1937 34684 224964191 2008-07-11T05:48:36Z 154.20.170.109 /* December */ {{year nav|1937}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} Year '''1937''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMXXXVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. {{C20YearTOCship}} == Events of 1937 == ===January=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> [[Image:Howard Hughes.jpg|thumb|130px|right| [[January 19]]: [[Howard Hughes]] sets record.]] * [[January 1]] - [[Anastasio Somoza García]] becomes [[President of Nicaragua]]. * [[January 3]] - First [[science fiction convention]] in [[Leeds]], [[England]]. * [[January 11]] - The first issue of ''[[Look (American magazine)|LOOK]]'' magazine goes on sale in the United States. * [[January 19]] - [[Howard Hughes]] sets a new air record by flying from [[Los Angeles]] to [[New York City]] in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds. * [[January 20]] - Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes swears in [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] for a second term. This is the first time [[Inauguration Day]] in the [[United States]] occurred on that date. It has occurred on January 20 ever since. * [[January 23]] - In [[Moscow]], 17 leading [[Communist]]s go on trial accused of participating in a plot led by [[Leon Trotsky]] to overthrow [[Joseph Stalin]]'s regime and assassinate its leaders. * [[January 26]] - [[Michigan]] celebrates its [[Centennial]] Anniversary of statehood. * [[January 31]] - [[Ohio River]] floods * [[January 31]] - 31 people executed in the [[Soviet Union]] for alleged [[Trotskyism]] ===February=== * [[February 5]] - [[President of the United States|President]] [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] proposes a plan to enlarge the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. * [[February 8]] - Falangist troops take [[Málaga]] * [[February 8]]-[[February 27]], [[Battle of Jarama]] * [[February 11]] - A sit-down strike ends when [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] recognizes the [[United Auto Workers|United Automobile Workers Union]] * [[February 16]] - [[Wallace H. Carothers]] receives a [[patent]] for [[nylon]]. * [[February 19]] - Airliner VH-UHH, Stinson, goes down over Lamington National Park, Bound for Sydney, killing five. * [[February 19]] - During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in [[Addis Ababa]], [[Ethiopia]], two [[Eritrea]]n nationalists attempt to kill viceroy [[Rodolfo Graziani]] with a number of grenades. The Italian security guard fire into the crowd of Ethiopian onlookers, and over the passing weeks indiscriminately slaughter native Ethiopians in reprisal. * [[February 21]] - Initial flight of the first successful [[flying car]], [[Waldo Waterman]]'s [[Aerobile]]; the [[League of Nations]] [[Non-Intervention Committee]] ban on foreign nationals fighting in the [[Spanish Civil War]]. ===March=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *March - The first issue of the [[comic book]] ''[[Detective Comics]]'' is published in the United States. Twenty-seven issues later, ''Detective Comics'' would introduce [[Batman]]. The comic would go on to become the longest continually-published comic magazine in American history; it is still published as of 2008. * [[March 10]] - The Encyclical ''[[Mit brennender Sorge]]'' of pope [[Pius XI]] is published in Nazi Germany * [[March 17]] - [[Atherton Report]] released. Private investigator [[Edwin Atherton]]'s report detailing vice and police corruption in San Francisco. * [[March 18]] ** In the worst school disaster in American history in terms of lives lost, the [[New London School explosion|New London School]] in [[New London, Texas]] suffers a catastrophic [[natural gas]] explosion, killing in excess of three hundred students and teachers. ** [[Mother Frances Hospital]] opens one day early in [[Tyler, Texas]] in response to the [[New London School explosion]]. * [[March 26]] **In [[Crystal City, Texas]], [[spinach]] growers erect a statue of the [[cartoon character]] [[Popeye]]. **[[William Henry