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• Henrica Gesiena Beukers, Emmen(Dr) († 1995)
• Hendrik Overbosch, Epe († 1993)
• Jannis Cornelis (Jan-Kees) Kense, Zwolle († 2016)
• Albert Bonthuis, Raalte, Nederland († 2013)
• Jacobus Gerardus Andreas Zoon, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Christina Odilia Maria Giele, Baarn († 1939)
• Carl Clemens Barhorst, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Henrica Gesiena Beukers, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1995)
• Alton Kendell Willis, Carteret County, North Carolina († 2007)
• Ferdinand Gebben, Lemmer, Friesland, Nederland († 2001)

• Arie Kemp (93), Breukelen, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arie Wilhelmus Gerardus van Leeuwen (75), ,, Leiden, Nederland
• Arie van Maren (83), HAAFTEN (West-Betuwe), GD, NL
• Adelia Caswell (62), LaPlume, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Johanna Schrama (44), Zijpe,North Holland,Netherlands
• Baroness Sophie of Kämmerer von Worms gen. von Dalberg (76)
• Alida Johanna Schrama (44), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Schoondermark (83), Waalwijk, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Arie Kemp (93), Breukelen, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland
• Arie Maren (83), Haaften

• 1936 » Bill Wyman, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Rolling Stones and Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings)
• 1936 » David Nelson, American actor, director, and producer († 2011)
• 1936 » Jüri Arrak, Estonian painter
• 1936 » Jimmy Dawkins, American singer and guitarist († 2013)
• 1937 » Heribert Offermanns, German chemist and academic
• 1937 » John Goetz, American baseball player († 2008)
• 1937 » M. Rosaria Piomelli, Italian-American architect and academic
• 1937 » Miguel Ángel Coria, Spanish composer and educator
• 1937 » Petar Stipetić, Croatian general
• 1937 » Santo Farina, American guitarist and songwriter

• 1922 » George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839)
• 1935 » Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)
• 1944 » Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (b. 1887)
• 1948 » Franz Lehár, Austrian-Hungarian composer (b. 1870)
• 1948 » Frederic L. Paxson, American historian and author (b. 1877)
• 1949 » Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (b. 1902)

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 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
• March 21 » Ponce massacre: Nineteen people in Ponce, Puerto Rico are gunned down by police acting on orders of the US-appointed Governor, Blanton C. Winship.
• June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
• June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
• 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.
• December 16 » Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.

The temperature on October 24, 1937 was between 4.3 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.