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• Grietje Bongertman († 2012)
• Edward Joseph Quinn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1994)
• Grieto Kiewiet, Oostwold ( Midwolda) († 1997)
• Carolina Lamberdina Monster, Doesburg († 2007)
• Elisabet Oenning, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 2003)
• Betty Clara Sitters, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Brigitta Johanna Vlaar, Sijbekarspel († 2010)
• Cornelis Martinus Gerardus Maria Hamers, Loon op Zand († 2000)
• Grieto Kiewiet, Oostwold, Midwolda, Groningen, Netherlands († 1997)
• Adriana Vicenta Witteman

• Antonia Richarda van Hamersveld (16), Stoutenburg
• Annechien Kort (58), Assen 150 Odoorn
• Anthonij Mijdam (77), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adrianus SWANEVELD (84), Den Haag
• Alexis Joseph Grandjean (78), Hannut, Luik, België
• Alice Clara Vaughan-Lee
• Adriana van Rijn (66), Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Aagje von der Herberg (80), Rotterdam
• Bertha Louise Zielke (74), Oquawka, Henderson County, Illinois, United States
• Bernardus Jacobus Hastrich (35), Zeist

• 1932 » José Sanchis Grau, Spanish author and illustrator († 2011)
• 1932 » Pier Angeli, Italian actress († 1971)
• 1933 » Viktor Patsayev, Kazakh engineer and astronaut († 1971)
• 1934 » Gérard Latortue, Haitian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Haiti
• 1936 » Marisa Galvany, American soprano and actress
• 1937 » André Glucksmann, French philosopher and author († 2015)
• 1938 » Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and wrestler († 2002)
• 1939 » Bernd Hoss, German footballer and manager († 2016)
• 1939 » John F. MacArthur, American minister and theologian
• 1941 » Václav Klaus, Czech economist and politician, 2nd President of the Czech Republic

• 1921 » Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet and author (b. 1888)
• 1922 » Hitachiyama Taniemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Sol Plaatje, South African journalist and activist (b. 1876)
• 1937 » J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright (b. 1860)
• 1939 » Grace Abbott, American social worker and activist (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Maurice Jaubert, French composer and conductor (b. 1900)
• 1941 » C. V. Hartman, Swiss botanist and anthropologist (b. 1862)
• 1941 » Otto Hirsch, German jurist and politician (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Syed Zafarul Hasan, Indian philosopher and academic (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1884)

• 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.
• April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
• June 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
• June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
• July 7 » The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War.
• September 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
• December 16 » Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.

The temperature on June 19, 1937 was between 5.4 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.