Hastie]] becomes the first African-American appointed to federal judgeship. ===April=== * [[April 1]] - [[Aden]] becomes a British [[crown colony]]. * [[April 9]] - The ''[[Kamikaze (1937 aircraft)|Kamikaze]]'' arrives at [[Croydon Airport]] in [[London]] - it is the first [[Japan]]ese-built aircraft to fly to [[Europe]]. * [[April 12]] - The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] rules the [[National Labor Relations Act]] is constitutional in ''[[National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation|NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel]].'' * [[April 17]] - Release of the animated short ''[[Porky's Duck Hunt]]'', directed by [[Tex Avery]] for the [[Looney Tunes]] series, featuring the debut of [[Daffy Duck]]. * [[April 20]] - 17 students die and 50 are injured in [[Kilingi-Nõmme]], [[Estonia]], after a cinefilm takes fire in an elementary school. * [[April 26]] - [[Spanish Civil War]]: [[Guernica]], [[Spain]] is bombed. In his report of the [[Falangist]] attack on [[Guernica]], British journalist [[George Steer]] reports that he had found [[Germany|German]] bomb casings, connecting [[Luftwaffe]] planes with the attack. ===May=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *May - [[Dáil Éireann]] passes the Executive Authority (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937, which retrospectively abolishes the office of Governor-General of the Irish Free State. The abolition is retrospectively dated to December 1936. * [[May 1]] - [[General strike]] in [[Paris]], [[France]] * [[May 6]] - In United States, the German airship [[Hindenburg]] bursts into flame when mooring to a mast in [[Lakehurst, New Jersey]]. * [[May 7]] - [[Spanish Civil War]]: The [[Germany|German]] [[Condor Legion|Condor Legion Fighter Group]], equipped with [[Heinkel He 51]] biplanes, arrives in [[Spain]] to assist [[Francisco Franco]]'s forces. * [[May 12]] - Coronation of [[George VI of the United Kingdom|King George VI]] and [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon|Queen Elizabeth]] takes place at [[Westminster Abbey]], [[London]]. * [[May 13]] - Canadian writer Roch Carrier is born in Sainte-Justine, Quebec. * [[May 21]] - a [[Soviet and Russian manned drifting ice stations|Soviet station]] becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the [[drift ice]] of the [[Arctic Ocean]]. * May 21 - As one of the reprisals for the attempted assassination of [[Italy|Italian]] viceroy [[Rodolfo Graziani]], a detachment of Italian troops massacre the entire community of [[Debre Libanos]]. 297 monks and 23 laymen are killed. * [[May 27]] - In [[California]], the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] opens to pedestrian traffic creating a vital link between [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] and [[Marin County, California|Marin County]]. The next day, President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] pushes a button in [[Washington, DC]] signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the Golden Gate Bridge. * [[May 28]] - [[Neville Chamberlain]] becomes [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]. ===June=== * [[June 3]] - [[Wallis Simpson]] and the former [[Edward VIII of the United Kingdom]] marry. * [[June 8]] **First total [[solar eclipse]] to exceed 7 minutes of totality in over 800 years; visible in the Pacific and Peru. **Premiere of [[Carl Orff]]'s '''Carmina Burana''' * [[June 14]] - [[Pennsylvania]] becomes the first (and only) of the [[United States]] to celebrate [[Flag Day]] officially as a [[Public holiday|state holiday]]. * [[June 21]] - [[Coalition government]] of [[Léon Blum]] resigns in [[France]]. *June/July - Dáil Éireann debates and passes the draft new constitution of Éire, to be called [[Bunreacht na hÉireann]]. The new constitution is then submitted for public approval by plebiscite. ===July=== * [[July 1]] **[[Gestapo]] arrests priest [[Martin Niemöller]]. **In a referendum the people of the [[Irish Free State]] accept the new Constitution by 685,105 votes to 527,945. * [[July 2]] - [[Amelia Earhart]] and