About the day » Wednesday March 24, 1937Calender converter

• Frances H. A. or A, H. Buckner († 2001)
• Hendrikus Johannes Jozef (Rikus) Eilers, Molenhoek († 2007)
• Dirk Koele, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• gertruda maria johanna (truus) nooijen, helden-panningen
• Erick VAN STICHEL, Dendermonde,9200,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2012)
• Hendrika (Heintje) Smit, Elspeet (Ermelo) († 2023)
• Herman Abraham van Emden, 's-Gravenhage († 1994)
• Odding, Paterswolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1937)
• Cornelis Visser († 2006)
• Angella Sidonia Ludovica De bruyn, Bornem († 2015)

• Albertus Jacobusz Diender (53)
• Arend Hoorn (83), Nijeveen
• A. Homer Agnew Sr. (54)
• Aalbert de Jong (65), Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Odding (0), Paterswolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Jans Bos (83), Emmen
• * Nicolaas Kuif (81), Zuilen
• Adrianus Franciscus Geerts (0), Empel
• Arie Emanuel Smith (58), Bodjonegora
• Adriana Jacoba de Bliek

• 1930 » David Dacko, Central African politician, 1st President of the Central African Republic († 2003)
• 1931 » Hanno Drechsler, German educator and politician, Mayor of Marburg († 2003)
• 1933 » Lee Mendelson, American television producer († 2019)
• 1933 » Stephen De Staebler, American sculptor and educator († 2011)
• 1936 » Alex Olmedo, Peruvian-American tennis player
• 1936 » Don Covay, American singer-songwriter († 2015)
• 1937 » Billy Stewart, American singer and pianist († 1970)
• 1938 » David Irving, English historian and author
• 1940 » Bob Mackie, American fashion designer
• 1941 » Michael Masser, American songwriter, composer and producer († 2015)

• 1916 » Enrique Granados, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Phan Châu Trinh, Vietnamese activist (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Édouard Branly, French physicist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1944 » Orde Wingate, Indian-English general (b. 1903)
• 1946 » Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (b. 1892)
• 1946 » Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast, shot putter, and jumper (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish painter and illustrator (b. 1885)
• 1950 » James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Lorna Hodgkinson, Australian educator and educational psychologist (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Mary of Teck (b. 1867)

• 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 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
• March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
• April 1 » Aden becomes a British crown colony.
• May 26 » Walter Reuther and members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) clashed with Ford Motor Company security guards at the River Rouge Complex complex in Dearborn, Michigan, during the Battle of the Overpass.
• 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.
• September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.

The temperature on March 24, 1937 was between 0.6 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.