About the day » Saturday June 12, 1937Calender converter

• Gradus Daamen, Rotterdam († 1939)
• Herman Isaac Emanuel Belinfante, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 1943)
• Hendrik Sandstra, Oosterend († 2013)
• Glen Inwood Ellis Pearce, Mossel Bay, Western Cape, South Africa († 2014)
• Antonia Anna Maria van den Braak, Esch († 1996)
• Hanna Elisabeth Cozijn, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Alberdina (Alda) Tieman, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2002)
• Aart Roos, Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Elisabeth Ollebek, Terneuzen († 2015)
• Hendrik Schipper, Wezep, gem Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 2021)

• Andries Christiaan Lindeman (70), Hilversum
• Aukje Luchiens Meulema (83), Oldehove
• Albert Aime Joseph Vantours (63), Mons en Baroeul (F)
• Agatha Hijgemann (67), Rotterdam
• Arie Henneman (92), Heemskerk
• Anna Elisabeth Blazer (80), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Adrianus Henneman (92), Heemskerk
• Apolonia den Hollander, Klundert
• Anna Christina van der Kroon (67), Weesperkarspel
• Anna Maria Adriana van RIEL (70), Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1935 » Ian Craig, Australian cricketer († 2014)
• 1935 » Paul Kennedy, English lawyer and judge
• 1937 » Antal Festetics, Hungarian-Austrian biologist and zoologist
• 1937 » Chips Moman, American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter († 2016)
• 1937 » Klaus Basikow, German footballer and manager († 2015)
• 1937 » Vladimir Arnold, Russian-French mathematician and academic († 2010)
• 1938 » Jean-Marie Doré, Guinean lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Guinea († 2016)
• 1938 » Tom Oliver, English-Australian actor
• 1939 » Frank McCloskey, American sergeant and politician († 2003)
• 1939 » Ron Lynch, Australian rugby league player and coach

• 1912 » Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian general (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Erich Marcks, German general (b. 1891)
• 1946 » Médéric Martin, Canadian politician, mayor of Montreal (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (The Dorsey Brothers and The California Ramblers) (b. 1904)
• 1962 » John Ireland, English composer and educator (b. 1879)
• 1963 » Medgar Evers, American soldier and activist (b. 1925)

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.
• February 21 » The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
• March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
• June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
• 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.
• November 1 » Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community.
• 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 June 12, 1937 was between 14.2 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.