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• Daniel Charles Louis de Funès de Galarza, Charleville-Mézières (Frankrijk) († 2017)
• Gerardus van Leuveren, Steenwijk († 2009)
• Betty Isaac STODEL, Amsterdam († 1942)
• Diemer Paulusma, Kortehemmen († 2009)
• Gerarda Johanna Scheper, Eindhoven († 1997)
• Hendrik Troost, Rotterdam († 2010)
• Betty Stodel, Amsterdam († 1942)
• Hendrika Aleida (Hetty) Jonker, Apeldoorn
• Albertus van Egmond († 1998)
• Anna Henriëtte Maria Hens, Waalwijk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2001)

• Apolonia Terwisscha van Scheltinga (77), Sneek, Fr, Nederland
• Catharina Johanna Jacobs (79), Deurne en Liessel
• Antonius de Wit (72), Liessel, Nederland
• Berendje de Groot (63), Hoogkerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Hengstman (0), Wierden
• Bastiaan Adriaan de Rooij (64), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Reijns (66), Tilburg
• Apolonia Terwisscha van Scheltinga (77), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Maria Ernestus Hubertus Hustinx (62), Bunde, Limburg, Nederland
• Aafke Zwaagstra (0)

• 1935 » Satoshi Ōmura, Japanese biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1936 » Jan Němec, Czech director and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1937 » Bill Cosby, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
• 1937 » Guy Woolfenden, English composer and conductor († 2016)
• 1937 » Lionel Jospin, French civil servant and politician, 165th Prime Minister of France
• 1937 » Mickey Edwards, American lawyer and politician
• 1937 » Robert McFarlane, American colonel and diplomat, 13th United States National Security Advisor
• 1938 » Eiko Ishioka, Japanese art director and graphic designer († 2012)
• 1938 » Ron Fairly, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2019)
• 1938 » Wieger Mensonides, Dutch swimmer

• 1926 » Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (b. 1868)
• 1929 » Robert Henri, American painter and educator (b. 1865)
• 1931 » Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American inventor and businessman, invented the outboard motor (b. 1877)
• 1935 » Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., American general and politician, Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, German field marshal (b. 1895)
• 1946 » Ray Stannard Baker, American journalist and author (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1902)

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.
• January 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
• January 23 » The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.
• March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
• April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
• September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
• December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.

The temperature on July 12, 1937 was between 9.5 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.