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• Hielkje Anna de Boer, Boornbergum († 2004)
• Hans B Gijsbers van Wijk († 1998)
• Hartog Zonligt, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Hendrik Gustaaf Albert, Wellen, België († 2019)
• Aaltjen VERMEER, Apeldoorn († 1998)
• Ariaantje "Sjaan" Imthorn, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Annie Burhenne, Venlo († 1989)
• Elizabeth (Lily ) Rankin, 13 A Camden Row Dublin 2 Ireland († 2011)
• Gré Tol, Edam-Volendam († 2006)
• Jacobus van Borssum Waalkes, Den Ham († 1945)

• Adriana Catharina de LANGE (64), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anton Johan [Breda] KLEIJNENBERG (70), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Van Der Belt (73), Zuidwolde
• -Balvaneda Martina de Jesus Arriola Almanza Olivas (66), Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• Vulto, Haarzuilens, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Alphonsus Eduardus Adriaenssen (73), Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annie B Kelly (61), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Anneke POLAK (58), Klundert,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Alida Hendrika de Jong (48), Oak Harbor (Island), Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Habets (71), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland

• 1936 » El Cordobés, Spanish bullfighter
• 1936 » Med Hondo, Mauritanian filmmaker and actor († 2019)
• 1937 » Dick Dale, American surf-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter († 2019)
• 1937 » Ron Carter, American bassist and educator
• 1937 » Wim Verstappen, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter († 2004)
• 1938 » Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican journalist, author, and critic († 2010)
• 1938 » Gillian Tindall, English historian and author
• 1938 » Tyrone Davis, American blues and soul singer († 2005)
• 1939 » Amos Oz, Israeli journalist and author († 2018)
• 1939 » Neil Fox, English rugby league player and coach

• 1919 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician (b. 1880)
• 1922 » Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (b. 1888)
• 1923 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1877)
• 1924 » E. Nesbit, English author and poet (b. 1858)
• 1938 » Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1938 » Kanō Jigorō, Japanese founder of judo (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Chris McKivat, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1880)
• 1945 » Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (b. 1880)
• 1953 » Alexandre Pharamond, French rugby player (b. 1876)
• 1955 » George Enescu, Romanian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1881)

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.
• June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
• June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
• July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
• 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.
• August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
• December 12 » Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USSPanay on the Yangtze river in China.

The temperature on May 4, 1937 was between 9.7 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.