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• Abraham van de Wege, Axel (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1992)
• Berendina Maria Snitjer, Groningen († 2012)
• Aagtje Johanna Scherff, Almkerk († 2000)
• Geertruida Martha Elizabeth ARINK, Haarlem († 2019)
• Jerry R Roarson, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa († 2013)
• David Meyer, Grayslake, Lake, Ill († 2011)
• Albert Mulder, Voorthuizen (Barneveld) († 1937)
• Aldora BUWALDA, Pella Marion County Iowa U.S.A († 2012)
• Breij († 2012)
• Hermine Maria Elisabeth Kras, Dinteloord, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Alexander Georg von Hessen Darmstadt (4), Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Alexander George Karl Heinrich VON HESSEN (4), Belgium
• Adrijana Lamberta BOUHUIS (77), Amersfoort,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alexander v.HE-Darmstadt (4), Oostende
• Antje Eeken (73), Alkmaar
• Alexander Georg van Hessen Darmstadt (4), Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Adriana Boele (84), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonia Maria Hansen (54), Rotterdam
• Adriana (Adriaantje) Wijve Niemantsverdriet (81), Rotterdam (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Huijsmans (78), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1935 » Elizabeth Drew, American journalist and author
• 1935 » Magdi Yacoub, Egyptian-English surgeon and academic
• 1935 » Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Iraqi-Lebanese cleric, educator, and author († 2010)
• 1936 » John Moore, Australian businessman and politician
• 1937 » Alan Budd, English economist and academic
• 1938 » Ahmed Bouanani, Moroccan filmmaker († 2011)
• 1938 » Kang Ning-hsiang, Taiwanese politician
• 1938 » Robert Nozick, American philosopher, author, and academic († 2002)
• 1938 » Troy Seals, American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• 1938 » Walter Learning, Canadian actor († 2020)

• 1913 » George Barham, English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (b. 1836)
• 1922 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1947 » Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1879)
• 1956 » Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (b. 1887)
• 1960 » Clark Gable, American actor and singer (b. 1901)
• 1961 » Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1882)

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.
• July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
• July 8 » Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
• August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
• September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
• December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.

The temperature on November 16, 1937 was between -1.7 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.