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• Gerrit Jacobus Huber, Rotterdam († 1999)
• Gesina Schonewille, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Clarence H. Thomas, Windber, Somerset County, Pennsylvania († 1996)
• Edward Colin Fairclough, Lostock Hall, Lancashire, England († 2012)
• Cornelis Hendrik Adolf Rison, Den Helder († 2009)
• Anna Cornelia Hoek, Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Arie Cornelis Visser, Rotterdam († 2008)
• Doodgeboren kind Bergman, Boxtel († 1937)
• Franciscus P.J. Leemans, Dongen († 2004)
• Agnes Van den Heede, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen († 2004)

• Albert Willem Konings (50), Winterswijk
• Albertje Roelofs Hettema (78), Oosterend
• Aafje GROEN (73), Rotterdam
• Adriana Johanna Weggeman (60), ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrienne Anna Maria Cornelie de Geer (77), de Bilt, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adrianus Jehoel (34), Drunen
• Anna Lourentia op de Weegh (81), Thij (Steenwijkerwold), Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana van Popering (47), Kalamazo
• Abraham Westers (61), Nieuwe Pekela (Groningen)
• Albertje Roelofdr Hettema (78), Oosterend, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Holland

• 1935 » Adam Wade, American singer, drummer, and actor
• 1935 » Fred T. Mackenzie, American biologist and academic
• 1936 » Ida Kleijnen, Dutch chef († 2019)
• 1936 » Ken Mattingly, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut
• 1936 » Ladislav Kupkovič, Slovakian composer and conductor († 2016)
• 1937 » Galina Samsova, Russian ballerina
• 1938 » Keith O'Brien, Northern Ireland-born Scottish cleric, theologian, and cardinal († 2018)
• 1938 » Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-French dancer and choreographer († 1993)
• 1938 » Zola Taylor, American singer († 2007)
• 1939 » Jim Gary, American sculptor († 2006)

• 1917 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)
• 1926 » Aleksei Brusilov, Georgian-Russian general (b. 1853)
• 1937 » Austen Chamberlain, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (b. 1854)
• 1946 » Dai Li, Chinese general (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Aleksandra Ekster, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Fred Allen, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894)
• 1956 » Irène Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1957 » Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (b. 1907)
• 1958 » John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (b. 1870)

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.
• April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
• May 7 » Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.
• June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
• 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.
• August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
• September 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.

The temperature on March 17, 1937 was between 5.4 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.