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• Aaltje Gerritsen, Randwijk († 1975)
• Daryl Gene Kruger, George, Lyon County, Iowa († 2020)
• Adrianus Henrica Netten, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Hubertus Johannes van Gool, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1938)
• "Yolande" Marie Ghislaine de La Hamaide, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Bruxelles, Belgique († 2019)
• Albertus Jan (Bert) van Schaik († 2016)
• Gabriel Pais, Zaandam,Gemeente Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Darrel Wyatt Richardson, Lehigh (Webster County) (Iowa) († 2020)
• Jacoba Schuurbiers, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Gerald Keith Cole, Indiana (State) († 1983)

• Athol Augustus CHICHESTER (76)
• Aaltje van Doorn (62), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje van Doorn (62), Amersfoort
• Barruch Woodbeck (65), Port Arthur, Thunder Bay, Ontario
• Willemse (91), Middelburg, Nederland
• Anna Helena Goseforth, Gozevoort , Ganzevoort (79), Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bennie Bruzerr (46), Estelline, Hamlin County, South Dakota
• Annie Jankewitz (0), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Antonie van Herk (63), Bergeijk
• Adriana van der Hoop (72), Renkum

• 1935 » Jack Welch, American engineer, businessman, and author († 2020)
• 1935 » Rashad Khalifa, Egyptian-American biochemist and scholar († 1990)
• 1936 » Dick Cavett, American actor and talk show host
• 1936 » Ray Collins, American singer († 2012)
• 1936 » Yuan T. Lee, Taiwanese-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1937 » Penelope Leach, English psychologist and author
• 1938 » Frank Misson, Australian cricketer
• 1938 » Len Killeen, South African rugby league player († 2011)
• 1938 » Ted Turner, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Turner Broadcasting System
• 1939 » Emil Constantinescu, Romanian academic and politician, 3rd President of Romania

• 1924 » Thomas H. Ince, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1882)
• 1928 » Jeanne Bérangère, French actress (b. 1864)
• 1931 » Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet and translator (b. 1897)
• 1938 » Lev Shestov, Ukrainian-Russian philosopher and theologian (b. 1866)
• 1942 » Bruno Schulz, Polish painter and critic (b. 1892)
• 1943 » Miyagiyama Fukumatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 29th Yokozuna (b. 1895)
• 1949 » James Ensor, Belgian painter (b. 1860)
• 1950 » Aage Redal, Danish actor (b. 1891)
• 1954 » Walter Bartley Wilson, English footballer and manager (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Marquis James, American journalist and author (b. 1891)

• 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.
• March 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
• May 7 » Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.
• May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
• 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 8 » Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
• July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.

The temperature on November 19, 1937 was between 0.9 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.