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• Jan Willem Troost, Haarlem († 1939)
• Johanna Anna van der Meulen, Heerenveen († 1988)
• Jeroen Andreas Jacobus (Jerome) de Graaff, Amsterdam († 2011)
• Ema Marina Schild, Driebergen Rijsenburg († 1939)
• Eugène A. L. A. Smets, Batsheers, België († 2010)
• Adrianus Maria Kapteijns, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1979)
• Johannes Cornelis Kok, Rotterdam († 1984)
• Gerrit Hoek, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Johannes Antonius Maria van Kasteren, Berkel-Enschot, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2010)
• Ilse Niesje Monsanto, amsterdam, Nederland († 1989)

• Antoine Haest (92), Dongen, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Adrianus Klijberg (73), Tilburg
• Arnoldus Lucas Van Der Pol (74), Nijmegen
• Adolph Wearkley (81), Wayland, Steuben County, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Arlo RYPKEMA (14)
• Adelle Surmont (82), Roeselare West-Vlaanderen België
• Adrianus jr Kleiberg (73), Tilburg
• Arnoldus Jacobus Hoogveld (89), Elst (Ge), Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Lucas van de(r) Pol(L) (74), nijmegen
• (Jos) Josephus Henricus Maria van Roosmalen (55), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1934 » Billy Paul, American soul singer († 2016)
• 1935 » Sola Sierra, Chilean human rights activist († 1999)
• 1935 » Woody Allen, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1936 » Igor Rodionov, Russian general and politician, 3rd Russian Minister of Defence († 2014)
• 1937 » Gordon Crosse, English composer and academic
• 1937 » Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American soprano and actress († 2005)
• 1937 » Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Latvian psychologist and politician, 6th President of Latvia
• 1938 » Sandy Nelson, American rock and roll drummer
• 1939 » Lee Trevino, American golfer and sportscaster
• 1940 » Mike Denness, Scottish-English cricketer and referee († 2013)

• 1923 » Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1928 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian-American lawyer and poet (b. 1888)
• 1933 » Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Sergey Kirov, Russian engineer and politician (b. 1886)
• 1935 » Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German optician, invented the Schmidt camera (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian and educator (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Aleister Crowley, English magician, poet, and mountaineer (b. 1875)
• 1947 » G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Ernest John Moeran, English pianist and composer (b. 1894)
• 1954 » Fred Rose, American pianist, composer, and publisher (b. 1898)

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 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
• May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
• June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
• July 7 » The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War.
• October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
• December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.

The temperature on December 1, 1937 was between 2.5 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.