About the day » Wednesday September 15, 1937Calender converter

• Alan Frank Cromwell White, Edmonton, Middlesex, England († 2019)
• Arend Jansen-, Almelo, Nederland († 1993)
• Hendricus Manders 13AWZ, Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2006)
• Rietveld, krimpen aan den ijssel (zuid holland)
• Ramaker, Emmen († 1937)
• Hendrika Jacoba van de Zande, Oosterland, Zeeland, Nederland († 2001)
• Béatrice du Roy de Blicquy, à Bruxelles (Belgique) († 2017)
• Arie Jan Heijblom, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1953)
• Constantinus Pieter Maria Konings, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1960)
• H. Hubert J. Velkeneers, Mechelen-Bovelingen, België († 1983)

• Annigje Kroezen (79), Deurne en Liessel
• Cornelis Gzn. Besemer (67), Papendrecht
• Annigje Kroezen (79), Deurne en Liessel
• Arie Eijgenraam (21), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Sophia Schellevis (61), Wijk aan Zee en Duin
• Alida Stienen (55), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Jacobus van der Helm (0), Delft
• Aleida Hoek (61), Albergen
• Alexander Archibald McKenzie (88), Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• Beda Kristine Larsdatter Juleshaug (33), Sørli, Nord Trøndelag

• 1935 » Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch († 2015)
• 1936 » Ashley Cooper, Australian tennis player
• 1936 » Sara Henderson, Australian farmer and author († 2005)
• 1937 » Fernando de la Rúa, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Argentina († 2019)
• 1937 » Joey Carew, Trinidadian cricketer († 2011)
• 1937 » King Curtis Iaukea, American wrestler († 2010)
• 1937 » Pino Puglisi, Italian priest and martyr († 1993)
• 1937 » Robert Lucas Jr., American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1938 » Gaylord Perry, American baseball player and coach
• 1939 » Subramanian Swamy, Indian economist, academic, and politician, Indian Minister of Law and Justice

• 1915 » Ernest Gagnon, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1921 » Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)
• 1926 » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
• 1930 » Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1882)
• 1938 » Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (b. 1900)
• 1940 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)
• 1945 » André Tardieu, French journalist and politician, 97th Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author (b. 1881)
• 1952 » Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1883)

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.
• March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
• April 9 » The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
• June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
• July 7 » The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War.
• November 8 » The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
• December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.

The temperature on September 15, 1937 was between 6.1 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.