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• Cornelis SMIT, Middelharnis, ZH, Nederland († 2005)
• Elisabeth Rietdijk, De Lier († 2021)
• Charles Frank Burnette († 2002)
• Anton (Tony) Bruijn Plomp, Amsterdam († 1938)
• Elisabeth Rietdijk, de Lier († 2021)
• Guido Braet, Brugge († 2008)
• Henricus Aloijsius Swart, de, Tilburg († 1937)
• Geert Lennips, Ambt Hardenberg († 1984)
• Elisabeth (Elly) Rietdijk, De Lier, Nederland († 2021)
• Gijsbertha Johanna van den Hoven, Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2011)

• Albertus Johannes Slinkers (86), Utrecht
• Ate Wieberdink (79), Hengelo
• Barbara Wilhelmina BROUWER (0), Eemnes, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Catharina Aleida Bosman (84), Utrecht
• Anna Kuperus (82), Den Helder, den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Modderkolk (66)
• Arthur Bernardus Dellaert (64), Gent (B)
• Ate Tobias Wieberdink (71), Enschede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Amélie HALLEUX (91), Fumal, 64015, Waremme, Belgique
• Tol (0), Edam Volendam

• 1935 » Don Bragg, American pole vaulter
• 1936 » Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-American actress and singer
• 1936 » Mart Laga, Estonian basketball player († 1977)
• 1936 » Paul Zindel, American playwright and novelist († 2003)
• 1936 » Ralph Steadman, English painter and illustrator
• 1937 » Karin Krog, Norwegian singer
• 1937 » Madeleine Albright, Czech-American politician and diplomat, 64th United States Secretary of State
• 1937 » Trini Lopez, American singer, guitarist, and actor
• 1938 » Mireille Darc, French actress, director, and screenwriter († 2017)
• 1938 » Nancy Garden, American author († 2014)

• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881)
• 1948 » Edward J. Flanagan, Irish-American priest, founded Boys Town (b. 1886)
• 1954 » William March, American soldier and author (b. 1893)

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.
• February 21 » The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
• April 1 » Aden becomes a British crown colony.
• May 27 » In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
• June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
• December 16 » Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.
• December 21 » Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.

The temperature on May 15, 1937 was between 10.2 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 12.5 mm of rain during 9.2 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.