navigator [[Fred Noonan]] disappear over [[New Guinea]] during Earhart's attempt to become the first woman to fly around the world. * [[July 5]] - Highest recorded temperature in [[Canada]], at [[Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan]]: 45°C. * [[July 7]] - [[Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)|Sino-Japanese War]]: [[Battle of Lugou Bridge]] - [[Japan]]ese forces invade [[China]]. Often seen as the beginning of [[World War II]] in [[Asia]] * [[July 11]] - Composer [[George Gershwin]] dies of a brain tumor at age 38. * [[July 20]] - The [[Geibeltbad Pirna]] is opened. * [[July 21]] - [[Eamon de Valera]] elected president of [[Éire]] ([[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]) * [[July 22]] - [[New Deal]]: The [[United States Senate]] votes down President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s proposal to add more justices to the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. * [[July 24]] - [[Alabama]] drops [[rape]] charges against the so-called "[[Scottsboro Boys]]." * [[July 28]] - [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]] attempts bombing assassination against [[George VI of the United Kingdom|King George VI]] in [[Belfast]]. ===August=== * [[August 5]] - [[Soviet Union]] commences one of the largest campaigns of the [[Great Purge]], to "eliminate anti-Soviet element". Within the following year, at least 724,000 people were killed on order of [[NKVD troika|troika]]s, many of them chosen for shooting by their ethnicity. * [[August 6]] - Falangist artillery bombards [[Madrid]]. * [[August 26]] - [[Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)|Sino-Japanese War]] - Japanese aircraft attack the car carrying the ambassador of [[Great Britain]] during a raid on [[Shanghai]]. ===September=== * [[September 2]] - The [[Great Hong Kong Typhoon of 1937]] killed an estimated 11,000 persons. * [[September 5]] - [[Spanish Civil War]]: The fall of [[Llanes]]. * [[September 7]] - [[CBS]] broadcasts a two-and-a-half hour memorial concert nationwide on radio in memory of George Gershwin, live from the [[Hollywood Bowl]]. Many celebrities appear, including [[Oscar Levant]], [[Fred Astaire]], [[Otto Klemperer]], [[Lily Pons]], and members of the original cast of ''[[Porgy and Bess]]''. The concert is recorded and released complete years later in what is excellent sound for its time, on [[CD]]. The [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]] is the featured orchestra. * [[September 21]] - George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. of London publishes the first edition of [[J. R. R. Tolkien|J. R. R. Tolkien's]] ''[[The Hobbit]]''. * [[September 25]] - [[Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)|Sino-Japanese War]]: [[Battle of Pingxingguan]]. * [[September 26]] - [[Street and Smith Publications]] launches a half-hour radio program , ''[[The Shadow]]'', with [[Orson Welles]] in the title role. * [[September 27]] - The last [[Bali tiger]] dies. ===October=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[October 1]] **[[Marijuana Tax Act]] in USA. **[[U.S. Supreme Court]] associate justice [[Hugo Black]], in a nationwide radio broadcast, refutes allegations of past involvement in the [[Ku Klux Klan]]. * [[October 3]] - Japanese troops advance toward [[Nanking]]. * [[October 5]] - [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Roosevelt]] gives his famous "[[Quarantine Speech]]" in [[Chicago]]. * [[October 13]] - [[Germany]], in a note to [[Brussels]], guaranteed the inviolability and integrity of [[Belgium]] so long as the latter abstained from military action against Germany. * [[October 15]] - [[Ernest Hemingway]]'s novel ''[[To Have and Have Not]]'' is first published. * [[October 21]] **The whole Spanish northern seaboard in the Falangists' hands. **[[Roberto Ortiz]] elected president of [[Argentina]]. * [[October 27]] - [[Spanish Civil War]] - [[Spanish Republic|Republican]] forces in [[Gijon]], [[Spain]], set fire to petrol reserves before they retreat before the advancing [[Falangists]]. ===November=== * [[November 