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• Anna Elizabeth Taljaard, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa († 1938)
• Hubertus Hendrikus Tubée († 1970)
• Leonardus Albertus Schonis († 2003)
• Klem Haasnoot, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Arnolda Aggelen van, Wageningen († 1937)
• Johannes van WOERDEN, 's-Gravenhage († 2011)
• Frits Evers, Meerssen, Limburg, Nederland († 1997)
• Huub Kortink, Enschede († 2015)
• Jacobus Kraakman, Alkmaar († 1938)
• Carl Diederich Heitlager, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1999)

• ANDREW D. ALLEN (90), Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, United States
• Albert Schaapman (54), Nieuwleusen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arnoldus Johannes Cornelis Bertens (61), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Johannes Cornelis Adrianus Bertens (61), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adele LEFERING (14), Aurich, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
• Adriana Westerbeke (61), Middelburg, Zeeland, NL
• Derkje van Assen (62), Olst (Ov Nederland)
• Arnoldus Johannes Cornelis Bertens (61), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Lier (75), Nederweert, Limburg, Nederland
• Alida Hasselt (61)

• 1934 » Joanna Barnes, American actress and author
• 1934 » Peter Dickinson, English pianist and composer
• 1935 » Nera White, American basketball player († 2016)
• 1936 » H. B. Bailey, American race car driver († 2003)
• 1936 » Tara Singh Hayer, Indian-Canadian journalist and publisher († 1998)
• 1936 » Wolf Biermann, German singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1937 » Little Willie John, American singer-songwriter († 1968)
• 1939 » Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, Finnish physician and parapsychologist († 2015)
• 1939 » Terry Bradbury, English footballer and manager
• 1939 » Yaphet Kotto, American actor and screenwriter

• 1919 » Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Polish-Russian engineer, electrician, and inventor (b. 1862)
• 1922 » Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1866)
• 1922 » Nikolaos Stratos, Greek lawyer and politician, 106th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1872)
• 1922 » Petros Protopapadakis, Greek mathematician and politician, 107th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1854)
• 1941 » Wal Handley, English motorcycle racer (b. 1902)
• 1945 » Frank Chapman, American ornithologist and photographer (b. 1864)
• 1949 » Narayan Apte, Indian activist, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1911)
• 1949 » Nathuram Godse, Indian assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1910)
• 1951 » Frank Weston Benson, American painter and educator (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Lionel Barrymore, American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1878)

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.
• February 19 » Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
• 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.
• July 22 » New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
• September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
• September 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
• October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.

The temperature on November 15, 1937 was between -0.7 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.