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• Barry William John BUTTERY († 1985)
• Hugo Marinus Varkevisser, Tasikmalaja
• Alice R Brown, Spring City, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America († 1967)
• Geesje Jantje Rijnberg, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 2019)
• Hendrik van Bemmel, Harmelen (utrecht) († 2010)
• Gerrit Willem van Unen, Hasselt († 2011)
• Cornelia Maria van Ankeren, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Henricus Jozef Vennix, Wintelre († 2002)
• Clasina Petronella Maria Romeijn, Voorschoten,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Gerrit Post, Terband († 2013)

• Andries van de Kerk (10), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Pieternella Bakker (65), Den Burg (Texel), Nederland
• Alphonse Eugène POISMANS (67), Oreye (Otrange),4360,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Adriana Zeelenberg (71), 's-Gravenzande, ZH, Nederland
• Arie Naaktgeboren (71), Maple Lake, Wright County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Witzel (79), 's Gravenhage
• Adriana Cornelia van Heulen (54), Haarlem
• Antonie Verkuil (85), Beusichem
• Aaltje Eikelenboom (73), Mijdrecht, Utrecht, Nederland (Gem De Ronde Venen) Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia van Heulen (54), Haarlem

• 1933 » Arno Allan Penzias, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1933 » Carol Burnett, American actress, singer, and producer
• 1933 » Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican-American general († 2005)
• 1935 » Patricia Reilly Giff, American author and educator
• 1937 » Jean-Pierre Beltoise, French racing driver and motorcycle racer († 2015)
• 1938 » Duane Eddy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1938 » Maurice Williams, American doo-wop/R&B singer-songwriter
• 1940 » Cliff Watson, English rugby league player († 2018)
• 1940 » Giorgio Moroder, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1940 » Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, Indian cleric and politician († 2014)

• 1920 » Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (b. 1887)
• 1932 » William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1934 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876)
• 1940 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Sigmund Rascher, German physician (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882)
• 1950 » George Murray Hulbert, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (b. 1868)

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 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
• April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
• 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.
• July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
• July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
• November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.

The temperature on April 26, 1937 was between 1.7 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.