2003)
• 1938 » Shirley Caesar, American gospel singer-songwriter
• 1939 » Larry Bowie, American football player († 2012)
• 1939 » Melinda Dillon, American actress
• 1940 » Chris Farlowe, English rock, blues, and soul singer
• 1940 » Pharoah Sanders, American saxophonist and bandleader

• 1917 » Florence La Badie, American actress (b. 1888)
• 1919 » Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1926 » Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philologist and author (b. 1865)
• 1930 » T. Alexander Harrison, American painter and educator (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Ernst Didring, Swedish author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye (b. 1894)
• 1945 » Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (b. 1857)
• 1950 » Ernest Haycox, American soldier and author (b. 1899)
• 1955 » Manuel Ávila Camacho, Mexican general and politician, 45th President of Mexico (b. 1897)
• 1956 » Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Turkish poet and author (b. 1910)

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.
• February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
• 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.
• September 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
• October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.

The temperature on October 13, 1937 was between 8.6 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.