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• Henriette VISSERS, Sledderlo (Limburg) (B) († 2008)
• Anthony Peter Hugh Fokker, Batavia (Java) Indonesië († 2006)
• Antonie Bernardus van Tilburg, Rotterdam
• Henning Klausen, Esbjerg,DK († 1938)
• Carl Gustav Leopold Julius Kuster (Küster), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Cornelia Patricia Gijsberdina Maria van Helvoort, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• Claudine Georgette Edmonde VROOMEN, Waudrez (B) († 2008)
• Catharina Jacoba van den Borne, Hoge en Lage Mierde († 2009)
• Elisabeth Passenier, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Maria van Impelen, Werkhoven († 2012)

• Anna Maria Josepha Oirbons (71), Obbicht en Papenhoven (Sittard-Geleen), Limburg, Nederland
• Anneke Catharina Keij (84), Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries van Burgh (54), Zierikzee
• Adrianus Boom (65), Waspik, Nederland
• Aaltje Vonk (60), Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianes Jansen (34), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje VAN DEN HEUVEL (79), Giessen-Oudekerk,Gemeente Giessenlanden,South Holland,Nederland
• Antje Jonkhof (92), Sneek
• Adriana van Schaijck (77), Ottersum
• Anna Geertruid Visser (82), Leeuwarden

• 1935 » Abdul Ghani Minhat, Malaysian footballer and manager († 2012)
• 1935 » Esther Phillips, American R&B singer († 1984)
• 1935 » Johnny Kidd, English rock & roll singer-songwriter († 1966)
• 1935 » Paul Hornung, American football player and sportscaster
• 1936 » Bobby Ross, American football player and coach
• 1936 » Willie Wood, American football player
• 1937 » Barney Rosenzweig, American screenwriter and producer
• 1937 » Nelson Shanks, American painter, historian, and educator († 2015)
• 1938 » Bob Kahn, American computer scientist and engineer, co-developed the Transmission Control Protocol
• 1939 » Nancy Graves, American sculptor and painter († 1995)

• 1926 » Swami Shraddhanand, Indian monk, missionary, and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (b. 1906)
• 1931 » Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)
• 1946 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Akira Mutō, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Heitarō Kimura, Japanese general (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Hideki Tojo, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Iwane Matsui, Japanese general (b. 1878)
• 1948 » Seishirō Itagaki, Japanese general (b. 1885)

• 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 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
• June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
• July 5 » Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
• July 6 » Spanish Civil War: Battle of Brunete: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.
• July 8 » Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
• October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.

The temperature on December 23, 1937 was between 1.2 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.