About the day » Thursday December 23, 1937Calender converter

• Catharina Jacoba van den Borne, Hoge en Lage Mierde († 2009)
• Claudine Georgette Edmonde VROOMEN, Waudrez (B) († 2008)
• Hendrikus Gerardus Johannes Joosten, Arnhem († 1970)
• Annie Palm, Nuth,, Limburg, Nederland († 2012)
• Jan Karel Slotboom, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Cornelia Patricia Gijsberdina Maria van Helvoort, Vlijmen († 2009)
• Hermanus Johannes Gerardus Rienties († 1994)
• Berent Mostert, Nijkerk († 2001)
• Gijsbert Dekker, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1998)
• Corina Loyola Cordova, New Mexico († 2006)

• Andreas Caris (88), Nederweert
• de Boer (0), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Mostert (72), Maassluis
• Anna Gertruda Kunkels (50), Eindhoven
• Anna Gertruid Visser (82)
• Albert Adel van Neck (62), Bussum
• Adrianus Boom (65), Waspik, Nederland
• Adriana van Schai(c)k (77), Ottersum, Limburg, Netherlands
• Aalzen de Vries (0), Smallingerland, Netherlands
• Andries van Burgh (54), Zierikzee

• 1935 » Abdul Ghani Minhat, Malaysian footballer and manager († 2012)
• 1935 » Esther Phillips, American R&B singer († 1984)
• 1935 » Johnny Kidd, English rock & roll singer-songwriter († 1966)
• 1935 » Paul Hornung, American football player and sportscaster
• 1936 » Bobby Ross, American football player and coach
• 1936 » Willie Wood, American football player
• 1937 » Barney Rosenzweig, American screenwriter and producer
• 1937 » Nelson Shanks, American painter, historian, and educator († 2015)
• 1938 » Bob Kahn, American computer scientist and engineer, co-developed the Transmission Control Protocol
• 1939 » Nancy Graves, American sculptor and painter († 1995)

• 1926 » Swami Shraddhanand, Indian monk, missionary, and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (b. 1906)
• 1931 » Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)
• 1946 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Akira Mutō, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Heitarō Kimura, Japanese general (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Hideki Tojo, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Iwane Matsui, Japanese general (b. 1878)
• 1948 » Seishirō Itagaki, Japanese general (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 7 » Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.
• July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
• August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.
• October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
• December 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).
• December 16 » Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.

The temperature on December 23, 1937 was between 1.2 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.