5]] **[[Spanish Civil War]] - Massacre of Republican supporters in [[Piedrafita de Babia]], near [[León, León|León]]. Possibly 35,000 executed. **[[World War II]]: In the [[Reich Chancellery]], [[Adolf Hitler]] holds a secret meeting and states his plans for acquiring "living space" for the [[Germany|German]] people. * [[November 6]] - [[Italy]] joins [[Anti-Comintern Pact]]. * [[November 9]] - [[Japan]]ese troops take [[Shanghai]]. * [[November 10]] - Brazilian president [[Getúlio Vargas]] announces the [[Estado Novo]] - New State -, thence becoming [[dictator]] of [[Brazil]] until 1945. * [[November 11]] - Kogushi sulfur mine collapse, western [[Gunma]], Japan, killing at least 245 people. ===December=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> [[Image:Revolution kalendar.jpg|thumb|12 December, sixth day of the six-day week ([[Soviet revolutionary calendar]]), day of elections to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.]] * [[December 4]] - [[The Dandy]], the world's longest running [[comic strip]], is first published. * [[December 11]] - [[Italy]] withdraws from the [[League of Nations]]. * [[December 12]] **[[Panay incident]]. **[[Mae West]] makes a risque guest appearance on the [[NBC]] ''Chase and Sanborn Hour'' that eventually results in her being banned from radio. * [[December 13]] - [[Battle of Nanjing]] ends and the [[Nanjing Massacre]] begins. Japanese troops would slaughter over 300,000 civilians and prisoners over three months. * [[December 21]] - [[Walt Disney]]'s ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'', the first feature-length [[animated cartoon]] with sound, opens and becomes a smash hit. * [[December 25]] - At the age of seventy, legendary conductor [[Arturo Toscanini]] conducts the [[NBC Symphony Orchestra]] on [[radio]] for the first time, beginning his successful 17-year tenure with that orchestra. This first concert consists of music by [[Vivaldi]], [[Mozart]], and [[Brahms]]. Millions tune in to listen, including U.S. President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]. * [[December 29]] - New Irish Constitution, [[Bunreacht na hÉireann]] comes into force. The [[Irish Free State]] becomes [[Éire]]. [[Eamon de Valera]] becomes the first [[Taoiseach]] (prime minister) of the new state. A [[Presidential Commission (Ireland)|Presidential Commission]] (made up the Irish Chief Justice, the Speaker of Dáil Éireann and the President of the High Court) assumes the powers of the new presidency of Ireland pending the election of the first president in June 1938. ===Undated=== * New [[Ireland|Irish]] constitution bans [[divorce]]. * The [[National House Builders Registration Council]] (now the NHBC) was formed in the [[United Kingdom]]. * [[Jimmie Angel]] lands his plane on top of Devil's Mountain however the plane gets damaged and he has to trek through the rainforest for help. * ''[[Of Mice and Men]]'' by [[John Steinbeck]] is published. ===Ongoing=== * [[Spanish Civil War]] ([[1936]]-[[1939]]). * [[Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)|Sino-Japanese War]] (1937-[[1945]]). * [[Harlem Renaissance]] ([[1920]]-[[1940]]).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Renaissance] * [[Great Depression]] ([[1929]]-[[1940]]).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression] ==Births== {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Shōwa]] 12}} ===January-February=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 1]] - [[Anne Aubrey]], British actress * [[January 4]] - [[Dyan Cannon]], American actress * [[January 6]] - [[Underwood Dudley]], American mathematician * [[January 8]] - [[Shirley Bassey]], Welsh singer * [[January 13]] - [[George Reisman]], American economist * [[January 14]] - [[Ken Higgs]], English cricketer * [[January 15]] - [[Margaret O'Brien]], American actress * [[January 18]] - [[John Hume]], Northern Irish politician, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in [[1998]] * [[January 21]] - [[Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria]], heir to Bavarian Royal House * [[January 22]] - [[Joseph Wambaugh]], American