About the day » Thursday June 17, 1937Calender converter

• Charlyn Aline Rinehart, Parkersburg, Wood Cnty, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Dekker, Leiden († 1937)
• Cornelia Annigje Gouwens († 2007)
• Catharina Cornelia Mathu († 1937)
• Hilbert Boneschansker, Oostwold, Midwolda, Groningen, Netherlands († 2020)
• Harold R Yost, Pennsylvania, United States of America († 2011)
• Geertruida Janna Maria (Truusje) de Jonge, Groningen († 1944)
• Gerrit Jan Hallink († 2012)
• Adrianus Antonius van Doveren, Haaren († 2011)
• Gerardus Henricus Maria Nieuwenhuijs, Zuilen († 2004)

• Anthonij Marinus Engels (78), Strijen, 3291, Nederland
• Johannes Meinen (74), Dieren
• Aaldert Linden van der (van Kooten) (36), Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonia van der Kooij (85), Delft (Delft), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Beenhakker (58), Rotterdam
• Charles Albert Welch (75), Los Angelos, Los Angelos, Calif., Verenigde Staten
• ADRIANA TAAL (85), 'S-GRAVENHAGE
• Agnes Katharina Greiling (55), Venray, Limburg, Nederland
• AGNES KATHARINA GREILING (55), VENRAY
• Berend voor de Poort (67), Zwolle

• 1933 » Christian Ferras, French violinist († 1982)
• 1933 » Harry Browne, American soldier and politician († 2006)
• 1936 » Ken Loach, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1936 » Vern Harper, Canadian tribal leader and activist († 2018)
• 1937 » Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian fashion designer, television presenter and politician († 2009)
• 1937 » Peter Fitzgerald, Irish footballer and manager († 2013)
• 1937 » Ted Nelson, American sociologist and philosopher
• 1940 » Bobby Bell, American football player
• 1940 » Chuck Rainey, American bassist
• 1940 » George Akerlof, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)
• 1952 » Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (b. 1914)
• 1954 » Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (b. 1920)
• 1956 » Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman (b. 1878)

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 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
• May 27 » In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
• July 2 » Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
• August 24 » Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
• December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
• December 16 » Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.

The temperature on June 17, 1937 was between 7.5 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.