About the day » Friday April 30, 1937Calender converter

• Dwayne Bruinekool, Pella Marion Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Jan Tel, Heemstede († 2012)
• Antonius Vincentius Maria van den Broek, Schijndel († 2021)
• Hendrika Knoop († 1968)
• Helen Doreen Smith, Charlottetown Queens Co., Prince Edward Island, Dominion of Canada († 1963)
• Frans Berden, Borgloon, België († 2024)
• Henri Bomans
• Fritz Metelmann, Garlitz, Ludwigslust-Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ksp. Lübtheen († 2020)
• Adrianus Antonius (Ad) Oerlemans, Steenbergen († 1944)
• Jan van Dam, Delft (ZH-NLD) († 1940)

• Adriana Houweling (59), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Blanche Rosalie de Villeneuve la Colette (59), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan Goedegebuure (53), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annechien Groenendal (98), Aduard, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus van Linden (78), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje BONT (84), Westzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Lugt (74), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aart Mulder (46), Wageningen, Gemeente Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Lugt (74), Assen
• Beitske Catharina Onnes (31), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1933 » Charles Sanderson, Baron Sanderson of Bowden, English politician
• 1934 » Don McKenney, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1934 » Jerry Lordan, English singer-songwriter († 1995)
• 1937 » Tony Harrison, English poet and playwright
• 1938 » Gary Collins, American actor and talk show host († 2012)
• 1938 » Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak director and screenwriter
• 1938 » Larry Niven, American author and screenwriter
• 1940 » Jeroen Brouwers, Dutch journalist and writer
• 1940 » Michael Cleary, Australian rugby player and politician
• 1941 » Stavros Dimas, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs

• 1903 » Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (b. 1831)
• 1910 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic (b. 1856)
• 1936 » A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (b. 1859)
• 1939 » Frank Haller, American boxer (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1860)
• 1953 » Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Alben W. Barkley, American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (b. 1877)
• 1970 » Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (b. 1934)
• 1970 » Jacques Presser, Dutch historian, writer and poet (b. 1899)

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.
• February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
• February 21 » The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
• 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.
• August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.
• October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.
• December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.

The temperature on April 30, 1937 was between 6.3 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.