About the day » Thursday July 22, 1937Calender converter

• Antonius Petrus Maria Zandvoort, Haarlem († 2015)
• Evert Jan Westra, Nijverdal, Hellendoorn († 2012)
• Johan Jansz Vianen, Oegstgeest († 2013)
• Glenn Herbet Merriman, Muskegon, Mi († 2002)
• Antonius Petrus Maria Zantvoort, Haarlem († 2015)
• Hendrikus Leonardus (Henk) Boerboom, Oud Zevenaar († 1996)
• François van den Hoonaard, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1937)
• Grietje Hoogschagen, Den Helder, Noord Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Antonius Henricus van der Sluijs, Nieuwer-Amstel († 2016)
• Johannes Franciscus Bertelkamp, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)

• Albert Jan Wassink (82), diepenveen
• "Augusto" Filippo Stanislas Gazelli (81), Roma
• August Augustus "de schelen" VILEYN (76), De Panne, W-Vl, Belgie
• Balthasar HECK (86), Graceville,Minnesota
• alijda wansing (82), amersfoort
• Anna Margaretha Elizabeth Nijs (21), Utrecht, Netherlands
• Bertha Kubatz (76), Lingen am Ems (DLD)
• Aime Engelbert Van Hee (74), Churchbridge, SK, Canada
• Aldegonda van de Westerlo (71), Mierlo
• Antonius Vydt (58), Antwerpen

• 1934 » Junior Cook, American saxophonist († 1992)
• 1935 » Tom Cartwright, English-Welsh cricketer and coach († 2007)
• 1936 » Don Patterson, American organist († 1988)
• 1936 » Geraldine Claudette Darden, American mathematician
• 1936 » Harold Rhodes, English cricketer
• 1937 » Chuck Jackson, American R&B singer and songwriter
• 1937 » John Price, English cricketer
• 1937 » Vasant Ranjane, Indian cricketer († 2011)
• 1937 » Yasuhiro Kojima, Japanese-American wrestler and manager († 1999)
• 1938 » Terence Stamp, English actor

• 1932 » Errico Malatesta, Italian activist and author (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Flo Ziegfeld, American actor and producer (b. 1867)
• 1932 » J. Meade Falkner, English author and poet (b. 1858)
• 1932 » Reginald Fessenden, Canadian inventor and academic (b. 1866)
• 1934 » John Dillinger, American gangster (b. 1903)
• 1937 » Ted McDonald, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1891)
• 1940 » Albert Young, American boxer and promoter (b. 1877)
• 1940 » George Fuller, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Rūdolfs Jurciņš, Latvian basketball player (b. 1909)
• 1950 » William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)

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.
• February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
• April 26 » Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
• May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
• August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
• September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.

The temperature on July 22, 1937 was between 12.5 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.