About the day » Wednesday November 17, 1937Calender converter

• Abraham Sloggem († 1943)
• Harmina Huijgen, Gramsbergen († 2008)
• Gerard Knockaert, Roksem († 1993)
• Grietje Jonkman, Leeuwarden († 2022)
• Bastianus DE BOET, Oude-Tonge, ZH, Nederland († 2002)
• Cornelis Johannes de KONING, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Clément Georges SCHAEFFER, Bissert, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France († 2006)
• Jacqueline Pommé, Houthulst († 2023)
• Abraham Nicolaas Jacobus Arkesteijn, Schipluiden († 1947)
• Jacoba Johanna Maria van Rooden, Hillegom († 2016)

• Adrianus Pleunis (81), Weert (NL)
• "Jacoba" Johannes Brakus (85), Groningen
• August Joseph Trommelen (25), 's hertogenbosch
• Arend Hubertus (Bertus) Johannesz. X de Korte (37), Velsen
• (Stillbirth) SLAGER (0), Groningen
• Alphonsius Franciscus Hellemans (67), Edegem
• Ate Alberts Zijlstra (61), Drogeham
• Arnolda van Aggelen (0), Wageningen
• van der Valle (0), Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Foekens (72), Groningen (Groningen)

• 1934 » Anthony King, Canadian-English psephologist and academic († 2017)
• 1934 » Jim Inhofe, American soldier and politician, senior senator of Oklahoma
• 1934 » Terry Rand, American basketball player († 2014)
• 1935 » Bobby Joe Conrad, American football player
• 1935 » Toni Sailer, Austrian skier and actor († 2009)
• 1936 » Crispian Hollis, English Roman Catholic bishop
• 1937 » Peter Cook, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1938 » Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, Scottish general
• 1938 » Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1939 » Auberon Waugh, English journalist and author († 2001)

• 1924 » Gregory VII of Constantinople (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (b. 1865)
• 1929 » Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Charles W. Chesnutt, American lawyer, author, and activist (b. 1858)
• 1936 » Ernestine Schumann-Heink, German-American singer (b. 1861)
• 1937 » Jack Worrall, Australian footballer, cricketer, and coach (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Ante Trumbić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 20th Mayor of Split (b. 1864)
• 1940 » Eric Gill, English sculptor and typeface designer (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Raymond Pearl, American biologist and academic (b. 1879)
• 1947 » Victor Serge, Russian historian and author (b. 1890)

• 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.
• March 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
• April 1 » Aden becomes a British crown colony.
• May 21 » A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
• August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
• September 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.

The temperature on November 17, 1937 was between -3.2 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.