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• Grietje (Ruurds) van der Veen, Droegeham, Friesland, Nederland († 2011)
• Jan Buurke († 1981)
• Adrianus Hubertus Antonius Poppelier, Mülheim, Duitsland († 1938)
• Antonia Christoffels Pothof († 1960)
• Gerrit Wilhelmus SIEBELINK, Doetinchem (NL) († 2003)
• Johanna Wilhelmina Maria (Anny) Postma, Oldenzaal († 2013)
• Gaylen Duane Couperus, Parkersburg, Butler, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Coenraad Andreas Mattheus van Duin, Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• François Ost, Moerzeke-Kastel († 2007)
• Gerrit Wilhelmus Siebelink, Doetinchem, Nederland († 2003)

• Anna Ernesta Hermine Wüppermann (54), Haarlem
• Adrianus van Galder (81), Princenhage
• Aleida Gerritdina van de Scheur (9), Velsen
• Albert Danckaert (44), Woubrechtegem
• Adriana LAURIJSSEN (73), Roosendaal
• Annette Keijser (78), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Heij (74), Kesteren (Gelderland) Nederland
• Anna Maria Amalia Kleinschmit (60), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alijda Dina Staal (85), Amersfoort
• Alice Mesot (68)

• 1935 » Ethel Johnson, American professional wrestler († 2018)
• 1935 » Rudi Šeligo, Slovenian playwright and politician († 2004)
• 1936 » Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor († 1973)
• 1936 » Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1987)
• 1938 » Robert Boyd, English pediatrician and academic
• 1939 » Rupert Neudeck, German journalist and humanitarian († 2016)
• 1939 » Troy Shondell, American singer-songwriter († 2016)
• 1940 » Chay Blyth, Scottish sailor and rower
• 1940 » George Mathewson, Scottish banker and businessman
• 1940 » H. Jones, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient († 1982)

• 1931 » David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)
• 1936 » Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Emma Goldman, Lithuanian author and activist (b. 1869)
• 1940 » Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Heber J. Grant, American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)
• 1945 » Isis Pogson, English astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1852)
• 1945 » Wolfgang Lüth, Latvian-German captain (b. 1913)

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 9 » The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
• May 26 » Walter Reuther and members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) clashed with Ford Motor Company security guards at the River Rouge Complex complex in Dearborn, Michigan, during the Battle of the Overpass.
• June 14 » Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
• July 2 » Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
• August 1 » Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.
• December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.

The temperature on May 14, 1937 was between 7.9 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.