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• Elbreg Annie (Elly) Zwaan, Enkhuizen
• Cornelis SMIT, Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Grietje Lammers († 2007)
• Cornelis Maria Eeken, Alkmaar († 1967)
• Edgar George Pulliam, Frensheer Alberta Canada († 2001)
• Edgar George Pulliam, Frensheer Alberta Canada († 2001)
• Adrianus Petrus Cornelis Gerardus van Rijen, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1998)
• Gijsbertus Wilhelmus Leenen, Eindhoven, Nederland († 1937)
• Allen Murdock Shears, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Ferdinand van Os, Emmen († 2013)

• Catharina Maria Van. Alphen (87), Zutphen (Gld) NL
• Adriana de Jong (84), Naarden
• Dina Lubbersen (77), Laren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Dieuwertje Zeeman (59), Zijpe, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Snijders (72), Voerendaal
• Charles Louis Caerels (67), Ruddervoorde
• Bernardus Henderikus Smit (54), Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelia Vermeulen (64), Enkhuizen,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bondina Hendrina Johanna Maria Jansen (0), Rotterdam,-
• driesje de graaf (1), apeldoorn

• 1934 » Earl Morrall, American football player and coach († 2014)
• 1934 » Friedrich-Wilhelm Kiel, German educator and politician
• 1935 » Dennis Potter, English voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1994)
• 1936 » Dennis Hopper, American actor and director († 2010)
• 1937 » Hazel R. O'Leary, American lawyer and politician, 7th United States Secretary of Energy
• 1938 » Jason Bernard, American actor († 1996)
• 1938 » Marcia Freedman, Israeli activist
• 1938 » Pervis Jackson, American R&B bass singer († 2008)
• 1939 » Gary Paulsen, American author
• 1939 » Hugh Dykes, Baron Dykes, English politician

• 1921 » Karl Mantzius, Danish actor and director (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Dorothy Levitt, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1882)
• 1927 » Harold Geiger, American pilot and lieutenant (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Cass Gilbert, American architect (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, and educator (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Panagis Tsaldaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 124th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1868)
• 1938 » Jakob Ehrlich, Czech-Austrian academic and politician (b. 1877)
• 1943 » Johanna Elberskirchen, German author and activist (b. 1864)
• 1947 » George Forbes, New Zealand farmer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)
• 1951 » William Birdwood, Anglo-Indian field marshal (b. 1865)

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.
• February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
• May 27 » In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
• 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 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.

The temperature on May 17, 1937 was between 5.2 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.