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• Johanna Christina Maria Efftink, Enschede († 2016)
• Gladys Ann Dirksen, Hampton, Iowa († 2017)
• Dela Johanna Alida van Laar, Hardenberg († 2022)
• Dirkje Jantje Meijer, Franeker († 2013)
• Harmina Hilda Erena Brands, Kantens (gem. Het Hogeland) († 1995)
• Herman Papegaay, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• alfred langlet, Ribemont († 2013)
• Engelbertha VAN DER FELTZ, Brummen Gelderland Netherlands († 1979)
• Dirkje Jantje Meijer, Franeker († 2013)
• Johannes Petrus Hoek, Spanbroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)

• Adriana Pieternella Pirée (64), Bergen op Zoom
• Adriaan Vermijs (80), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Couwenberg (65), Eindhoven
• Antonia Maria Burgers (21), Nijmegen
• Andries Hendrik ter Brugge (76), Almelo
• Agnes Peters (62), Detroit, Wayne, MIchigan, Verenigde Staten
• Aimee Joseph Dujardin (59), Rollegem
• Aafje Maria van der Does (28), Heemskerk
• Pijnenburg, Liempde
• Anna Goosen (50), Harderwijk

• 1935 » Jayendra Saraswathi, Indian guru, 69th Shankaracharya
• 1935 » Tenley Albright, American figure skater and physician
• 1937 » Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author († 2005)
• 1937 » Roald Hoffmann, Polish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1938 » Ian Stewart, Scottish keyboard player and manager († 1985)
• 1938 » John Connelly, English footballer († 2012)
• 1938 » Paul Verhoeven, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1939 » Brian Auger, English rock and jazz keyboard player
• 1939 » Dion DiMucci, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1939 » Jerry Moore, American football player and coach

• 1925 » Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (b. 1840)
• 1932 » Jean Jules Jusserand, French author and diplomat, French Ambassador to the United States (b. 1855)
• 1937 » Julian Bell, English poet and academic (b. 1908)
• 1938 » Marie of Romania (b. 1875)
• 1944 » Thomas Sturge Moore, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Evald Tipner, Estonian footballer and ice hockey player (b. 1906)
• 1948 » Herman Gummerus, Finnish historian, academic, and politician (b. 1877)
• 1949 » Francisco Javier Arana, Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (b.1905)
• 1949 » Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator (b. 1870)
• 1950 » Carl Clinton Van Doren, American critic and biographer (b. 1885)

• 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.
• March 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
• April 1 » Aden becomes a British crown colony.
• 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.
• August 1 » Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.
• 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.
• August 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.

The temperature on July 18, 1937 was between 7.9 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 14.8 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.