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• Blanche Leonie FERONT († 1987)
• Broer van Zon, Heerlen († 2010)
• Andries Vooijs, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Egbertus Gerardus Pekkeriet († 1998)
• Beverly Jeanette Devore, Tuscola (Douglas County) (Illinois) († 2014)
• Aad van Leeuwen, († 2019)
• Gerharda Elisabeth Wolbers, Apeldoorn,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1982)
• Emilius Franciscus Maria Somers, Herentals († 1937)
• Carla Marjan Bonn, amsterdam, Nederland († 1991)
• Carla Marjan Bonn, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1991)

• Arie Van Brenkelen (81), Rotterdam
• Anthonie Wassenaar (79), Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Doets (69), Loosdrecht, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna-Elisabeth Hülsman (83), Beckum, Germany
• Auguste Frederic Manche (66), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Barbara van der Kuil (80), Rotterdam
• Dirk Meijer (87), Haarlemmermeer
• Arnoldus van den Akker (85), Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonia Cornelia van den Dungen (56), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Lambertus Tiebosch (34), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1934 » Glenn Davis, American hurdler, sprinter, and football player († 2009)
• 1935 » Richard Hunt, American sculptor
• 1937 » George Chuvalo, Canadian boxer
• 1937 » Wes Hall, Barbadian cricketer and politician
• 1938 » Claude Ruel, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2015)
• 1938 » Judy Clay, American soul and gospel singer († 2001)
• 1938 » Tatiana Troyanos, American operatic soprano († 1993)
• 1939 » Henry Waxman, American lawyer and politician
• 1939 » Pablo McNeil, Jamaican track and field sprinter and sprinting coach († 2011)
• 1939 » Phillip Ramey, American pianist and composer

• 1918 » George Reid, Australian accountant and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1845)
• 1919 » Leonid Andreyev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1871)
• 1923 » Jules Violle, French physicist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1847)
• 1942 » Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (b. 1888)
• 1945 » Hajime Sugiyama, Japanese field marshal and politician, 44th Japanese Minister of War (b. 1880)
• 1949 » Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish physician (b. 1870)
• 1953 » Hugo Schmeisser, German engineer (b. 1884)
• 1953 » James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, English politician, Governor of Northern Ireland (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Lewis Stone, American actor (b. 1879)

• 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 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
• March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
• April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Jaén, Spain is bombed by German fascist forces, supporting Francoist Nationalists.
• July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
• September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
• November 8 » The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.

The temperature on September 12, 1937 was between 5.2 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.