About the day » Friday January 22, 1937Calender converter

• Carl Levern Hulett, Morrison, Warren County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Grietje de Groot, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1943)
• J. Hulsebosch, Haarlem, NHO, Nederland († 1975)
• Geertruida Wilhelmina van Beek, Amersfoort († 1946)
• Doris Irene GROLL, Logan, Cache County, Utah, United States of America († 1971)
• Jaap Verbeek, Aalsmeerderbrug, Haarlemmermeer († 2006)
• Françoise Homet, Deauville, 14220, Calvados, Normandie, France († 2018)
• Hubert Herzet, Sippenaeken († 1986)
• Arnoldus Martina RIBBENS, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2021)
• Francois Maes, Gent († 2003)

• Aaltje Waechter (93), Groningen
• Anna Maria van Laarhoven (77), Hilvarenbeek
• anoniem Vervoort (0), Waspik, Nederland
• Antoinette Henriette Wurfbain (70), Hilversum
• Anna Scherpbier- (88), Groningen, Nederland
• Berend Uffen (74), Nieuwolda
• Antje Boeles Boelens (46), Rottevalle, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Timmer (69), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Broekema (83), Opwierde
• Anna SCHERPBIER (88), Groningen Groningen Netherlands

• 1935 » Alexander Men, Russian priest and scholar († 1990)
• 1936 » Alan J. Heeger, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1936 » Ong Teng Cheong, Singaporean architect and politician, 5th President of Singapore († 2002)
• 1937 » Edén Pastora, Nicaraguan politician
• 1937 » Joseph Wambaugh, American police officer and author
• 1938 » Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, Brazilian footballer
• 1938 » Joe Esposito, American author († 2016)
• 1938 » Peter Beard, Australian photographer and author († 2020)
• 1939 » Alfredo Palacio, Ecuadoran physician and politician, President of Ecuador
• 1939 » Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral († 1996)

• 1922 » Fredrik Bajer, Danish educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
• 1925 » Fanny Bullock Workman, American geographer and mountain climber (b. 1859)
• 1927 » James Ford Rhodes, American historian and author (b. 1848)
• 1929 » R. C. Lehmann, English journalist, author, and politician (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Stephen Mather, American businessman and conservationist, co-founded the Thorkildsen-Mather Borax Company (b. 1867)
• 1931 » László Batthyány-Strattmann, Hungarian physician and ophthalmologist (b. 1870)
• 1945 » Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1949 » William Thomas Walsh, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1891)
• 1950 » Alan Hale, Sr., American actor and director (b. 1892)
• 1951 » Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American sprinter and high jumper (b. 1883)

• 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.
• July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
• August 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.
• October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
• 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 22, 1937 was between 4.1 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.