About the day » Tuesday August 3, 1937Calender converter

• Charles Edward Dale, Lac Qui Parle, Minnesota († 1986)
• Catharina Maria van Esch, Heeswijk († 1997)
• Jobkien Jacobje Engelsman, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland († 2019)
• Juanita Lee DRAKE, Seymour, Baylor, Texas († 2007)
• John E Monaghan († 2022)
• Jan Tissing, Noordwijk,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Anna Margaretha Gerarda Keijser, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Cornelia Anna Eelman, Texel († 2016)
• Gerardus Johannes Elisabeth Leijten, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 2020)
• Arno Martin Cassel, Berlin, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany († 1943)

• Antoon van Schijndel (91), Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Everhardus WESSELINK (70), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Guns (81), Putte, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Angela Aleida Rocks (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonius Everardus Wesselink (70), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Sjirks Cnossen (83)
• Anna Gertrudis Vestjens (76), Heeze (Noord-Brabant)
• Amalia Maria Héléna Crolla (74), Maastricht
• Adrianus (Adrian) van Krimpen (71), Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anne Sjirksz Cnossen (83), Sneek, wymbritseradeel.fr.nld

• 1935 » Georgy Shonin, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut († 1997)
• 1935 » John Erman, American actor, director, and producer
• 1935 » Vic Vogel, Canadian pianist, composer, and bandleader († 2019)
• 1936 » Edward Petherbridge, English actor
• 1936 » Jerry G. Bishop, American radio and television host († 2013)
• 1937 » Duncan Sharpe, Pakistani-Australian cricketer
• 1937 » Roland Burris, American lawyer and politician, 39th Illinois Attorney General
• 1937 » Steven Berkoff, English actor, director, and playwright
• 1937 » Tom Georgeson, English actor
• 1938 » Terry Wogan, Irish-English radio and television host († 2016)

• 1920 » Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1922 » Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1851)
• 1924 » Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist (b. 1857)
• 1925 » William Bruce, Australian cricketer (b. 1864)
• 1929 » Emile Berliner, German-American inventor and businessman, invented the phonograph (b. 1851)
• 1929 » Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Konstantin Konik, Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Frumka Płotnicka, Polish resistance fighter during World War II (b. 1914)
• 1949 » Ignotus, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1869)

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 20 » Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner are sworn in for their second terms as U.S. President and U.S. Vice President; it is the first time a Presidential Inauguration takes place on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.
• April 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
• July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
• August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
• October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.
• December 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.

The temperature on August 3, 1937 was between 8.9 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.