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• Gerhardus Proper († 2004)
• Carla Antoinette Micola von Fürstenrecht, Soerabaja († 1997)
• Grietje Kwant, Wedde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1937)
• Gary Lee Studebaker († 1996)
• de Kruijff, Tiel († 1937)
• George Belzer, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 2014)
• Arend Plenter († 1990)
• Albertha Johanna ter Huerne, Enschede,, Overijssel, Nederland († 2007)
• Frans van Kemenade († 1938)
• George Belzer, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)

• Augusta Emilia Dorothea Maria (Guus) Roijen (31)
• Adam Ludwik Czartoryski h. Pogoń Litewska, książę (64), Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Pologne
• Carolus Ludovicus Cornelius Hauspie (95), Poperinge (BE)
• Adriana Geertruida Van Vliet (59), Rotterdam
• Dimphna Heeren (48), Hoeven
• Cornelia Jeens Bruinsma (87), Joure, gem. Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Geertruida Wilson (75)
• Alice Aaltje DeBok (62), Cook Co, Illinois
• Dina Adriana Koppenaal (60), Haarlem
• Aartje Mulder (80), Bloemendaal

• 1936 » Benjamin Adekunle, Nigerian general († 2014)
• 1936 » Edith Pearlman, American short story writer
• 1936 » Hal Greer, American basketball player († 2018)
• 1936 » Jean-Claude Turcotte, Canadian cardinal († 2015)
• 1936 » Nancy Willard, American author and poet († 2017)
• 1936 » Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart, Scottish politician († 2020)
• 1937 » Reggie Workman, American bassist and composer
• 1937 » Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1938 » Billy Davis Jr., American pop-soul singer
• 1938 » Neil Abercrombie, American sociologist and politician, 7th Governor of Hawaii

• 1927 » Armand Guillaumin, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1932 » Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (b. 1900)
• 1932 » William Murray McPherson, Australian politician, 31st Premier of Victoria (b. 1865)
• 1938 » Daria Pratt, American golfer (b. 1859)
• 1938 » James Weldon Johnson, American poet, lawyer and politician (b. 1871)
• 1939 » Ford Madox Ford, English novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1945 » Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1872)
• 1946 » Max Kögel, German SS officer (b. 1895)
• 1946 » Yōsuke Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1880)

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.
• May 7 » Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.
• June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
• September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
• December 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).
• December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
• December 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.

The temperature on June 26, 1937 was between 5.3 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.