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• Abraham Agsteribbe, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Caroline Jeanette Young, Bakersfield, Kern, California, Verenigde Staten († 2019)
• Hendrik Johannes (Hans) Niewenweg, Tweede Exloërmond, Drenthe, Nederland († 2013)
• Geertruida Johanna (Truus) Kroon, Wapenveld († 2011)
• Dina Ruysenberg, Amsterdam († 2009)
• Esther Jeanette Antoinette (Elly) FRANK, Lienden († 1942)
• Henk Dunnewind, Witharen, Ommen, Overijssel, Netherlands († 2004)
• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van Valentijn, Leiden († 1937)
• Henk Dunnewind, Witharen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2004)
• Duifje Roeg, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1942)

• Geert Lantinga (77), Noordwolde
• Anna Cornelia Timmermans (63), De Cocksdorp (Texel), Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Timmermans (63), Cocksdorp
• Anna Maria BOSKAMP (69)
• Aaltje Ekerschot \ Ekelschot \ Ekersloot (81), Loenersloot, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Ekerschot (81), Loenersloot
• Adrianus Jacobus Jansen (0)
• anna geertrui allart (87), bloemendaal, bloemendaal, noord-holland, nederland
• Alphonse Marie Jerome Pierre Vanisacker (76), Knokke-Heist,West-Vlaanderen,België
• 'n Levenloos geboren kind van Ubink (0), Ter Aar (Korteraar)

• 1933 » Christopher Smout, Scottish historian and academic
• 1933 » Kevan Gosper, Australian runner and politician
• 1934 » Al Kaline, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2020)
• 1934 » Casper R. Taylor, Jr., American lawyer and politician
• 1934 » Pratibha Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th President of India
• 1935 » Bobby Timmons, American pianist and composer († 1974)
• 1935 » Joanne Weaver, American baseball player († 2000)
• 1935 » Tony Taylor, Cuban baseball player († 2020)
• 1940 » Phil Ochs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1976)
• 1941 » Lee Myung-bak, South Korean businessman and politician, 10th President of South Korea

• 1916 » Thibaw Min, Burmese king (b. 1859)
• 1927 » Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian activist (b. 1900)
• 1927 » Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian poet and activist (b. 1897)
• 1932 » Yun Bong-gil, South Korean activist (b. 1908)
• 1933 » George Jackson Churchward, English engineer and businessman (b. 1857)
• 1938 » Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American lawyer and politician (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Abbas II of Egypt (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Rudolph Karstadt, German businessman (b. 1856)
• 1946 » Paul Langevin, French physicist and academic (b. 1872)
• 1953 » Robert Andrews Millikan, American physicist and eugenicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)

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.
• May 12 » The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
• May 26 » Walter Reuther and members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) clashed with Ford Motor Company security guards at the River Rouge Complex complex in Dearborn, Michigan, during the Battle of the Overpass.
• May 27 » In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
• June 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
• December 16 » Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.
• December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.

The temperature on December 19, 1937 was between -0.9 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.