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• Gijsje Bertha Spelt († 1996)
• Hendrik Nicolaas van Buuren, Rotterdam († 1961)
• Antonius Johannes Bennaars, Bergen op Zoom, Nederland († 2011)
• Alyce Darlene Gritters, Hull Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Jannetje Michelsen, Harderwijk († 1998)
• David Harold Wood, Oppelo, Conway, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• H.J. (Henk) van Asselt, Apeldoorn († 2020)
• Annie Beverwijk († 2001)
• Geesje (Ge) Groote, Elim, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Betty Jean Lokker, Wisconsin, VS († 2009)

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• Antonius Cornelius van der Aa (12), Steensel
• Maria Adriana Ba(e)ten (60), Gilze en Rijen
• Albertdina Diek (84), Neede
• Antonius Cornelis Aa van der (12), Eersel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aart Roos (72), The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
• Aalzen Lammers (40), Ureterp
• Aartje Kelderman (72), Ede (Gelderland) Akte 90
• Alida Helena Maria Hensing (17), Leiden
• Adriana Cornelia de Bruijn (61), Lisse

• 1929 » Zbigniew Messner, Polish economist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland († 2014)
• 1933 » Gero von Wilpert, German author and academic († 2009)
• 1933 » Mahdi Elmandjra, Moroccan economist and sociologist († 2014)
• 1935 » David Nobbs, English author and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1938 » Robert Gammage, American captain and politician († 2012)
• 1939 » Neil Sedaka, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1941 » Donella Meadows, American environmentalist, author, and academic († 2001)
• 1942 » Dave Cutler, American computer scientist and engineer
• 1942 » Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet and author († 2008)
• 1944 » Terence Burns, Baron Burns, English economist and academic

• 1906 » Susan B. Anthony, American activist (b. 1820)
• 1912 » Eugène-Étienne Taché, Canadian engineer and architect, designed the Parliament Building (b. 1836)
• 1921 » Jenny Twitchell Kempton, American opera singer and educator (b. 1835)
• 1936 » Francis Bell, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1851)
• 1938 » Clarence Darrow, American lawyer and author (b. 1857)
• 1943 » Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet, short story writer, and novelist (b. 1898)
• 1946 » Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Anne Acheson, Irish sculptor († 1882)
• 1965 » Fan Noli, Albanian-American bishop and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (b. 1891)

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.
• March 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
• April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Jaén, Spain is bombed by German fascist forces, supporting Francoist Nationalists.
• May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
• 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.
• June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
• July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".

The temperature on March 13, 1937 was between 2.8 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.