author * [[January 27]] - [[John Ogdon]], English pianist (d. [[1989]]) * [[January 30]] **[[Vanessa Redgrave]], English actress **[[Boris Spassky]], Russian chess player * [[January 31]] **[[Suzanne Pleshette]], American actress (d. 2008) **[[Philip Glass]], American composer *[[February 1]] **[[Garrett Morris]], American comedian **[[Don Everly]], American musician *[[February 2]] **[[Tom Smothers]], American musician and comedian **[[Magic Sam]], American musician (d. [[1969]]) **[[Remak Ramsay]], American actor *[[February 8]] - [[Manfred Krug]], German actor and singer *[[February 9]] - [[Robert Walker (musician)|Robert "Bilbo" Walker Jr.]], American [[blues]] [[guitar]]ist *[[February 10]] - [[Roberta Flack]], American soul singer *[[February 11]] - [[Bill Lawry]], Australian cricketer *[[February 12]] - [[Charles Dumas]], American athlete *[[February 20]] **[[Robert Huber]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate **[[Roger Penske]], American race car driver **[[Nancy Wilson (singer)|Nancy Wilson]], American singer and actress *[[February 21]] - King [[Harald V of Norway]] *[[February 25]] - [[Tom Courtenay]], English actor ===March-April=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[March 2]] - [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]], [[President of Algeria]] *[[March 4]] **[[Graham Dowling]], New Zealand cricketer **[[Leslie Gelb]], American President of the Council on Foreign Relations **[[Yuri Senkevich]], Russian cosmonaut (d. [[2003]]) **[[Barney Wilen]], French jazz saxophonist (d. [[1996]]) *[[March 6]] - [[Valentina Tereshkova]], cosmonaut *[[March 8]] - [[Juvénal Habyarimana]], [[President of Rwanda]] (d. [[1994]]) *[[March 17]] - [[Rudy Ray Moore]], American comedian *[[March 20]] - [[Jerry Reed]], American musician *[[March 22]] - [[Armin Hary]], German athlete *[[March 23]] - [[Craig Breedlove]], American race car driver *[[March 27]] - [[Thomas Aquinas Daly]], American painter *[[March 30]] - [[Warren Beatty]], American actor and director *[[April 5]] - [[Colin Powell]], [[U.S. Secretary of State]] *[[April 6]] **[[Merle Haggard]], American musician **[[Billy Dee Williams]], American actor *[[April 7]] - [[Louise and Charmian Faulkner disappearance|Louise Faulkner]], Missing Australian woman *[[April 10]] - [[Bella Akhmadulina]], Russian poet *[[April 16]] - [[Joseph Whipp]], American actor *[[April 18]] - [[Jan Kaplický]], British architect of Czech origin *[[April 22]] - [[Jack Nicholson]], American actor *[[April 24]] - [[Rafi' Daham Al-Tikriti]], Directror of the Iraqi Intelligence Service *[[April 27]] **[[Robin Eames]], Northern Irish clergyman **[[Sandy Dennis]], American Actress *[[April 28]] - [[Saddam Hussein]], [[President of Iraq]] (d. [[2006]]) *[[April 29]] - [[Jill Paton Walsh]], English novelist ===May-June=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[May 1]] - [[Una Stubbs]], British actress * [[May 3]] **[[Frankie Valli]], American musician **[[Hans Cieslarczyk]], German football player * [[May 4]] - [[Ron Carter]], jazz musician * [[May 6]] - [[Rubin Carter|Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter]], American boxer * [[May 8]] **[[Thomas Pynchon]], American writer **[[Carlos Gaviria Díaz]], Colombian justice and politician. * [[May 12]] - [[George Carlin]], American comedian (d. [[2008]]) * [[May 13]] **[[Roch Carrier]], Canadian writer ***[[Roger Zelazny]], American writer (d. [[1995]]) **[[Trevor Baylis]], English inventor * [[May 15]] **[[Madeleine Albright]], [[U.S. Secretary of State]] **[[Trini Lopez]], American musician * [[May 17]] - [[Hazel R. O'Leary]], [[U.S. Secretary of Energy]] * [[May 18]] **[[Jacques Santer]], Luxembourg politician, [[President of the European Council]] *[[May 21]] - [[Sofiko Chiaureli]] - Georgian actress (d. [[2008]]) * [[June 1]] - [[Morgan Freeman]], American actor * [[June 3]] - [[Solomon P. Ortiz]], U.S. Congressman from Texas * [[June 4]] - [[Gorilla Monsoon]], American professional wrestler and announcer (d. [[1999]]) * [[June 7]] - [[Neemi Järvi]], Estonian conductor * [[June 9]] - [[Harald