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• Georges BEX, Zepperen (B) († 2012)
• Jeltje (Julie) WIERENGA († 2008)
• Hubertina Maria Josephina (huibje) Mol, Volendam († 2018)
• Hilletje Blok († 2002)
• Daniël Jozias Pladdet († 2016)
• Harmen Mons, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1938)
• Johan Langkamp, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2004)
• George Alfred Newkirk, Camp Creek Township, Pike, Ohio, United States († 2021)
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• Engelbert Herman Buursink, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2008)

• Antonetta Johanna van Wesel (71), Rucphen
• Camilius Cyrilius Beyne (56), Zuienkerke
• Antje Kooistra (46), Oostwold
• Alberta Maria Lagrouw (20), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carol Meert (67), aalst
• Anna Margaretha Donker (37), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Egberts Lourens (80), Sloten
• Aaltje Egberts Louwrens (Lourens) (80), Sloten
• Adriana Goeman (78), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alberta Maria Lagrouw (20), Rotterdam

• 1933 » Tinto Brass, Italian director and screenwriter
• 1934 » Alan Arkin, American actor
• 1934 » Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa, Brazilian footballer († 2002)
• 1937 » Barbara Jones, American sprinter
• 1937 » James Lee, Canadian businessman and politician, 26th Premier of Prince Edward Island
• 1937 » Wayne Embry, American basketball player and manager
• 1938 » Anthony James Leggett, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1938 » Norman Ackroyd, English painter and illustrator
• 1940 » James Caan, American actor and singer
• 1940 » Nancy Pelosi, American lawyer and politician, 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

• 1923 » Sarah Bernhardt, French actress and screenwriter (b. 1844)
• 1926 » Constantin Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1852)
• 1932 » Henry M. Leland, American machinist, inventor, engineer, automotive entrepreneur and founded of Cadillac and Lincoln (b. 1843)
• 1934 » John Biller, American jumper and discus thrower (b. 1877)
• 1940 » Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (b. 1873)
• 1940 » Wilhelm Anderson, German-Estonian astrophysicist (b. 1880)
• 1942 » Carolyn Wells, American novelist and poet (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1945 » David Lloyd George, English-Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
• 1951 » James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)

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 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
• 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 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
• 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 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
• December 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).

The temperature on March 26, 1937 was between -0.9 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain during 13.0 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.