About the day » Wednesday February 3, 1937Calender converter

• Aaffienus Boer, Ten Boer
• Albert Johannes Mathias Caris, Magelang († 2014)
• Antoon De Heer, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 2009)
• Aukje de Groot, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Alma Mary LAIDLAW, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia († 2003)
• Jacobus Johannes Gerritsen, Apeldoorn, GD-NL († 1937)
• Anna Cornelia Veter, Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Hendrikus Bernardus Arendsen († 1937)
• Dirk Noordam, Naaldwijk († 2021)
• Hendrikje Geertjes, Ambt Hardenberg († 2021)

• Anna Maria Judoca Bruens (85), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Rienks Zetzema (Zettema) (77)
• Andreas Waalkema (41), Groningen
• Albert Bernardus SCHAAP (67), Haren Groningen Netherlands
• Albert MEINEMA (0)
• Albertus Johannes Hendriks (43), Apeldoorn
• Albert Wiersma (58), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aimard Marie Jean de Nicolaÿ (56), Montfort-le-Rotrou, Sarthe, France
• Anna Teerink (68), Utrecht
• Adriaantje Jennie Andeweg (74), Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, VS

• 1933 » Paul Sarbanes, American lawyer and politician
• 1934 » Juan Carlos Calabró, Argentinian actor and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1935 » Johnny "Guitar" Watson, American blues, soul, and funk singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1996)
• 1936 » Bob Simpson, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1936 » Elizabeth Peer, American journalist († 1984)
• 1937 » Billy Meier, Swiss author and photographer
• 1938 » Emile Griffith, American boxer and trainer († 2013)
• 1938 » Victor Buono, American actor († 1982)
• 1939 » Michael Cimino, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1940 » Fran Tarkenton, American football player and sportscaster

• 1922 » John Butler Yeats, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
• 1924 » Woodrow Wilson, American historian, academic, and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Roland Freisler, German lawyer and judge (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, 32nd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Vasily Blokhin, Russian general (b. 1895)
• 1956 » Émile Borel, French mathematician and academic (b. 1871)

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 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
• January 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
• May 27 » In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
• June 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
• July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
• 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.

The temperature on February 3, 1937 was between 7.1 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.