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• Hijltje Jans Waringa († 2004)
• Elisabeth Johanna Keuchenius, Den Haag
• Dimitrios Kladis, Greenland, Greenland († 1992)
• Janna Veen, Groningen († 2005)
• Florussen, Zaamslag
• , Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Johan Albert van den Beld, Arnhem {GE} († 1938)
• Jeroen Steenvoorden, Noordwijk († 2023)
• Geertje Tjeerds Seinen, Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1998)
• Adriana den Heijer, Scheveningen († 2020)

• Annemie van de Wiel (14), Landsmeer
• Charlotte Krull (44), Wageningen
• Arethusa (Edith) Balls (72), Worthing, West Sussex, England
• Agnes Elisabeth Katherina PRINZ (80), lienz, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Arnold Ilsink (73), Zwolle
• Adrianus Hendrikus Jozef van den Heuvel, Vierlingsbeek
• Benjamina Margaretha Jeanette Snoek (75), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Allen Todd **** (70), Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• Niks (0), Emmen
• Clara Freiberg (69), Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten

• 1933 » Mark Dinning, American pop singer († 1986)
• 1934 » João Donato, Brazilian pianist and composer
• 1934 » Ron Henry, English footballer († 2014)
• 1936 » Margaret Heafield Hamilton, American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner.
• 1936 » Seamus Mallon, Irish educator and politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland
• 1938 » Theodoros Pangalos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
• 1939 » Luther Allison, American blues guitarist and singer († 1997)
• 1940 » Barry Sheerman, English academic and politician
• 1940 » Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian director and screenwriter († 2006)
• 1941 » Lothar Bisky, German businessman and politician († 2013)

• 1918 » Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
• 1920 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1924 » Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (b. 1860)
• 1936 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)
• 1945 » Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)
• 1949 » Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891)

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 11 » The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.
• March 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
• May 21 » A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
• June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
• July 2 » Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
• November 1 » Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community.

The temperature on August 17, 1937 was between 12.2 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.