About the day » Thursday March 18, 1937Calender converter

• Jesse Almeida Jorge, Sengés, Paraná, Brasil († 1997)
• Gilbert Hamerlinck, Sint-Kruis-Winkel († 2010)
• Anje Reens, Spijk, Groningen, Netherlands († 2016)
• hendrina martina (tiny) nooijen, helden-dorp († 2016)
• Bartus de Ruiter, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 2004)
• Hermanus Antonius Jacob Lanfermeijer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Hans van Hilten, Amsterdam († 1937)
• Jansje Brinkhuis († 1946)
• Jacoba Cornelia Dekker, Oudeschild († 2016)
• Bartus de Ruiter, Barneveld († 2004)

• de Vlaming (0), Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel
• Berend Gierman (62), Arnhem
• Adriana van Santvliet (87), Roosendaal en Nispen (NL)
• Aaltje Bonhof (81), Nunspeet
• Albertina Poutsma (82), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Alida de Ruijter (65), Hilversum
• Antonius Jung (39), Den Haag,-
• Benjamin Polak (72), Middelharnis
• ANNA CHRISTINA VAN DER HORST (62), VLAARDINGEN
• Aaltje Willemina Jacoba van Ommen (54), Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1935 » Frances Cress Welsing, American psychiatrist and author († 2016)
• 1935 » Ole Barndorff-Nielsen, Danish mathematician and statistician
• 1936 » F. W. de Klerk, South African lawyer and politician, 2nd State President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1937 » Mark Donohue, American race car driver († 1975)
• 1937 » Rudi Altig, German cyclist and sportscaster († 2016)
• 1938 » Carl Gottlieb, American actor and screenwriter
• 1938 » Kenny Lynch, English singer-songwriter and actor († 2019)
• 1938 » Machiko Soga, Japanese actress († 2006)
• 1938 » Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor and producer († 2017)
• 1938 » Timo Mäkinen, Finnish race car driver († 2017)

• 1913 » George I of Greece (b. 1845)
• 1918 » Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel (b. 1847)
• 1930 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek journalist, lawyer, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1864)
• 1939 » Henry Simpson Lunn, English businessman, founded Lunn Poly (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Henri Cornet, French cyclist (b. 1884)
• 1947 » William C. Durant, American businessman, co-founded General Motors and Chevrolet (b. 1861)
• 1954 » Walter Mead, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Louis Bromfield, American environmentalist and author (b. 1896)
• 1962 » Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware (b. 1880)

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 20 » Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner are sworn in for their second terms as U.S. President and U.S. Vice President; it is the first time a Presidential Inauguration takes place on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.
• March 21 » Ponce massacre: Nineteen people in Ponce, Puerto Rico are gunned down by police acting on orders of the US-appointed Governor, Blanton C. Winship.
• April 9 » The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
• May 7 » Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.
• May 27 » In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
• 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.

The temperature on March 18, 1937 was between 5.1 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.