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• Henderika Janneke Pattje, Haren († 2017)
• Benjamins, Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1937)
• Elisabeth van der Heul, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• Dirk Steendijk, Stavenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1992)
• Evert Gerrit Meilink († 2015)
• Berend IJmker, Beilen († 1937)
• Hendrika Kniest, 's-Heerenberg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1993)
• Hennie de Groote, Emmen († 2016)
• Hendrikus Gerardus Lansbergen, Meijel († 2011)
• James HOLDEMAN († 1974)

• Auke Vlietstra (77), Nijmegen
• Anthonius van Kan (72), Delft
• Annichje Bos (62)
• Antoon Achiel Willy Vandecauter (0), Gavere
• Cornelia Witte (26), Texel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Doekes (Henry Andrew) Andriesen (86), Elgin, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Margaretha Boendermaker (48), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaldert Jan Spies (77), Herwen en Aerdt
• Antonie Deijkers (44), Breda
• Antonie Johan Lammers (63), Deventer

• 1935 » Avraham Heffner, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1935 » Michael Hopkins, English architect
• 1936 » Jimmy Ruffin, American soul singer († 2014)
• 1936 » Robin Hanbury-Tenison, English explorer and author
• 1936 » Tony O'Reilly, Irish rugby player and businessman
• 1937 » Claude Raymond, Canadian baseball player and coach
• 1937 » Eddie Clayton, English footballer
• 1939 » Ruggero Deodato, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1939 » Ruud Lubbers, Dutch economist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 2018)
• 1939 » Sidney Altman, Canadian-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1924 » Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)
• 1925 » William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and author (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Octavian Goga, Romanian politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1881)
• 1940 » George Lansbury, English journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1941 » James George Frazer, Scottish-English anthropologist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1942 » Felix Weingartner, Croatian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)
• 1943 » Fethi Okyar, Turkish colonel and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian journalist and politician (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Warner Baxter, American actor (b. 1889)

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 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
• February 21 » The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
• April 1 » Aden becomes a British crown colony.
• June 14 » Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
• June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
• July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.

The temperature on May 7, 1937 was between 5.0 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.