About the day » Monday February 1, 1937Calender converter

• ????? NAN, Zwaag,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1937)
• Elly Moscoviter, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• George Martin Schmid Sr († 2008)
• Elizabeth MASSEY (LOUSIA), Stoke On Trent († 1999)
• Hendricus Auke Dijkstra, Jistrum, Nederland († 2004)
• George Francis Walters, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1957)
• Hendrikus Gerardus Theodorus Franssen, Venray († 2005)
• Hendericus Auke Dijkstra († 2004)
• Anna Kees († 1989)
• Apolonia Christina Quirina Peeters, Loosduinen, ZH, Nederland († 2010)

• Christiaan (Kristiaan) Mekkering (88), Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Lis (61), Leiden
• Agnes Wilhelmina Passant (68), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Van Weeren (72), Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• Arnoldes Johannes Tempelman (74), Deventer
• Adriaan Franciscus Blokpoel (67), Middelburg
• Arend Buquet (34), Poortugaal
• Aaltje van der Wiel (85), 's-Gravenhage
• Carolina Albertina Schiller (53), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van den Hurk (69), Nuenen Gerwen en Nederwetten

• 1936 » Azie Taylor Morton, American educator and politician, 36th Treasurer of the United States († 2003)
• 1936 » Tuncel Kurtiz, Turkish actor, playwright, and director († 2013)
• 1937 » Don Everly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1937 » Garrett Morris, American actor and comedian
• 1938 » Jacky Cupit, American golfer
• 1938 » Jimmy Carl Black, American drummer and singer († 2008)
• 1938 » Sherman Hemsley, American actor and singer († 2012)
• 1939 » Claude François, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and dancer († 1978)
• 1939 » Fritjof Capra, Austrian physicist, author, and academic
• 1939 » Paul Gillmor, American lawyer and politician († 2007)

• 1922 » William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Maurice Prendergast, American painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 1936 » Georgios Kondylis, Greek general and politician, 128th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Philip Francis Nowlan, American author, created Buck Rogers (b. 1888)
• 1940 » Zacharias Papantoniou, Greek journalist and critic (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Piet Mondrian, Dutch-American painter (b. 1872)
• 1949 » Herbert Stothart, American conductor and composer (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Nicolae Dumitru Cocea, Romanian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1880)
• 1957 » Friedrich Paulus, German general (b. 1890)

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 25 » The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until September 18, 2009.
• April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
• June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
• June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
• October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.
• December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.

The temperature on February 1, 1937 was between 2.7 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.