About the day » Thursday September 23, 1937Calender converter

• Cornelis Josephus Maria de Brabander, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Franciscus Alphonsus Maria de Jongh, Tientsin China († 1999)
• Georges Eduard De Ceunynck, Kaaskerke († 2022)
• Augusta Elisabeth Josephine Charlotte Marie Ghislaine van Rijckevorsel, ‘s-Hertogenbosch,Gemeente 'S-Hertogenbosch,North Brabant,Netherlands († 1940)
• Giacomo Alessi († 1998)
• Edsge Ras, Marum († 2007)
• Cornelis Gerard Markus, Haarlemmermeer († 2003)
• Cornelis Dijkstra, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1938)
• Jack William Southland, Muskegon, Michigan (USA) († 2013)
• "Maria" Eleonore Elisabeth Johanna von und zu Liechtenstein, Šternberk, Tchéquie († 2002)

• Carolina Koopman (19), Groningen
• Abraham Hartendorp (70), Haarlem, Noord Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Johanna Koeman (79), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharine Johanna Petronella Baars (69), Arnhem
• August Radmann "Redmann" (94), Chicago, Cook, Illiniois, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Mathilda Hanraets (1), Maasbree
• Cornelia Nijsse (75), Driewegen
• Anette Geziena (Netty) Platerink (57), Gemeente Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Hartendorp (70), Haarlem
• Annechien Meijer (49), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1935 » Les McCann, American soul-jazz singer and pianist
• 1935 » Prem Chopra, Pakistani-Indian actor
• 1935 » Ron Tindall, English-Australian footballer, cricketer, and manager († 2012)
• 1936 » George Eastham, English footballer
• 1936 » Sylvain Saudan, Swiss skier
• 1936 » Tareq Suheimat, Jordanian physician, general, and politician († 2014)
• 1936 » Valentín Paniagua, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 91st President of Peru († 2006)
• 1937 » Jacques Poulin, Canadian author and translator
• 1938 » Romy Schneider, Austrian-French actress († 1982)
• 1939 » Henry Blofeld, English cricketer and journalist

• 1913 » Donato Álvarez, Argentinian general (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1929 » Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat, interim president, 1911 (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Hale Holden, American businessman (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and critic (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (b. 1876)

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.
• March 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
• April 1 » Aden becomes a British crown colony.
• April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
• July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
• August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
• 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 September 23, 1937 was between 4.1 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.