Rosenthal]], German biologist * [[June 10]] - [[Luciana Paluzzi]], Italian actress *[[June 11]] - [[Robin Warren]], Australian pathologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] * [[June 15]] **[[Waylon Jennings]], American country singer (d. [[2002]]) **[[Alan Thornett]], British Trotskyist activist * [[June 18]] **[[Wray Carlton]], American football player **[[Vitali Zholobov]], cosmonaut * [[June 23]] - [[Martti Ahtisaari]], [[President of Finland]] * [[June 25]] - [[Keizo Obuchi]], [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (d. [[2000]]) * [[June 26]] - [[Robert Coleman Richardson]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate * [[June 28]] - [[Ron Luciano]], baseball umpire and writer (d. [[1995]]) ===July-August=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[July 4]] - [[Queen Sonja of Norway|Sonja Haraldsen]], Queen of Norway and wife to King [[Harald V of Norway]]. *[[July 6]] **[[Vladimir Ashkenazy]], Russian pianist **[[Ned Beatty]], American actor *[[July 7]] - [[Tung Chee-Hwa]], Hong Kong administrator *[[July 9]] - [[David Hockney]], English-born artist *[[July 12]] **[[Lionel Jospin]], [[Prime Minister of France]] **[[Bill Cosby]], American actor and comedian *[[July 14]] - [[Yoshiro Mori]], Japanese politician *[[July 18]] - [[Roald Hoffmann]], Polish-born chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[July 18]] - [[Hunter S. Thompson]], American author and journalist (d. [[2005]]) *[[July 20]] - [[Ken Ogata]], Japanese actor *[[July 27]] - [[Don Galloway]], American actor *[[July 29]] - [[Daniel McFadden]], American economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[August 4]] - [[David Bedford]], American musician *[[August 5]] - [[Herb Brooks]], American hockey coach (d. [[2003]]) *[[August 6]] - [[Barbara Windsor]], English actress *[[August 8]] - [[Dustin Hoffman]], American actor *[[August 16]] - [[David Anderson (Canadian politician)|David Anderson]], Canadian politician *[[August 18]] **[[Willie Rushton]], English comedian and cartoonist (d. [[1996]]) **[[Jean Alingué Bawoyeu]], [[Chad]]ian politician and former Prime Minister. *[[August 20]] - [[Jim Bowen]], English stand-up comedian and TV personality *[[August 21]] **[[Donald Dewar]], [[First Minister of Scotland]] (d. [[2000]]) **[[Robert Stone]], American novelist *[[August 29]] - [[James Florio]], Governor of New Jersey *[[August 31]] - [[Bobby Parker]], American [[blues music]]ian/[[blues rock|guitarist]] ===September-October=== *[[September 4]] **[[Dawn Fraser]], Australian swimmer **[[Mikk Mikiver]], Estonian actor and director (d. [[2006]]) *[[September 6]] - [[Kirtanananda Swami]] Bhaktipada (Keith Gordon Ham), [[Hare Krishna]] guru *[[September 7]] - [[Cüneyt Arkın]], Turkish film actor *[[September 11]] - [[Paola Ruffo di Calabria]], Queen of the Belgians *[[September 15]] - [[Robert Lucas, Jr.]], American economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[September 15]] - [[Fernando de la Rúa]], [[President of Argentina]] * [[September 16]] - [[Keith Bosley]], broadcaster (retired), poet and translator. *[[September 17]] - [[Ilarion Ionescu-Galati]] Romanian conductor *[[September 19]] - [[Abner Haynes]], American football player *[[September 28]] - [[Rod Roddy]], American television announcer (d. [[2003]]) *[[October 2]] - [[Johnnie Cochran]], American attorney (d. [[2005]]) *[[October 5]] - [[Barry Switzer]], American football coach *[[October 7]] - [[John C. Davis]], Oil tycoon and Kris Frey's true biological father *[[October 10]] - [[Bobby Charlton]], English footballer *[[October 17]] - [[Paxton Whitehead]], English actor *[[October 28]] - [[Lenny Wilkens]], American basketball player and coach ===November-December=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[November 1]] - [[Bill Anderson (country music)|"Whisperin" Bill Anderson]] American country music singer-songwriter *[[November 2]] - [[Earl Carroll (vocalist)|Earl Carroll]], lead vocalist for [[The Cadillacs]] *[[November 4]] - [[Michael Wilson (politician)|Michael Wilson]], Canadian politician and diplomat *[[November 6]] - [[Joe