About the day » Friday January 29, 1937Calender converter

• Carroll F. Flitcraft, Stow, Summit, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Egbert Jan Kiezebrink, Heerde († 2020)
• Harry Johannes Jozef Marie Olieslagers, Geleen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1982)
• Dood geboren Brons, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1937)
• Franciscus Antonius Maria van Veggel, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2014)
• George Velthuizen, Amsterdam († 1937)
• Beryl Jean MURFITT, Finsbury, London, Middlesex, England († 2003)
• Bea van der Zee, Wenum(Fr.)
• Geurt van Beek, Amsterdam († 2008)
• Gretha Groenteman, Amsterdam, The Netherlands († 1944)

• Adriana Maria Gorisse (83), Oosterhout
• Amalia Rossenberg (76), Meppel
• Aaltje Rij van ongehuwd (75), Leiden, ZH, Nederland
• Albertine Pauline Jeanne Franðcoise van Hardenbroek van Lockhorst (48), Watford (GB)
• Alida Maria Johanna Bontje (45), Sassenheim, ZH, Nederland
• Aartje Verhulst (79), Colijnsplaat, Zeeland, NL
• Anna Pauline Weiss (59), Manhatten (New York City) (New York)
• Annigje Klever (73), Eindhoven
• Baukje Haitsma (48), Harlingen
• Annigje Klever (73), Eindhoven

• 1932 » Raman Subba Row, English cricketer and referee
• 1933 » Sacha Distel, French singer and guitarist († 2004)
• 1934 » Branko Miljković, Serbian poet and academic († 1961)
• 1936 » Veturi Sundararama Murthy, Indian poet and songwriter († 2010)
• 1937 » Bobby Scott, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer († 1990)
• 1937 » Hassan Habibi, Iranian lawyer and politician, 1st Vice President of Iran († 2013)
• 1939 » Germaine Greer, Australian journalist and author
• 1940 » Katharine Ross, American actress and author
• 1940 » Kunimitsu Takahashi, Japanese motorcycle racer and race car driver
• 1941 » Robin Morgan, American actress, journalist, and author

• 1928 » Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)
• 1944 » William Allen White, American journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1946 » Harry Hopkins, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890)
• 1948 » Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1880)

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 21 » A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
• May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
• June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
• June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
• 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.

The temperature on January 29, 1937 was between -8.0 °C and -5.6 °C and averaged -7.0 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.