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• Cees de Leeuw († 2002)
• Johanna Knol († 2012)
• Johanna (Jo) Knol († 2012)
• Johanna den Os, Leiden († 2011)
• Adrianus Theodorus Leonardus Joanna Louer, Tilburg († 1956)
• Anna Janneke Provoost († 2003)
• Jantinus (Tinus) Kikkert, Hoogeveen,, Drenthe, Nederland († 2021)
• Hermanus Adrianus Jacobus den Boer, Voorburg (Leidschendam) Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Johanna (Annie) den Os, Leiden,Leiden,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 2011)
• Gerrit Kamerling, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1945)

• Cornelia Bedeaux (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Timmerman (72), Ommen
• Hinderk Woortmeijer (77), Wildervank
• Bessel van Looijengoed (84), Ermelo
• Carel Marie Joseph CANOIJ (76), Valkenswaard, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Barbara Nelissen (88), Maastricht
• Andy Anderson James Wilderspin #1353f10c (47), Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Beatrice Good (51), Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
• Antonius Gerardus Graaf (52), Wassenaar, ZH, Nederland
• Barbara Nelissen (88), Maastricht (Maastricht) (Limburg)

• 1933 » Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian politician, 2nd President of Iran († 1981)
• 1933 » Predrag Koraksić Corax, Serbian political caricaturist
• 1934 » Ruby Nash Garnett, American R&B singer
• 1936 » William Levada, American cardinal
• 1937 » Pierre Billon, Swiss-Canadian author and screenwriter
• 1937 » Waylon Jennings, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2002)
• 1938 » Billy Williams, American baseball player and coach
• 1939 » Ward Connerly, American activist and businessman, founded the American Civil Rights Institute
• 1941 » Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter († 1994)
• 1941 » Neal Adams, American illustrator

• 1917 » Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1934 » Alfred Bruneau, French cellist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1938 » Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (b. 1875)
• 1941 » Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and physician (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Count Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein, Austrian diplomat
• 1961 » Giulio Cabianca, Italian racing driver (b. 1923)
• 1961 » Peyami Safa, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1899)
• 1962 » Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1967 » Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1885)

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 11 » The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.
• February 21 » The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
• March 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
• April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
• September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
• September 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.

The temperature on June 15, 1937 was between 11.5 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.