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• Allegonda Maria Schutte, Den Helder († 2015)
• Derk Jan Gritter († 2019)
• Antonia Gerarda Maria Rokebrand, Blaricum († 1938)
• Dina Eliasar, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1943)
• Harry Leonard Hartley, Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa, United States of America († 2003)
• van Diermen, Nederhorst den Berg, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1937)
• Anne Hendrikus Bergsma, Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands († 2017)
• Fredrik Ekkel, Kloosterhaar († 1997)
• Douwe Schoonderwaldt († 1987)
• Anthonius Franciscus Vianen († 1985)

• Adriana Hermina Maria van Loenhout (1), Steenbergen, N-Br, NL
• Koegler, den haag
• Alphonzo Shoemaker (83), Dixon, Lee, Illinois
• Anna Wilhelmina Maria Hollermann (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Schouten (70), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Gerrit HONCOOP (0), Chaam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Gerrit Honcoop (0), Chaam
• Aafje van 't Hof (61), Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
• Adriaan van Gool (80), Tilburg
• ANTJE BOELE (83), DELFT

• 1933 » Joan Collins, English actress
• 1934 » Robert Moog, electronic engineer and inventor of the Moog synthesizer († 2005)
• 1935 » Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish author († 2009)
• 1936 » Charles Kimbrough, American actor
• 1936 » Ingeborg Hallstein, German soprano and actress
• 1939 » Michel Colombier, French-American composer and conductor († 2004)
• 1939 » Reinhard Hauff, German director and screenwriter
• 1940 » Bjorn Johansen, Norwegian saxophonist († 2002)
• 1940 » Cora Sadosky, Argentinian mathematician and academic († 2010)
• 1940 » Gérard Larrousse, French race car driver

• 1921 » August Nilsson, Swedish shot putter and tug of war competitor (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Bonnie Parker, American criminal (b. 1910)
• 1934 » Clyde Barrow, American criminal (b. 1909)
• 1934 » Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (b. 1860)
• 1937 » John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company and Rockefeller University (b. 1839)
• 1938 » Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Panagiotis Toundas, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician, Reich Minister of the Interior (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (b. 1878)
• 1949 » Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator (b. 1872)

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.
• March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
• April 9 » The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
• June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
• June 14 » Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
• 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.

The temperature on May 23, 1937 was between 11.8 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.