About the day » Sunday February 28, 1937Calender converter

• Elizabeth "Betty" Slane, Bronxville, Westchester, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2019)
• Constant Aelbrecht († 2019)
• Abram Roskam, Sliedrecht († 2017)
• Camille Jeuris, Sint-Truiden, België († 2023)
• Gerrie Ilbrink († 1999)
• Cornelis Sijm, Andijk, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Cornelis Hazenberg, Vlagtwedde († 1996)
• Elisabeth Luthart, VLAARDINGEN, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Gail Yvonne Russell, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1937)
• († 1987)

• Allen Delevan Olds (0)
• Antonie Aldeguonde LEMMENS (53), Herten, Limbourg, Belgique
• Anna de Vries (83), Saaksum,, Groningen, Nederland
• Angela Lammers (73), Altenberge
• Albert Schoneveld (73), Bennekom (gem.Ede)
• Auguste Henri Arthur BUISSERET (78), Brussel
• Anne Margaretha Clazina Anna Mulder (68), 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Clazina Catharina Mulder (68)
• Anna Catharina Boone (70), Hulst
• Adrianus Johannes Maat (0), Pijnacker,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1934 » Willie Bobo, American Latin Jazz/Afro-Cuban jazz percussionist († 1983)
• 1937 » Jeff Farrell, American swimmer
• 1938 » Foge Fazio, American football player and coach († 2009)
• 1939 » Chögyam Trungpa, Tibetan philosopher and scholar († 1987)
• 1939 » Daniel C. Tsui, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1939 » John Fahey, American guitarist († 2001)
• 1939 » Tommy Tune, American actor, singer, dancer, and director
• 1940 » Aldo Andretti, Italian-American race car driver
• 1940 » Joe South, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer († 2012)
• 1940 » Mario Andretti, Italian-American race car driver

• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Alfonso XIII of Spain (b. 1886)
• 1942 » Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (b. 1889)
• 1959 » Maxwell Anderson, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Rajendra Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st President of India (b. 1884)

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.
• April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
• April 26 » Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
• June 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
• September 5 » Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
• September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
• September 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.

The temperature on February 28, 1937 was between 0.4 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.