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• Frank Heite, Ambt Vollenhove, Nederland († 2017)
• A.G. Sonneveldt († 2011)
• Ingrid Margareta Lidbaum, Djursholm, Zweden († 2020)
• Adele Gijsberta Sonneveldt, Tiel, Nederland († 2011)
• Harm Onno Hovinga, Blijham, Wedde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1937)
• Anke Veenje, Garyp, Friesland, Nederland († 2019)
• Hero Zijnge, Nieuw Weerdinge, Nederland († 2009)
• Dirk Marinus van Dijk († 1992)
• Denise Friedberg, Antwerpen, België († 1943)
• Catharina afra (tiny) Bootsman, Edam Volendam († 2007)

• Anna Kolberg (81), Riga
• Antonnette Severs (77), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Efemia Godijn (49), Alkmaar
• Antje Jacobs Hiemstra (80)
• Albert BERGHUIS (74), Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Zuidema (78), Utrecht (Utrecht), Utrecht, Nederland
• Artje van Neerbos (56), Rhenen
• Bastiaan Rijnshof (77)
• Antje Hiemstra (80), Drachtercompagnie, Nederland
• Andries van den Brink (62), Utrecht

• 1934 » Florence Henderson, American actress and singer († 2016)
• 1935 » David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn, Scottish academic and diplomat, 27th Governor of Hong Kong
• 1936 » Anna German, Polish singer († 1982)
• 1937 » John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market, English politician, Secretary of State for Transport
• 1937 » Magic Sam, American singer and guitarist († 1969)
• 1939 » Blowfly, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2016)
• 1939 » Eugene Fama, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1939 » Razzy Bailey, American country music singer-songwriter and musician
• 1940 » James Maynard, American businessman, co-founded Golden Corral
• 1941 » Donna Shalala, American academic and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services

• 1922 » Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and lawyer (b. 1875)
• 1930 » Thomas Mackenzie, Scottish-New Zealand cartographer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Adnan Saidi, Malayan lieutenant (b. 1915)
• 1943 » David Hilbert, Russian-German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (b. 1899)
• 1948 » Mordecai Brown, American baseball player and manager (b. 1876)
• 1949 » Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi politician (b. 1901)
• 1950 » Karl Guthe Jansky, American physicist and engineer (b. 1905)

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 20 » Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner are sworn in for their second terms as U.S. President and U.S. Vice President; it is the first time a Presidential Inauguration takes place on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.
• June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
• July 7 » The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War.
• July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
• July 22 » New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
• August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.

The temperature on February 14, 1937 was between -1.4 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.