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• Berend Duinkerken, Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands († 1938)
• Jacques VROONEN, (LOOSE-END) Paris (F) († 2011)
• Adriaan Siereveld, Arnemuiden, Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1977)
• James Hugh McKevitt, White Plains, New York († 2002)
• Betje Heersema, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 2018)
• Jan Pierre Wehrens, Heerlen († 2012)
• Albertus Johannes Josephus de Kroon, Nijmegen († 2007)
• Eefien Rutgers († 1959)
• van Breda († 2011)
• Adriaan Siereveld, Arnemuiden († 1977)

• Aaltje Zaal (83), Haarlem
• Cornelia Anna van Eck (85), Houthem, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Verouden (77), Oirschot
• Caroline Cole (69), Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
• Aaron Blok (79), Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Stegeman (63), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelia de Fluiter (87), Veenendaal, Nederland
• A.J.M(Antonius) Otte, Haaksbergen
• Anna Maria Latenstein (76), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Joordens (77), Asten

• 1933 » Katharine, Duchess of Kent
• 1934 » Sparky Anderson, American baseball player and manager († 2010)
• 1936 » J. Michael Bishop, American microbiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1937 » Joanna Russ, American author and activist († 2011)
• 1937 » Tommy Aaron, American golfer
• 1938 » Ishmael Reed, American poet, novelist, essayist
• 1938 » Steve Barber, American baseball player († 2007)
• 1938 » Tony Macedo, Gibraltarian born English footballer, goalkeeper
• 1940 » Chet Walker, American basketball player
• 1940 » Judy Cornwell, English actress

• 1923 » Théophile Delcassé, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1852)
• 1939 » Antonio Machado, Spanish-French poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1942 » Stefan Zweig, Austrian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Christoph Probst, German activist (b. 1919)
• 1943 » Hans Scholl, German activist (b. 1918)
• 1943 » Sophie Scholl, German activist (b. 1921)
• 1944 » Kasturba Gandhi, Indian activist (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Abul Kalam Azad, Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of Education (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian-French painter and critic (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.
• May 7 » Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.
• 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 27 » In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
• June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
• 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.
• November 8 » The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.

The temperature on February 22, 1937 was between 0.3 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain during 10.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.