About the day » Tuesday December 28, 1937Calender converter

• Anthonie van de Vlekkert († 2014)
• Arend Weernekers, Beesd West Betuwe (GL) († 1987)
• Harriet Harskamp († 2015)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Overbeek, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1938)
• John Vaughn Kellen, Pipestone, Pipestone County, Minnesota († 2020)
• Andrew Harrison Peternell [K], San Diego County, California († 2002)
• Johannes Wilhelmus Marree, Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Johannes Adriaan van 't Geloof, Lage Zwaluwe († 2007)
• Jan Barend Berkhof († 1945)
• Ben Bakker, Tjimahi, Indonesië († 2003)

• Charles M. Counts (57)
• Albertus Cornelius Fens (60), Den Haag
• Alida Wilhelmina de Zoete (0), 's-Gravenhage
• Bernard Nijland (68), Enschede
• Anneke Wytsma (72), Huizum, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Baukje van der Bij  (82), Zwaagwesteinde
• Coenraad van Wensen (91), Klundert
• Aleida Gertrude Braam (65), Till-Moyland, Deutschland
• Albertus Cornelis (ouwe Bart) Fens (60), 's-Gravenhage
• Catharina van Vliet (62), Wateringen, Nederland

• 1934 » Chieko Aioi, Japanese actress and voice actress († 2013)
• 1934 » Maggie Smith, English actress
• 1934 » Rudi Faßnacht, German footballer and manager († 2000)
• 1936 » Alan Coleman, English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1936 » Lawrence Schiller, American journalist, director, and producer
• 1937 » Ratan Tata, Indian businessman and philanthropist
• 1938 » Dick Sudhalter, American trumpet player, scholar, and critic († 2008)
• 1939 » Frank McLintock, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1939 » Michelle Urry, American journalist and illustrator († 2006)
• 1939 » Philip Anschutz, American businessman, founded Anschutz Entertainment Group

• 1932 » Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Clarence Day, American author and illustrator (b. 1874)
• 1937 » Maurice Ravel, French pianist and composer (b. 1875)
• 1938 » Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (b. 1886)
• 1942 » Alfred Flatow, German gymnast (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Steve Evans, American baseball player (b. 1885)
• 1945 » Theodore Dreiser, American novelist and journalist (b. 1871)
• 1946 » Elie Nadelman, Polish-American sculptor (b. 1882)
• 1947 » Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Jack Lovelock, New Zealand runner and soldier (b. 1910)

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.
• June 14 » Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
• June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
• July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
• September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
• November 1 » Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community.
• 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 28, 1937 was between -2.8 °C and 0.4 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 7.2 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.