About the day » Friday September 24, 1937Calender converter

• Frans Hendrik Kamsteeg († 2000)
• Deloris L. (Codge) WHITE († 1996)
• Anton Jozef Jacques Johan Maria van Hooff († 2004)
• (Stillborn) ABMA, Birdaard Friesland Netherlands († 1937)
• Colin Bernard Charles Luxford, Sydney, Australia († 1972)
• gertruda wilhelmina christina willems, sevenum
• Grietje Klaske Gosses Jensma, Hallum, Ferwerderadeel, Fryslân, Nederland († 1999)
• Aleida Theresia Maria Bakker (Grin), Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Colin Bernard Charles Luxford, Sydney, Australia († 1972)
• Gerhardus Franciscus Mensen, Geesteren († 2000)

• Antje Hoexum (82), Warffum (gem. Eemsmond)
• Anje Scholtens (66), Groningen
• Anna E *** (81), Ashland, Ohio
• Alphonsius Aloysius De Groene (42), Zuiddorpe, Nederland
• Adrianus Verhoeven (75)
• Anna Wilhelmina Elisabeth Ruck (66), Amsterdam
• (Stillborn) ABMA (0), Birdaard Friesland Netherlands
• Adrianus van de Goorbergh (79), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Bertha Abbink (62), Steenwijk
• Abraham Isaac Houtzager (75), Zaamslag

• 1934 » Bernard Nevill, English painter, designer, and academic
• 1934 » John Brunner, English-Scottish author and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1934 » John Kasmin, English art dealer
• 1934 » Tommy Anderson, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1936 » Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director, producer and screenwriter, created The Muppets († 1990)
• 1936 » Sivanthi Adithan, Indian businessman († 2013)
• 1938 » Steve Douglas, American saxophonist, flute player, and producer († 1993)
• 1939 » Jacques Vallée, French ufologist
• 1939 » Moti Kirschenbaum, Israeli journalist († 2015)
• 1939 » Wayne Henderson, American trombonist and producer († 2014)

• 1929 » Mahidol Adulyadej, Thai prince (b. 1892)
• 1930 » William A. MacCorkle, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857)
• 1933 » Alice Muriel Williamson, English author (b. 1869)
• 1933 » Mike Donlin, American baseball player and actor (b. 1878)
• 1936 » József Klekl, Slovene priest and journalist (b. 1879)
• 1938 » Lev Schnirelmann, Belarusian-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
• 1939 » Carl Laemmle, German-American film producer, founded Universal Studios (b. 1867)
• 1939 » Charles Tatham, American fencer (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Hans Geiger, German physicist and academic, co-invented the Geiger counter (b. 1882)
• 1947 » Andrew C. McLaughlin, American historian and author (b. 1861)

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 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
• May 27 » In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
• June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
• June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
• August 2 » The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
• October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.

The temperature on September 24, 1937 was between 2.5 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.