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• Elisabeth van Beek, Putten († 2000)
• Gretha van Harten († 2016)
• Arendje Zwitser, Katwijk († 1982)
• Hendricus Everardus Maria Strik († 2009)
• Alphonse Albert Jules SEGERS, Courcelles-sur-Seine,27180,Eure,Normandie,FRANCE († 1989)
• Egberdina Aleida Soer, Ambt Hardenberg († 2021)
• Grady (Ben H. Ahlers) Arends († 2020)
• Cornelia Maria Varkevisser, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• * Johan Christiaan van der Pol, Leiden († 2011)
• Ferrell Darwin Yeaman, Farmington, San Juan County, New Mexico, United States of America († 2002)

• Antoon Kersten (65), Arnhem
• Cornelis Daniëlsz van Egmond│Vermae (63), Rijnsburg
• Adriana Carolina Romviel (68), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Antonia Constance KAART (57), Maastricht (Limburg) (NL)
• Cornelia de Vrind (78), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Galbraith (80)
• Cornelis van Egmond (63), Rijnsburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Visbeen (64), haarlemmermeer (noord holland)
• Adrianus Visbeen (64), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Augusta KREGLINGER (89), Knokke-Heist, 31043, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique

• 1935 » Beverlee McKinsey, American actress († 2008)
• 1936 » Julián Javier, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1936 » Patrick Tse, Chinese-Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1938 » Leonid Kuchma, Ukrainian engineer and politician, 2nd President of Ukraine
• 1938 » Otto Rehhagel, German footballer, coach, and manager
• 1938 » Rod Laver, Australian tennis player and coach
• 1939 » Billy Henderson, American singer († 2007)
• 1939 » Hércules Brito Ruas, Brazilian footballer
• 1939 » The Mighty Hannibal, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2014)
• 1939 » Vincent Hanna, Northern Irish journalist († 1997)

• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
• 1948 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Edward Thorndike, American psychologist and academic (b. 1874)

• 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.
• May 21 » A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
• May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
• July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
• September 5 » Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
• 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 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.

The temperature on August 9, 1937 was between 11.2 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.