Warfield]], American actor *[[November 8]] - [[Paul Foot|Paul Mackintosh Foot]], British journalist *[[November 11]] - [[Stephen Lewis]], Canadian politician and diplomat *[[November 17]] - [[Peter Cook]], English comedian and writer (d. [[1995]]) *[[November 26]] - [[Boris Yegorov]], cosmonaut *[[December 1]] - [[Chuck Low]], American actor *[[December 3]] - [[Bobby Allison]], American race car driver *[[December 8]] - [[Arne Næss Jr.]], Norwegian mountaineer and businessman (d. [[2004]]) *[[December 9]] - [[Darwin Joston]], American actor (d. [[1998]]) *[[December 11]] - [[Jim Harrison]], American writer *[[December 15]] - [[Donald Goines]], original [[African American]] novelist (d. [[1973]]) *[[December 17]] - [[Kerry Packer]], Australian businessman (d. [[2005]]) *[[December 21]] - [[Jane Fonda]], American actress and social activist *[[December 26]] - [[Gnassingbe Eyadema]], [[President of Togo]] (d. [[2005]]) *[[December 28]] - [[Ratan Tata]], Indian industrialist *[[December 29]] - [[Maumoon Abdul Gayoom]], [[President of the Maldives]] *[[December 30]] **[[Gordon Banks]], English footballer **[[John Hartford]], American musician and composer (d. [[2001]]) **[[Jim Marshall (American football)|Jim Marshall]], American football player **[[Noel Paul Stookey]], American singer *[[December 31]] **[[Avram Hershko]], Israeli biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] **[[Anthony Hopkins]], Welsh actor ==Deaths== ===January - June=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 2]] - [[Ross Alexander]], American actor (b. [[1907]]) * [[January 6]] - [[André Besette]], Canadian religious leader (b. [[1845]]) * [[January 23]] - [[Marie Prevost]], Canadian actress (b. [[1898]]) * [[February 5]] - [[Lou Andreas-Salome]], Russian-born writer (b. [[1861]]) * [[February 7]] - [[Elihu Root]], American statesman and diplomat, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1845]]) * [[February 11]] - [[Walter Burley Griffin]], American architect and town planner (b. [[1876]]) * [[February 27]] - [[Charles Donnelly]], Irish poet (b.[[1915]]) * [[March 9]] - [[Paul Elmer More]], American critic and essayist (b. [[1864]]) * [[March 11]] - [[Joseph S. Cullinan]], American oil industrialist, founder of [[Texaco]] (b. [[1860]]) * [[March 12]] - [[Charles-Marie Widor]], French organist and composer (b. [[1840]]) * [[March 15]] - [[H. P. Lovecraft]], American writer (b. [[1890]]) * [[March 17]] - [[Austen Chamberlain]], English statesman, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1863]]) * [[March 20]] - [[Harry Vardon]], English Golf Professional (b. [[1870]]) * [[March 22]] - [[Alfred Dyke Acland]], British military officer (b. [[1858]]) * [[March 29]] - [[Karol Szymanowski]], Polish composer (b. [[1882]]) * [[April 19]] - [[William Martin Conway]], British art critic and mountaineer (b. [[1856]]) * [[April 21]] - [[Saima Harmaja]], Finnish poet (b. [[1913]]) * [[April 25]] - [[Michał Drzymała]], Polish rebel (b. [[1857]]) * [[April 27]] - [[Antonio Gramsci]], Italian Communist writer and politician (b. [[1891]]) * [[May 4]] - [[Noel Rosa]], Brazilian songwriter (b. [[1910]]) * [[May 23]] - [[John D. Rockefeller]], American industrialist and philanthropist (b. [[1839]]) * [[May 28]] - [[Alfred Adler]], Austrian psychologist (b. [[1870]]) * [[June 7]] - [[Jean Harlow]], American film actress (b. [[1911]]) * [[June 10]] - [[Robert Laird Borden]], eighth [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (b. [[1854]]) * [[June 19]] - [[J. M. Barrie]], Scottish novelist and dramatist (b. [[1860]]) ===July - December=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[July 9]] - [[Oliver Law]], American labor organizer and Army officer (killed in battle) (b. [[1899]]) * [[July 11]] - [[George Gershwin]], American composer (b. [[1898]]) * [[July 20]] - [[Guglielmo Marconi]], Italian-born inventor (b. [[1874]]) * [[July 21]] - [[Louis Vierne]], French composer (b. [[1870]]) * [[August 11]] - [[Edith Wharton]], American writer (b. [[1862]]) * [[September 2]] - [[Pierre de Coubertin]], French founder of the modern Olympic Games (b. [[1863]]) * [[September 26]] - [[Bessie Smith]], American singer (b. [[1894]]) * [[September 29]] - [[Ray Ewry]], American athlete (b. [[1873]]) *[[October 16]] - [[Jean de Brunhoff]], French writer (b. [[1899]]) *[[October 19]] - [[Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson]], New Zealand physicist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (b. [[1871]]) *[[October 26]] - [[Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki]], Polish general (b. [[1867]]) *[[November 9]] - [[Ramsay MacDonald]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1866]]) *[[November 17]] - [[Jack Worrall]], Australian cricketer and coach (b. [[1860]]) *[[November 23]] - [[Jagdish Chandra Bose]], Indian physicist (b. [[1858]]) *[[November 23]] - [[George Albert Boulenger]], Belgian naturalist (b. [[1858]]) *[[December 9]] - [[Gustaf Dalén]], Swedish physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1869]]) *[[December 20]] - [[Erich Ludendorff]], German general (b. [[1865]]) *[[December 21]] - [[Frank B. Kellogg]], [[United States Secretary of State]], recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1856]]) *[[December 25]] - [[Newton D. Baker]], [[United States Secretary of War]] (b. [[1871]]) *[[December 28]] - [[Maurice Ravel]], French composer (b. [[1875]]) ==Nobel prizes== * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Clinton Joseph Davisson]], [[George Paget Thomson]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Walter Haworth]], [[Paul Karrer]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] - [[Albert Szent-Györgyi|Albert von Szent-Györgyi Nagyrapolt]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Roger Martin du Gard]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood|Robert Cecil]] ==Ship events== * [[List of ship launches in 1937]] * [[List of ship commissionings in 1937]] ==Other events== *In 1937 was founded the [[HC Ambrì-Piotta]] *The [[Vibora Luviminda]] trades union's shuger plantation strike on [[Maui]] island, Hawaii. ==See also== * [[20th century]] ==Notes== <references/> {{commonscat}} ==External links== *[http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s2/Time/1937/1937fr.html The 1930s Timeline: 1937] &mdash; from American Studies Programs at The University of Virginia ==Table of contents== __TOC__ [[Category:1937| ]] [[af:1937]] [[am:1937 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1937]] [[an:1937]] [[frp:1937]] [[ast:1937]] [[av:1937]] [[ay:1937]] [[az:1937]] [[bn:১৯৩৭]] [[zh-min-nan:1937 nî]] [[map-bms:1937]] [[be:1937]] [[be-x-old:1937]] [[bh:१९३७]] [[bs:1937]] [[br:1937]] [[bg:1937]] [[ca:1937]] [[cv:1937]] [[cs:1937]] [[co:1937]] [[cy:1937]] [[da:1937]] [[de:1937]] [[et:1937]] [[el:1937]] [[es:1937]] [[eo:1937]] [[eu:1937]] [[fa:۱۹۳۷ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1937]] [[hif:1937]] [[fr:1937]] [[fy:1937]] [[ga:1937]] [[gan:1937年]] [[gv:1937]] [[gd:1937]] [[gl:1937]] [[ko:1937년]] [[hy:1937]] [[hi:1937]] [[hr:1937.]] [[io:1937]] [[ilo:1937]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯৩৭]] [[id:1937]] [[ia:1937]] [[os:1937]] [[is:1937]] [[it:1937]] [[he:1937]] [[jv:1937]] [[pam:1937]] [[kn:೧೯೩೭]] [[ka:1937]] [[csb:1937]] [[kk:1937]] [[kw:1937]] [[sw:1937]] [[ht:1937 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1937]] [[la:1937]] [[lb:1937]] [[lt:1937 m.]] [[lij:1937]] [[lmo:1937]] [[hu:1937]] [[mk:1937]] [[mi:1937]] [[mr:इ.स. १९३७]] [[ms:1937]] [[nah:1937]] [[nl:1937]] [[new:ई सं १९३७]] [[ja:1937年]] [[nap:1937]] [[no:1937]] [[nn:1937]] [[nrm:1937]] [[nov:1937]] [[oc:1937]] [[uz:1937]] [[pi:१९३७]] [[nds:1937]] [[pl:1937]] [[pt:1937]] [[ty:1937]] [[ksh:Joohr 1937]] [[ro:1937]] [[ru:1937 год]] [[sah:1937 сыл]] [[se:1937]] [[sq:1937]] [[scn:1937]] [[simple:1937]] [[sk:1937]] [[sl:1937]] [[sr:1937]] [[sh:1937]] [[su:1937]] [[fi:1937]] [[sv:1937]] [[tl:1937]] [[ta:1937]] [[tt:1937]] [[te:1937]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2480]] [[vi:1937]] [[tg:1937]] [[tr:1937]] [[tk:1937]] [[uk:1937]] [[vec:1937]] [[wa:1937]] [[vls:1937]] [[yo:1937]] [[zh-yue:1937年]] [[cbk-zam:1937]] [[bat-smg:1937]] [[zh:1937年]]