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• "Teuntje" Antonius Johannes Könning, Babberich († 1966)
• Leendert Jan Dubel, Numansdorp († 1987)
• Alma, Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1937)
• Klaas Stoffels Weijs, Ambt Vollenhove († 2023)
• Joseph Darrell Florence, Larue County, Kentucky († 2003)
• Basil Eugene Sanches († 1989)
• AnnMarie Nilsson, Johannes († 2021)
• Elma Altena, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2020)
• Leslie Dean Korthuis, Denver, Denver County, Colorado († 2015)
• Harry Gerrit Nijkamp, Geesteren († 1998)

• Bertha F Borrmann Bauer (57), Buffalo City, Erie, New York
• Abraham Leijsennaar (76), Rotterdam
• Adriana Oskam (79), Den Haag
• Adrianus Petrus Beer de (54), Gemeente Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus de Beer (54), Tilburg, Netherlands
• Albertha Marcelina Slotboom (28), Bleiswijk
• Christina Willemina Gerritsen (72), Apeldoorn
• Anna Cornelia van der Asdonk (54), Echt,Limburg,Nederland
• Christina Willemina Gerritsen (72), Apeldoorn
• Anna Damscher (61), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1934 » Eddie Ilarde, Filipino journalist and politician
• 1934 » Lise Bacon, Canadian judge and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
• 1935 » Charles Wright, American poet
• 1936 » Giridharilal Kedia, Indian businessman, founded the Image Institute of Technology & Management († 2009)
• 1937 » Jimmy Hannan, Australian television host and singer († 2019)
• 1937 » Virginia Euwer Wolff, American author
• 1938 » David Canary, American actor († 2015)
• 1938 » Frederick Forsyth, English journalist and author
• 1939 » John Badham, English-American actor, director, and producer
• 1940 » Wilhelm von Homburg, German boxer and actor († 2004)

• 1924 » Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general and politician (b. 1818)
• 1924 » Velma Caldwell Melville, American editor, and writer of prose and poetry (b. 1858)
• 1925 » Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austrian field marshal (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Frankie Campbell, American boxer (b. 1904)
• 1931 » Dorothea Fairbridge, South African author and co-founder of Guild of Loyal Women (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1904)
• 1940 » Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Prince George, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)
• 1945 » John Birch, American soldier and missionary (b. 1918)

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 25 » The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until September 18, 2009.
• February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
• April 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
• July 5 » Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
• September 5 » Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
• October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.

The temperature on August 25, 1937 was between 12.7 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.