About the day » Wednesday February 3, 1937Calender converter

• Aukje de Groot, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Albertus Adrianus Schilder, Zijpe-'t Zand († 1985)
• Hendrik Slotman († 2017)
• John DE KOEKKOEK, Kalamazoo County Michigan U.S.A († 1937)
• Gerrit Jan Heersmink († 2003)
• Franciscus Maria Maurits, Ter Aar (Korteraar) († 1957)
• Carlos Falcó y Fernández de Córdoba, Palacio de las Dueñas, in Sevilla († 2020)
• Gijsbertha van der Hoef, Barneveld († 1937)
• Ab Kok, Nijeveen, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 2010)
• Emmanuel 'Manu' Raoul Etienne Guillaume Charles Ghislain DRAGUEZ TRIPELS de HAULT, Ixelles, 21009, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique († 2023)

• Aleida Johanna Derks Meppelink (78), Zuidwolde
• Albert Ghislain Maria Joseph Baron Van Oldenneel (77), Waalre
• Aleida Johanna Meppelink (77), Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Plas (57), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Jennie Andeweg (74), Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, VS
• Albert Wiersma (58), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Heusch (66), Delft
• Anna Van Seeters (80), Raamsdonk
• Aaltje van der Plas (57), Katwijk
• Anna Maria Judoca Bruens (85), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1933 » Paul Sarbanes, American lawyer and politician
• 1934 » Juan Carlos Calabró, Argentinian actor and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1935 » Johnny "Guitar" Watson, American blues, soul, and funk singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1996)
• 1936 » Bob Simpson, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1936 » Elizabeth Peer, American journalist († 1984)
• 1937 » Billy Meier, Swiss author and photographer
• 1938 » Emile Griffith, American boxer and trainer († 2013)
• 1938 » Victor Buono, American actor († 1982)
• 1939 » Michael Cimino, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1940 » Fran Tarkenton, American football player and sportscaster

• 1922 » John Butler Yeats, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
• 1924 » Woodrow Wilson, American historian, academic, and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Roland Freisler, German lawyer and judge (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, 32nd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Vasily Blokhin, Russian general (b. 1895)
• 1956 » Émile Borel, French mathematician and academic (b. 1871)

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.
• June 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
• 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.
• 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.
• July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
• 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 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.

The temperature on February 3, 1937 was between 7.1 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.