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• Bertha Aleida van den Heuvel, Eindhoven († 2011)
• Gerda Burger († 2002)
• Geert Jongsma, Suameer, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1959)
• Jan Bakker, Urk († 2018)
• Charles Kalschoven, Bandoeng, Java, Ned. Indië († 2002)
• Julian Howard Etheredge († 2014)
• Gerardus Pieter (Geert) Aalbrecht († 2022)
• Adrianus Leendert (Leen) Verkade († 2009)
• Ilse Yvonne Mary van Meeteren, Loervoek, Ned. Indie († 2019)
• Gerardus PERSOON († 1937)

• Cornelis de Lange (33), Leusden
• Adriaantje Hendrika Berrevoet (77)
• Cornelis Uitendaal (73), Haarlem
• Cornelis Pietersz Schaap (86), Huizen
• Calvin Fox (62), Allegan, Allegan, Michigan, United States
• Cornelis Uitendaal (73), Haarlem
• Anna Johanna Meerdink, Driebergen
• Adrianus Conelis Jansen (76), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Briggs Frank Soper (46), Peru, Clinton, NY
• Antoon van Langeveld (88), Utrecht (stad), Utrecht, Nederland

• 1935 » John Spencer, English snooker player and sportscaster († 2006)
• 1935 » Peter Clarke, English cartoonist († 2012)
• 1936 » Big Tom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2018)
• 1937 » Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, South African politician († 2009)
• 1937 » Ralph Backstrom, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1938 » Billy Robinson, English-American wrestler and trainer († 2014)
• 1939 » Gerry Harvey, Australian businessman, co-founded Harvey Norman
• 1939 » Jan Camiel Willems, Belgian mathematician and theorist († 2013)
• 1939 » Jorge Sampaio, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 18th President of Portugal
• 1940 » Frankie Avalon, American singer and actor

• 1924 » F. H. Bradley, English philosopher and author (b. 1846)
• 1939 » Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, painter, and photographer (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Fred Karno, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1866)
• 1944 » Robert G. Cole, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1915)
• 1949 » Frank Morgan, American actor (b. 1890)
• 1951 » Gelett Burgess, American author and poet (b. 1866)
• 1952 » Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano and actress (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver (b. 1927)
• 1956 » Adélard Godbout, Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Quebec (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1873)

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.
• April 1 » Aden becomes a British crown colony.
• May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
• May 12 » The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
• June 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
• December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.

The temperature on September 18, 1937 was between 10.8 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.