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• Eva Johanna HOFSTAETTER, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Dorothy Lea Martin, Louisiana († 2021)
• Cyriel Alfons Petrus Robijn, Stekene, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 2015)
• Hendrikje Anneke Veldhuis, Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Annie van Wanrooij, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2007)
• Anna Johanna Marie Verkroost, Utrecht († 2014)
• Elisabeth Pelser, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2018)
• Cornelis Wilhelmus de Ruijter, Ilpendam († 2003)
• Geertruida van der Schaaf, Amsterdam († 2013)
• Cornelis Groeneveld Quartel, Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland († 1998)

• Antonie Hoorn van (38), Messina
• Anna Elisabeth Stoltz (73), Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Maria van Schaik (59), Utrecht
• Aggie Bolthouse (57), Grand Haven, Ottawa County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Hendrika Wensink (78), Brummen
• Christiaan de Regt (59), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barbara van der Horst (57), Koudekerk
• CHRISTIAAN DE REGT (59), SCHIEDAM
• Aaltje Smit (69), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Barendina de WIT (80), Dubbeldam

• 1934 » Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan-American baseball player
• 1935 » Otis Rush, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2018)
• 1936 » Adolfo Nicolás, Spanish priest, 13th Superior General of the Society of Jesus
• 1936 » April Stevens, American pop singer
• 1936 » Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, English banker and philanthropist
• 1936 » Zubin Mehta, Indian bassist and conductor
• 1937 » Arvo Mets, Estonian-Russian poet and translator († 1997)
• 1937 » Jill Paton Walsh, English author
• 1938 » Bernard Madoff, American businessman, financier and convicted felon
• 1938 » Klaus Voormann, German artist, bass player, and producer

• 1920 » William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker (b. 1839)
• 1921 » Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1944 » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)
• 1945 » Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1889)
• 1954 » Kathleen Clarice Groom, Australian-English author and screenwriter (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Harold Bride, English soldier and operator (b. 1890)

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 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
• May 27 » In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
• May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
• July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
• August 2 » The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
• October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.

The temperature on April 29, 1937 was between 6.1 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.