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• Harmanna Schuurman, 't Zandt († 2016)
• Admar Benkendorf, Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1990)
• Bernardus van Dijk, Sloten, Gem. Sloten, Friesland, Nederland († 2016)
• Afra Veronica Deken, Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Antonius Cornelis Graaumans, Ginneken en Bavel († 1948)
• Annie, Marie, Germaine KERHERVÉ, La Tronche,38700,Isère,RHÔNE-ALPES,FRANCE († 2002)
• Hoogland, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1937)
• Hendrikus Johannes lohschelder, Gendringen († 1996)
• Jan Joannes Penninx, Beek en Donk,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 2019)
• Dirkje Hoek, Katwijk († 2014)

• Aaltje Jurjens Streutker (3), Noord (Hoogeveen)
• Age WAGENAAR (75), Sneek(Friesland)
• Anthonius Fens (0), Terheijden
• Anna Maria Iserief (60), 's-Gravenhage
• Alexander Graaf Zileri dal Verme degli Obbizi (74), Florence, Toscane
• Aaltje van der Oord (83), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Ooldbekkink (74), Voorst
• Aaltje Ooldbekkink (74), Voorst
• Albertus De Koe (46)
• Arie de Korte (70), Rotterdam, ZH, nederland

• 1933 » Samuel Brittan, English journalist and author
• 1934 » Ed Flanders, American actor († 1995)
• 1934 » Forough Farrokhzad, Iranian poet and filmmaker († 1967)
• 1936 » Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and producer († 2017)
• 1936 » Ray Nitschke, American football player († 1998)
• 1937 » Wayne Huizenga, American businessman, founded AutoNation († 2018)
• 1938 » Harvey Smith, English horse rider and sportscaster
• 1938 » Jon Voight, American actor and producer
• 1939 » Ed Bruce, American country music singer-songwriter
• 1941 » Ray Thomas, English singer-songwriter and flute player († 2018)

• 1924 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter (b. 1865)
• 1926 » Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1929 » Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (b. 1846)
• 1937 » Don Marquis, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1941 » Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Khasan Israilov, Chechen rebel (b. 1910)
• 1949 » Tyler Dennett, American historian and author (b. 1883)
• 1952 » Fletcher Henderson, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1897)
• 1959 » Robin Milford, English soldier and composer (b. 1903)

• 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.
• April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
• August 1 » Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.
• August 24 » Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
• August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
• September 5 » Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
• November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.

The temperature on December 29, 1937 was between -2.4 °C and 0.3 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.