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• Cornelis Müter, Munnekemoer, Vlagtwedde († 1937)
• Johannes Hille Vos, (GL) Apeldoorn
• Daan van der Meulen († 1979)
• Gerrit Jans († 1993)
• Eva Catharina Koole, Rotterdam
• Jan Arie Faasse, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Hermina Albertha Smeitink, Hengelo Gld († 2003)
• Daniel van der Meulen, Kommerzijl († 1979)
• Hector PANNIER, Sint-Niklaas, België († 2000)
• Hendrekien Ottens, Emmen († 2011)

• Albert Strating (75), Meppel
• Albert Marion Mink (57)
• Anthonie Kuijten (49), Utrecht, Utr, NL
• Arend Lodewijk Roosekrans (84), Vlaardingen
• Anna Catharina Léontina Goedemé (78), Brussel, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, België
• Balt Stremmelaar (77), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nl
• Anne de Platten Hallermund (63), Fribourg-en-Brisgau, 08311, Allemagne
• Aris Eelman (81), Texel
• Degens (19)
• Albert Strating (74), Meppel

• 1934 » Gulzar, Indian poet, lyricist and film director
• 1934 » Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and soldier († 1972)
• 1934 » Vincent Bugliosi, American lawyer and author († 2015)
• 1935 » Gail Fisher, American actress († 2000)
• 1935 » Hifikepunye Pohamba, Namibian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Namibia
• 1936 » Robert Redford, American actor, director, and producer
• 1937 » Sheila Cassidy, English physician and author
• 1939 » Johnny Preston, American pop singer († 2011)
• 1939 » Maxine Brown, American soul/R&B singer-songwriter
• 1939 » Robert Horton, English businessman († 2011)

• 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)
• 1964 » Hildegard Trabant, Berlin Wall victim (b. 1927)
• 1968 » Arthur Marshall, American pianist and composer (b. 1881)

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 21 » The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
• June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
• 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 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
• 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 August 18, 1937 was between 12.3 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.