About the day » Friday April 2, 1937Calender converter

• Christina Petronella Johanna GOMMANS, Blerick/Maasbree, Limburg, Nederland
• "Bernadette" Yvette Eugenie Marminat, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France († 2020)
• Franklin Klynsma, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Arendje Hendrika Vooijs, Katwijk († 1998)
• Anna Ridder († 1990)
• Emma Febia Cornelissen († 2016)
• Hendrika Velthuis, Dalfsen († 2021)
• Bettie van Veen († 2018)
• Hans Bangma, Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland († 1997)
• Gerda de Vaal, Utrecht († 1985)

• Alfred H. Baker (72), Mayfield, Lewis, WA
• Andries Jan Strik (72), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abel Kuiper (77), Zevenhuizen (Leek)
• Anna Margaretha Diderica d'Arnaud (50), 's-Gravenhage (NL)
• Angèle Marie Eugénie FRANQUE (48), Offekerque(62)... Hauts de France
• Anna Fresenborg (60), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Annechien Schokkenbroek (60), Ommelanderwijk, Veendam
• Abel Hendriks Kuiper (77), Zevenhuizen
• Albertus Gerrits (34), Nijmegen
• Aalt Buitenhuis (60), Apeldoorn

• 1934 » Brian Glover, English wrestler and actor († 1997)
• 1934 » Paul Cohen, American mathematician and theorist († 2007)
• 1936 » Shaul Ladany, Serbian-Israeli race walker and engineer
• 1937 » Dick Radatz, American baseball player († 2005)
• 1938 » Al Weis, American baseball player
• 1938 » Booker Little, American trumpet player and composer († 1961)
• 1938 » John Larsson, Swedish 17th General of The Salvation Army
• 1939 » Anthony Lake, American academic and diplomat, 18th United States National Security Advisor
• 1939 » Lise Thibault, Canadian journalist and politician, 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
• 1939 » Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter († 1984)

• 1914 » Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Bryn Lewis, Welsh international rugby player (b.1891)
• 1923 » Topal Osman, Turkish colonel (b. 1883)
• 1928 » Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Zewditu I of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
• 1933 » Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Édouard Estaunié, French novelist (b. 1862)
• 1948 » Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (b. 1885)

• 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.
• March 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
• May 21 » A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
• May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
• August 24 » Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
• August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
• September 5 » Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.

The temperature on April 2, 1937 was between 3.4 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.