About the day » Sunday August 15, 1937Calender converter

• Francois, Jean-Baptiste Louis PLASTRIA, Hoeilaart († 2002)
• David Verdooner, Amsterdam († 2008)
• Audrey A. Peters, Alto, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1984)
• Hendrik Jongman, Lonneker, Overijssel, Nederland († 1984)
• Amy Juan Gilliam, Carter County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1937)
• Cornelis Hendrik Leeuw, Heerenveen († 2009)
• Harry de Boer, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2005)
• Bernardus Johannes Maria Bongaards, Velp,Br, Nederland († 2021)
• Christina Maria Mensen, Onstwedde († 2016)
• Frits Thijs, Etten-Leur († 2003)

• Auke Aises (Eises) de Jong (77), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Arend Jan Ter Horst, deldeneresch
• Bernardus Berendsen (64), Dieren, Gelderland (NL.)
• Dirk Bot (67), Berkhout
• Dorothy Goldstone (68), Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• Antonij Schoneveld (69), Zutphen
• "Elard" Kurt Maria Fürchtegott von Oldenburg (82), Januszewo / Januschau, Pologne
• Elisabeth LAVOOIJ (92), 's-Heer Arendskerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Cornelia van der Ploeg (72), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Daniel Lathon Clifton (72), Hike, Carter, Kentucky, United States

• 1934 » Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2007)
• 1934 » Reginald Scarlett, Jamaican cricketer and coach
• 1935 » Jim Dale, English actor, narrator, singer, director, and composer
• 1935 » Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director († 2014)
• 1936 » Rita Shane, American soprano and educator († 2014)
• 1938 » Janusz Zajdel, Polish engineer and author († 1985)
• 1938 » Maxine Waters, American educator and politician
• 1938 » Pran Kumar Sharma, Indian cartoonist († 2014)
• 1938 » Stephen Breyer, American lawyer and judge
• 1938 » Stix Hooper, American jazz drummer (The Crusaders)

• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923)
• 1945 » Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)

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.
• February 19 » Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
• April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Jaén, Spain is bombed by German fascist forces, supporting Francoist Nationalists.
• 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.
• July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
• August 2 » The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
• September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.

The temperature on August 15, 1937 was between 12.2 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 14.2 mm of rain during 8.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.