About the day » Saturday April 17, 1937Calender converter

• Henriette Marie Schoffeleers, Beek, Limburg, Nederland († 1993)
• Dollie Marie Ragsdale, Tahlequah, Cherokee Co., Oklahoma, VS († 1986)
• Hessie (Hesseltje?) Westra, Arum († 2016)
• Franciscus Johannes Crooijmans, Eindhoven († 2002)
• Annigje Sipkje Wiersma († 2022)
• Eliazer Kloos, amsterdam († 1942)
• David Anthony Roth, St. Louis, MO († 1993)
• Elias van der Steen, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Gérardine Henriëtte Isedore Abrahami de Melverda, Batavia, Nederlands Indië († 2009)
• AUGUSTUS JOZEF (GUSJE ) KERCKHOFS, MOL († 1937)

• Arnoldus Nooij (0), Beemster
• Antonia van den Akker (80), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van de Velden (65), Sint Oedenrode
• Antonius Franciscus Morselt (73), Borne, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana** VERMEULEN (94), Alphen-Chaam, Noord-Brabant, Hollande
• Agnes Schell (79), California
• Arthur G. BACON (38)
• Adrianus van Spaendonk (74), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Vermeulen (94), Alphen en Riel, Nederland
• Alida van Zandwijk (91), Rotterdam {ZH}

• 1934 » Don Kirshner, American songwriter and producer († 2011)
• 1934 » Peter Morris, Australian-English surgeon and academic
• 1935 » Bud Paxson, American broadcaster, founded Home Shopping Network and Pax TV († 2015)
• 1937 » Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian-German engineer and businessman († 2019)
• 1937 » Ronald Hamowy, Canadian historian and academic († 2012)
• 1938 » Ben Barnes, American businessman and politician, 36th Lieutenant Governor of Texas
• 1938 » Doug Lewis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 41st Canadian Minister of Justice
• 1938 » Kerry Wendell Thornley, American theorist and author († 1988)
• 1938 » Ronald H. Miller, American theologian, author, and academic († 2011)
• 1939 » Robert Miller, American art dealer († 2011)

• 1921 » Manwel Dimech, Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (b. 1860)
• 1923 » Laurence Ginnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Dimitrios Psarros, Greek lieutenant, founded the National and Social Liberation (b. 1893)
• 1944 » J. T. Hearne, English cricketer and coach (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Juan Bautista Sacasa, Nicaraguan medical doctor, politician and 20th President of Nicaragua (b. 1874)
• 1948 » Suzuki Kantarō, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1868)

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 23 » The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.
• April 1 » Aden becomes a British crown colony.
• April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Jaén, Spain is bombed by German fascist forces, supporting Francoist Nationalists.
• June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
• July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
• August 24 » Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.

The temperature on April 17, 1937 was between 7.5 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.