About the day » Monday December 20, 1937Calender converter

• Crystal Arlene Kimball ****, Parker, La Paz, Arizona, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• Gerrit Evers († 1990)
• Cornelia Caenen, Veldwezelt, Lanaken (B) († 2003)
• Edgar Cook, Mississippi († 1990)
• gerardus thomas marie de wit, helden-panningen
• Gerritje Gertruda van de Heuvel, Tiel († 1980)
• Andreas Johannes Martinus Maria Raaijmakers, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis Aarts, Gilze en Rijen († 1946)
• Ernest Clark Sr, Berkley, South Carolina († 2002)
• Adrianus Maria Josephus Rutten, Boekel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2006)

• Aaltje BOKKING (54), Kampen
• Adriana Jacoba van der Aa (43), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Aaltje Bokking (53), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Kreeft (0), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bernard Joseph Marcel Marie GUILLEMOT (0), Lanrelas, 22250, France
• Angeniesje Maria Nijhuis (63), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Carolina Wilhelm (59), Leeuwarden
• Anton Daniël van Vreumingen (70), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• van den Broeke (0), Vrouwenpolder
• Aukje Fijlstra (75), Little Falls, Passaic, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten

• 1932 » John Hillerman, American actor († 2017)
• 1933 » Jean Carnahan, American author and politician
• 1933 » Olavi Salonen, Finnish runner
• 1933 » Rik Van Looy, Belgian cyclist
• 1935 » Khalid Ibadulla, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster
• 1939 » Kathryn Joosten, American actress († 2012)
• 1939 » Kim Weston, American soul singer
• 1940 » Pat Chapman, English chef and author, founded The Curry Club
• 1942 » Bob Hayes, American sprinter and football player († 2002)
• 1942 » Rana Bhagwandas, Pakistani lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan († 2015)

• 1921 » Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist (b. 1852)
• 1927 » Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1929 » Émile Loubet, French lawyer and politician, 8th President of France (b. 1838)
• 1935 » Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1882)
• 1937 » Erich Ludendorff, German general (b. 1865)
• 1938 » Annie Armstrong, American missionary (b. 1850)
• 1938 » Matilda Howell, American archer (b. 1859)
• 1939 » Hans Langsdorff, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Igor Severyanin, Russian-Estonian poet and author (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Enrico Mizzi, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1885)

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.
• May 12 » The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
• 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.
• September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
• September 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
• 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 December 20, 1937 was between -2.1 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.