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• Arend Tichelaar, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2020)
• Cornelia Hellemons, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1966)
• Adrianus Mastenbroek, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Cornelis Jellesz Kaptijn, Urk († 2009)
• Cornelia Houwaard, Katwijk († 2014)
• Alida (aal) Kes, Volendam († 2019)
• Andre Rene Bosch, Handzame († 2022)
• Diny Rütten, Cuijk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1972)
• Elisabeth van Beelen, Leiden († 1996)
• Cornelis KAPTIJN, Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 2009)

• Alva Edward Epperson (65), Yale, Payne County, Oklahoma
• Albertus Hendrikus de Lange (71), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldina Johanna Schoenmakers (64), Beugen en Rijkevoort
• Anna Elizabeth Gronniger (73), Sharon, Barber, Kansas, United States
• Albertus van Wijk (71), Utrecht
• Anne Rinzes de Haan (76), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaan de Jager (62), Stellendam
• Adrienne Johanna de Booij (74), Amsterdam
• Anne de Haan (76), Groningen
• Aleida Johanna Oblink (86), Dinxperlo gem. Aalten Gld. Nederland

• 1933 » Joan Rivers, American comedian, actress, and television host († 2014)
• 1933 » Rommie Loudd, American football player and coach († 1998)
• 1934 » Millicent Martin, English actress and singer
• 1935 » Molade Okoya-Thomas, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist († 2015)
• 1936 » James Darren, American actor
• 1936 » Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1937 » Gillian Clarke, Welsh poet and playwright
• 1938 » Angelo Amato, Italian cardinal
• 1939 » Herb Adderley, American football player
• 1940 » Nancy Sinatra, American singer and actress

• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (b. 1912)
• 1965 » Edmondo Rossoni, Italian politician (b. 1884)
• 1966 » Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic (b. 1890)

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 19 » Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
• July 7 » The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War.
• July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
• August 2 » The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
• September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.
• 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 8, 1937 was between 14.5 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.