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• Anna Maria Nagtzaam, Goirle, Nederland († 1941)
• Elizabeth Nap, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 2021)
• Antonius Johannes Maria Boxebeld († 2014)
• Grietje de Winter, Goes († 1942)
• ANNIE NIJHUIS, HOLWERD, Friesland, Nederland († 2020)
• Fransiscus Petrus Maria IJpelaar, Dongen († 2001)
• Grada Ormel († 2014)
• Hendrik Albert Westerhuis, Amsterdam, 1000, Noord-Holland, Nl († 1991)
• Annette Vogel, Missouri († 2013)
• Albert Alfred Traver, Centermoreland, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania († 2008)

• Anna Kamminga (68), Surhuisterveen
• Anna Kamminga (68), Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Claus (0), Houtigehage, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie van der HEIDEN (79), Papendrecht
• Anna van der Plas (67)
• Alle Wietzes Welling (73), Oudega, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje (Bastiaans) Bastiaan (85), Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland
• Berend Prins (83), Emmen
• Arnoldina Mulder (46), Haarlemmermeer
• Berend Prins (83), Zwartemeer

• 1935 » Lucius Cary, 15th Viscount Falkland, Scottish politician
• 1935 » Princess Elisabeth of Denmark († 2018)
• 1936 » Haljand Udam, Estonian orientalist and academic († 2005)
• 1936 » Kazuo Koike, Japanese author
• 1937 » Bernard Cleary, Canadian journalist, academic, and politician
• 1937 » Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Colombian lawyer and politician († 2015)
• 1937 » Mike Cuellar, Cuban-American baseball player († 2010)
• 1937 » Thomas Pynchon, American novelist
• 1938 » Javed Burki, Indian-Pakistani cricketer
• 1938 » Jean Giraud, French author and illustrator († 2012)

• 1936 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1890)
• 1943 » Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander (b. 1919)
• 1944 » Themistoklis Diakidis, Greek high jumper (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Bernhard Rust, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Frank Bourne, British soldier, last survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Josef Terboven, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Rediess, German SS officer (b. 1900)

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.
• March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
• March 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
• April 1 » Aden becomes a British crown colony.
• April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
• June 14 » Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
• 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 8, 1937 was between 5.0 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.