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• Arend Hendrik Matser († 2005)
• Japke de Jong, Leeuwarden († 2014)
• Eelke (Ko) Deinum, Eindhoven († 2021)
• Jacoba Guijt († 2023)
• Franciscus Adrianus Baartmans, Kethel en Spaland († 2005)
• Frederik Jan BARINK, Vorden († 1937)
• Christian Theodore Schiebout, Orange Sioux Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Elisabeth Maria Fleerakkers, Eersel († 2018)
• Annie (Anna Maria Wilhelmina Gerarda) Heijneman, Zevenaar († 2016)
• Christian Theodore Schiebout, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 2015)

• Alexander W. Marshall (62), Charleston, South Carolina
• Agatha Theodora Wilhelmina van Niekerk (63), Abcoude-Proosdij
• Anje Heerssema (71), Groningen
• Arendje KUIPER (88), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Agatha Veringmeier (67), Schiedam,-
• Anna Vlaar (42), Wervershoof
• Aalt van Moorselaar (88), Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Rienks Hoekstra (75), Hallum
• Adrianus Marinus Van Doorn (66), Zwolle
• Anna Helena Bartholomea van Reijsen (69), Den Haag-NL

• 1934 » Nicolas Coster, British-American actor
• 1934 » Viktor Gorbatko, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1935 » Eddie Bernice Johnson, American nurse and politician
• 1937 » Binod Bihari Verma, Indian physician and author († 2003)
• 1937 » Bobby Allison, American race car driver and businessman
• 1937 » Morgan Llywelyn, American-Irish model and author
• 1938 » Jean-Claude Malépart, Canadian lawyer and politician († 1989)
• 1938 » Sally Shlaer, American mathematician and engineer († 1998)
• 1939 » David Phillips, English chemist and academic
• 1939 » John Paul, Sr., Dutch-American race car driver

• 1919 » Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (b. 1841)
• 1928 » Ezra Meeker, American farmer and politician (b. 1830)
• 1934 » Charles James O'Donnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1849)
• 1935 » Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1868)
• 1937 » William Propsting, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1861)
• 1941 » Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet (b. 1883)
• 1949 » Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and educator (b. 1876)
• 1952 » Rudolf Margolius, Czech lawyer and politician (b. 1913)
• 1956 » Alexander Rodchenko, Russian sculptor, photographer, and graphic designer (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1908)

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 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
• February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
• August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
• August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
• September 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
• 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.

The temperature on December 3, 1937 was between 3.7 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.