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Born on Sunday January 31, 1937
- Doris Mae Boer, Adams, Adams County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2019)
- Anna Symens Boschma († 2004)
- Dorothy Louise Popham, Stevensville, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
- Cornelia Groenenberg, Leerdam († 2020)
- Abraham Nuborg "naamswijziging", voorheen Naaktgeboren, 's-Gravenhage (Zuid-Holland) († 1989)
- Alide Everdina Janna Harmsel, Enterbroek († 2009)
- Adrianus Hubertus (Aad) Toussaint († 2020)
- Alfons Pieter Caluwaerts, Bornem († 1996)
- Berend Johannes Wilbrink, Beekbergen, Apeldoorn († 2022)
- Bertha Louise Josepha van Weers, Berg en Terblijt, Limburg, Nederland († 1937)
Died on Sunday January 31, 1937
- ANNA GERTRUDIS MARIA WILDERING (88), UTRECHT
- Hartog (60), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Antonetta Stam (44), Hoeven
- Albert Boelen (75), Onstwedde
- Antonia Broekhoven (73), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anna Johanna Saaij (80), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
- abraham agsteribbe (88), amsterdam
- Abraham Salomon Agtsteribbe (88), Amsterdam
- Anna ZEGERS (26), Flône,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
- Agnes Rae Neil (42), Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 31, 1937 at Delpher
Born on January 31
- 1934 » Ernesto Brambilla, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver
- 1935 » Kenzaburō Ōe, Japanese author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1936 » Can Bartu, Turkish former basketball and football player
- 1937 » Andrée Boucher, Canadian educator and politician, 39th Mayor of Quebec City († 2007)
- 1937 » Philip Glass, American composer
- 1937 » Regimantas Adomaitis, Lithuanian actor
- 1937 » Suzanne Pleshette, American actress († 2008)
- 1938 » Beatrix of the Netherlands
- 1938 » James G. Watt, American lawyer and politician, 43rd United States Secretary of the Interior
- 1938 » Lynn Carlin, American actress
Died on January 31
- 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)
- 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
- 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
- 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)
- 1954 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)
- 1954 » Vivian Woodward, English captain and footballer (b. 1879)
- 1955 » John Mott, American activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
- 1956 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright, created Winnie-the-Pooh (b. 1882)
- 1958 » Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1898)
- 1960 » Auguste Herbin, French painter (b. 1882)
Names that were popular for boys in 1937
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Adrianus
- Jacobus
- Wilhelmus
- Jacob
- Gerardus
- Hendrikus
- Antonius
- Franciscus
Names that were popular for girls in 1937
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Hendrika
- Catharina
- Jacoba
- Aaltje
- Geertruida
- Margaretha
- Alida
- Helena
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1937
- 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.
- February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
- March 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
- March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
- 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.
- December 12 » Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USSPanay on the Yangtze river in China.
- December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
Weather January 31, 1937
The temperature on January 31, 1937 was between 1.5 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.