About the day » Tuesday January 5, 1937Calender converter

• Jerry Dean Rushing, Tarrant, Texas († 2016)
• Barend Daniel ESTERHUIZEN († 1990)
• Adrianus Leonardus van Slobbe, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Elisabeth Adriana Verhoeven, Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1987)
• Clasina Johanna Schouw († 2022)
• Geert Hobo, Maasdriel († 2013)
• Gerald Dean Ver Meer, Pella-Iowa (USA) († 2002)
• Aline Van Walleghem, Oostnieuwkerke († 2021)
• Eibert Antonie de Vries, Elburg († 1995)
• Heiltje Burggraaf, Lexmond (Zederik), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)

• Aaltje JAGER (73), Groningen, Nederland, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth - Elisabeth Albers (61), Hebelermeer, Twist, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Adrianus van Veldhuizen (65), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Annie Katrine Jensen (92), Vernal, Uintah, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Anniggien Bolhuis (83), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Amelia Mary Earhart (39), At Sea
• Anna Maria Runde (55), Arnhem
• Aaltje van der Zande (66), Soest
• Aagje Rietveld (81), Vleuten
• Albertha Hendrika Hakken (78), Renkum

• 1934 » Murli Manohar Joshi, Indian politician
• 1934 » Phil Ramone, South African-American songwriter and producer, co-founded A & R Recording († 2013)
• 1936 » Florence King, American journalist and memoirist († 2016)
• 1938 » Juan Carlos I of Spain
• 1938 » Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan author and playwright
• 1939 » M. E. H. Maharoof, Sri Lankan politician († 1997)
• 1940 » Athol Guy, Australian singer-songwriter and bassist
• 1941 » Bob Cunis, New Zealand cricketer († 2008)
• 1941 » Chuck McKinley, American tennis player († 1986)
• 1941 » Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter

• 1922 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish sailor and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1933 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (b. 1896)
• 1943 » George Washington Carver, American botanist, educator, and inventor (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Andrei Platonov, Russian journalist and author (b. 1899)
• 1951 » Soh Jaipil, South Korean-American journalist and activist (b. 1864)
• 1952 » Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian-Italian physician and activist (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Scottish colonel and politician, 46th Governor-General of India (b. 1887)
• 1954 » Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player and manager (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Mistinguett, French actress and singer (b. 1875)

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 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
• 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.
• July 6 » Spanish Civil War: Battle of Brunete: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.
• October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
• November 1 » Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community.
• December 12 » Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USSPanay on the Yangtze river in China.

The temperature on January 5, 1937 was between 2.9 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.