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• Arie Cornelis Hoek, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Arie Cornelis Hoek, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Cornelia Johanna van Raam, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2014)
• Gezien Kroeze († 2014)
• Elaine Pas († 2005)
• Cornelia Quartel, Rotterdam († 2014)
• CENT SCHELLEVIS, MONSTER († 1938)
• Franciscus Egbibus Wilhelmus Maria Damen, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 2004)
• Agatha M. Haasnoot, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1969)
• Graddus Van Beek († 1988)

• Alida Maria Klijn (73), Bennebroek,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Barbara Verhulst (76), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernard TeStroet (83)
• Christina Eve Krug (79)
• Aaltje Lesman (67), Decatur, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Albert de La VIGNE (74)
• Alphonse Emile "Henri" Roux de Bézieux (79), Lyon
• Anna Josephina - Josefina Burke (68), Weiteveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelia Schriever (71), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Versloot (83), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1934 » Boris Volynov, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut
• 1934 » Marc Rich, Belgian-American businessman, founded Glencore († 2013)
• 1935 » Jacques Pépin, French-American chef and author
• 1935 » Rosemary Leach, English actress († 2017)
• 1936 » Malcolm Kirk, English rugby player and wrestler († 1987)
• 1937 » Nancy Ryles, American politician († 1990)
• 1938 » Chas Chandler, English bass player and producer († 1996)
• 1938 » Joel Hirschhorn, American songwriter and composer († 2005)
• 1939 » Harold E. Varmus, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1939 » Michael Moorcock, English author and songwriter

• 1919 » John Alcock, English captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1922 » Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic (b. 1850)
• 1932 » Eduard Bernstein, German theorist and politician (b. 1850)
• 1936 » Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (b. 1857)
• 1939 » Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Leo Reisman, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter and coach (b. 1878)
• 1971 » Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Diana Lynn, American actress (b. 1926)

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.
• February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
• February 21 » The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
• April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
• 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.
• September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.

The temperature on December 18, 1937 was between 0.5 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.