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• Elizabeth KORSMAN († 2016)
• Geerie Willy van de Kreke, Hippolytushoef, Hollandse Kroon, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• denise marie louise DELANOIS, Paris (F-75018) († 2003)
• Henriette Marianne Lezer, Enschede († 2017)
• Henriette Prudence Maria de Guchteneire, Koewacht,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1993)
• Claude Dean Poor <sKKsBd>, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California († 2000)
• Dixie C Smith, Phil, Casey County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2019)
• Janna Jacoba Ravestijn, Hoofddorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Allan John HILL, Currie, King Island, Tasmania, Australia († 2004)
• Adriaan van Empel, Varik († 1944)

• Coleta Vleugels (75), Geel Winkelomheide, 2440, België
• Anna Catharina LAER (86), Maastricht,Limburg (zuid),NEDERLAND,St. Pieter
• Aartje Adriana Koutstaal (67), HIILEGERSBERG (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Veldhuizen (66), Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
• Cornelia Adriana Snouck (52)
• Anne De Boer (70)
• Adriana Johanna Maria Pijnenburg (72)
• Arie Didericus Heederik (75), Rotterdam
• Aartje Adrijana Koudstaal (67), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Callie "Dessie" Kestner (33), Beckley, Raleigh, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten

• 1935 » Guy Rodgers, American basketball player († 2001)
• 1935 » Nicholas Garland, English cartoonist
• 1935 » Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor and director
• 1937 » Al Geiberger, American golfer
• 1937 » Allen Jones, English sculptor and painter
• 1937 » Allen Weinstein, American historian and academic († 2015)
• 1937 » Ron O'Neal, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 2004)
• 1938 » Alan Dershowitz, American lawyer and author
• 1938 » Per Kirkeby, Danish painter, sculptor, and poet († 2018)
• 1939 » Lily Tomlin, American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer

• 1922 » Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1970 » François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Alan Brown, English soldier (b. 1909)
• 1974 » Gerd Neggo, Estonian dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer (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.
• July 5 » Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
• July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
• July 29 » Tōngzhōu Incident: In Tōngzhōu, China, the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.
• 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.
• September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
• December 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.

The temperature on September 1, 1937 was between 10.3 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.