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• Christian comte d'Ursel, Villers-Lez-Heest († 2015)
• Gerardus Adrianus Josephus van Gerwen, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren († 1987)
• ADRIANUS KOOT, Pynacker, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Armand Herckens, Rukkelingen-Loon († 1937)
• Anna Adolphine Henriette COLLOT D'ESCURY, Kloosterzande Zeeland Netherlands († 2009)
• Daniël Hector Edmond Victor Braet, Brugge († 2017)
• Alida van der Plas, Katwijk († 2014)
• Albert T Smith († 1938)
• Frank Waardenburg, Paterson, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Anton Manuel Rôxo von Ramos-Bandeira, Santa Isabel bei Lissabon, Portugal († 1987)

• Booy Horjus (56), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• August Willem Von Harenberg (28), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Catharina Goverdina Baarens (66), Ginneken en Bavel
• Adriana Catharina Lelijveld (70), Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Woude (71), Enschede
• Catharina Goverdina Baarens (67), Ginniken en Bavel
• arie TUK (68), leiden
• Anna Maria Nieskens (78), Sittard, Limburg, Nederland
• Armand Herckens (0), Rukkelingen-Loon
• Aart Heijkoop (75), Utrecht

• 1935 » Hank Cochran, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2010)
• 1936 » Anthony Payne, English composer and author
• 1937 » Billy Cannon, American football player and dentist († 2018)
• 1937 » Garth Hudson, Canadian keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
• 1937 » María Duval, Mexican actress and singer
• 1937 » Ron Brierley, New Zealand businessman
• 1938 » Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2007)
• 1938 » Pierre de Bané, Israeli-Canadian lawyer and politician († 2019)
• 1938 » Terry Peck, Falkland Islander soldier († 2006)
• 1939 » Benjamin Barber, American theorist, author, and academic († 2017)

• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)
• 1937 » Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)
• 1939 » Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and educator (b. 1863)
• 1955 » Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator (b. 1879)

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.
• August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
• September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
• December 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).
• December 21 » Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.
• December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.

The temperature on August 2, 1937 was between 14.2 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.