About the day » Tuesday August 24, 1937Calender converter

• Berthie de Liever, Nijkerk († 1943)
• Jacomina Dam, Nieuw Vossemeer († 2015)
• Cornelis Spaans, Scheveningen († 1987)
• Breda Cerar, Jesenice († 2011)
• Jacques Simon van Weren, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Howard Avery "Howdy" WELLS Jr., Reno, Washoe Co., Nevada, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Francina Wilhelmina Kapteijns, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2012)
• Anna Bartje Tamsma, Leeuwarden († 1943)
• Beverly Jean Root, Eaton Rapids, Eaton, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Aad WITKAMP, Rotterdam († 1998)

• Andreas Adrianus van Mastrigt (64), Breda
• Anna Clasina Dessing (80), rotterdam, Nederland
• Antje Ulbes Zondervan (51), Huizum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anteunis Adrianus Cornelis But (80), Middelharnis, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje van den Bosch (70), Hengelo
• Benjamin Franklin PUGH (72), Cedar Creek Township, Wayne, Missouri
• Andreas Adrianus van Mastrigt (64), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Aleida Coers (71), Nijmegen
• Azaria Broekema (35), Groningen
• Anna Catharina Pater (43), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland

• 1934 » Kenny Baker, English actor († 2016)
• 1936 » A. S. Byatt, English novelist and poet
• 1936 » Arthur B. C. Walker, Jr., American physicist and academic († 2001)
• 1936 » Kenny Guinn, American banker and politician, 27th Governor of Nevada († 2010)
• 1937 » Moshood Abiola, Nigerian businessman and politician († 1998)
• 1937 » Susan Sheehan, Austrian-American journalist and author
• 1938 » David Freiberg, American singer and bass player
• 1938 » Mason Williams, American guitarist and composer
• 1940 » Francine Lalonde, Canadian educator and politician († 2014)
• 1940 » Madsen Pirie, British academic, President and co-founder of the Adam Smith Institute

• 1923 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (b. 1860)
• 1943 » Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1943 » Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1898)

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 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
• 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 21 » The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
• July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
• October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
• December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.

The temperature on August 24, 1937 was between 12.8 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.