About the day » Saturday August 14, 1937Calender converter

• Grace Ann Duffy, Co. Donegal, Ireland († 2004)
• Aaltje Jansen, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Johanna Alberta Maria Bruning, Nieuw-Schoonebeek († 1994)
• Heidi Lüert, Altenburg (Thüringen) († 2007)
• Johanna Alberta Maria Bruning († 1991)
• Dirk Jan Hoek, Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• (l.l.) Post, Vinkeveen en Waverveen († 1937)
• van der Waal, Ridderkerk († 1937)
• Jesus Maria Builes Mosquera, Armenia, Quindío, Colombia († 1995)
• Albert ALBERTS, Boschoord

• Bertha HARMON (40), Salt Lake City, S-Lk,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Post (0), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
• Albert Gustave Emile Maloteau De Guerne (81), Paris, Seine, Île-de-France, France
• Amanda Wilbur Stone (73)
• Blanche Marie Valerie Hippolita Houtappel (68), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Arie KRANENDONK (86), Dordrecht
• Adrianus van Zundert (58), Etten-Leur
• (l.l.) Post (0), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
• Aleida Eulderink (60), Hengelo, 7550, Nederland
• Cita Lobato de Mesquita (27), Paramaribo

• 1931 » Frederic Raphael, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
• 1932 » Lee Hoffman, American author († 2007)
• 1933 » Richard R. Ernst, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1935 » John Brodie, American football player and golfer
• 1940 » Galen Hall, American football player and coach
• 1940 » Darrell "Dash" Crofts, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1941 » Connie Smith, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1941 » David Crosby, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 » Lionel Morton, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and television presenter
• 1942 » Willie Dunn, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer († 2013)

• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Lore Berger, Swiss author and translator (b. 1921)
• 1951 » William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (b. 1863)
• 1954 » Hugo Eckener, German pilot and designer (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Nikos Ploumpidis, Greek activist (b. 1901)

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 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
• June 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
• June 14 » Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
• June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
• 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 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.

The temperature on August 14, 1937 was between 15.5 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.