About the day » Thursday February 11, 1937Calender converter

• Dirk Postma, Grijpskerk († 2014)
• Christiana Anna Geertuida ten Berge, Groningen, gemeente Groningen, provincie Groningen, Nederland († 2003)
• Jacob Courbois, Amsterdam, Ned
• Arie Gerardus Timmermans, Katwijk († 1937)
• Jacob Keith Cleveringa, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 1952)
• Anna Korver, Noord Scharwoude († 1982)
• Cornelia Johanna Maria Alida Zuiderduin, Lisse († 2006)
• Hendrik Ploegman, Daarlerveen († 2024)
• Jacoba (Coby) Boon († 2010)
• Anna Louise STREET, Bedford, Bedfordshire († 2012)

• Andries Jans Rogaar (87), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Abraham Matthijs Cattel (89), Leiden
• Aaltje Rorije (74), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Cornelius Petrus van Gestel (0), Tilburg
• Adrianus Piron (77), Heusden
• Agatha HETTINGA (65), Bolsward(Friesland)
• Albert Wagemaker (84), Wieringen
• Anthonie Cornelis Berkheij (73), Katwijk
• Agatha Jarings Hettinga (65), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland, Friesland, Nederland
• Barbara de Vos (95), Alphen aan de Rijn

• 1934 » Mel Carnahan, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, Governor of Missouri († 2000)
• 1934 » Tina Louise, American actress and singer
• 1935 » Gene Vincent, American singer and guitarist († 1971)
• 1936 » Burt Reynolds, American actor and director († 2018)
• 1937 » Bill Lawry, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
• 1937 » Eddie Shack, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1937 » Ian Gow, British Member of Parliament who was assassinated by the IRA († 1990)
• 1937 » Phillip Walker, American singer and guitarist († 2010)
• 1938 » Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricketer († 2018)
• 1939 » Gerry Goffin, American songwriter († 2014)

• 1917 » Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (b. 1872)
• 1918 » Alexey Kaledin, Russian general (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (b. 1854)
• 1940 » Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (b. 1855)
• 1940 » John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, Governor General of Canada (b. 1875)
• 1942 » Jamnalal Bajaj, Indian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
• 1949 » Axel Munthe, Swedish doctor (b. 1857)
• 1958 » Ernest Jones, Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1879)

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.
• April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
• May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
• July 7 » The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War.
• October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.
• December 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.
• December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.

The temperature on February 11, 1937 was between 1.3 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 8.8 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.