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==Events==


===January===
{{Main|January 1937}}
]: ] sets record.]]
]
* ] – ] becomes ].
* ] – Water levels begin to rise in the ] in the United States, leading to the ], which continues into February, leaving 1&nbsp;million people homeless and 385 people dead.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kyclim.wku.edu/factSheets/ohioRiver.htm |title=Fact Sheet: Ohio River Floods |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604134934/http://kyclim.wku.edu/factSheets/ohioRiver.htm |publisher=] |archive-date=June 4, 2008 |access-date=August 10, 2015}}</ref>
* ] – ]: The ] ends inconclusively.<ref>{{cite book | title = The Spanish Civil War | author = Thomas, Hugh| year = 2001 | publisher =Penguin Books |page=480}}</ref>
* ] – ]: ] is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first time that the ] occurs on this date; the change is due to the ratification in 1933 of the ].
* ] – ]: Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center – In the ] 17 leading ]s go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by ] to overthrow ]'s regime, and assassinate its leaders.
* ] – The Moscow Trial initiated on January 23 is concluded. Thirteen of the defendants are ], while the rest, including ] and ] are sent to ] and later murdered. They were initially spared for implicating others, including ], ] and ], setting the stage for further trials.<ref>{{in lang|es}} Bernard Michal. Los Grandes Procesos de la Historia. Los Procesos de Moscú. Tomo I. Ed Circulo de Amigos de la Historia. Editions de Crémille-Genéve. Printed in Barcelona, Spain. pp. 217–219. Sentence signed by V. Ulrich, I Matulevich and H. Rychokv, sentencing to be shot: Yuri Piatakov, Leonid Serebriakov, Nicolai Muralov, Yakov Livchits, Mijail Boguslavski, Ivan Kniazev, Stanislas Rataichak, Boris Norkin, Alexei Chestov, Iossif Tutok, Gavriil Pushin and Ivan Hrasche. 10 years in prison: Grigori Sokolnikov, Karl Radek and Valentin Arnold. 8 years in prison: Mijail Etroilov.</ref><ref>] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190129/http://neworleans.media.indypgh.org/uploads/2007/02/the.treason.case.18feb07.pdf1xudb8.pdf |date=2016-03-03 }} April 1938 (in English)</ref>


===February===
] - ''']''' - ]
{{Main|February 1937}}
* ] – ]: Falangist troops take ].
* ]–] – Spanish Civil War – ]: Nationalist and Republican troops fight to a stalemate.
* ] – ] receives a patent for ] in the United States.<ref>{{US patent|2071250}} "Linear Condensation Polymers", filed July 1931, issued February 1937</ref>
* ]
** Airliner VH-UHH (''Stinson'') goes down over ], bound for Sydney, killing 5 people.
** ]: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in ], ], two ]n nationalists attempt to kill viceroy ] with a number of grenades. Italian security guards fire into the crowd of Ethiopian onlookers. Authorities exact further reprisals, which include indiscriminately slaughtering native Ethiopians over the next 3 days, detaining thousands of Ethiopians at ] and slaughtering almost 300 monks at the ] Monastery.
** The red, white and blue colours of the ] are confirmed by royal decree.<ref>Wilhelmina en De Minister van Staat, Minister van Koloniën, Voorzitter van den Raad van Ministers (19 februari 1937): .</ref>
* ] – ] is elected president of ].
* ] – The ] ] prohibits foreign nationals from fighting in the Spanish Civil War.
* ] – ]'s ] adventure '']'' (''L'Oreille cassée'') concludes serialization in the Belgian weekly newspaper supplement '']'', and soon afterwards is published as a book in black and white.


===March===
{{Main|March 1937}}
* ] (dated ] (])) – The ] '']'' ("With burning concern") of ] is published in Germany in the German language. Largely the work of Cardinals ] and ], it condemns breaches of the ] ] agreement signed between the Nazi government and the ], and criticises ]'s views on race and other matters incompatible with Catholicism.
* ] – ]: In the worst school disaster in American history in terms of lives lost, the New London School in ], suffers a catastrophic ] explosion, killing in excess of 295 students and teachers. ] opens in ], a day ahead of schedule, in response to the explosion.
* ] – The encyclical '']'' of ], critical of ], is published.
* ] – ]: A police squad, acting under orders from ] ], opens fire on peaceful demonstrators protesting at the arrest of ] leader ], killing 17 people and injuring over 200.


===April===
{{Main|April 1937}}
* ]
** ] becomes a British ].
** The ] is carried out in Spain, by the ] of the ] ].
* ] – The '']'' arrives at ] in London; it is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
* ] – ] ground-tests the world's first ] designed to power an aircraft, at ].<ref>*{{cite book|last=Golley |first=John |title=Genesis of the Jet: Frank Whittle and the Invention of the Jet Engine|publisher=Crowood Press|year=1997|isbn=1-85310-860-X|pages=86–91}}</ref>
* ] – A fire in an elementary school in ], ], kills 17 students and injures 50.
* ] – ]: The ] is carried out in Spain, by the ] of the ] ], in support of the ]s. Three-quarters of the town is destroyed and hundreds killed.<ref>Journalist ]'s report to '']'' (London) connects Germany with the attack.</ref>


===May===
]: ] ] ] ] ] - ''']''' - ] ] ] ] ]
{{Main|May 1937}}
]: The ] occurs.]]
]: The ] opens.]]
* ] – ]: In the United States, the German ] bursts into flame when mooring to a mast in ]. Of the 36 passengers and 61 crew on board, 13 passengers and 22 crew die, as well as one member of the ground crew.
* ] – ]: The German ], equipped with ] biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist ]'s forces.
* ] – ] (WAC)(Arabic: نادي الوداد الرياضي; Berber: ''Wydad Dar al-Beida''; commonly: ''Wydad al ouma'') is established in ], Morocco; it will be best known for its Casablanca ] team.
* ] – ] King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor and Empress of India at ], London.
* ]
** A ] becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the ] of the Arctic Ocean.
** As one of the reprisals for the attempted assassination of Italian viceroy ], a detachment of Italian troops massacres the entire community of ] in Ethiopia, killing 297 monks and 23 laymen.
* ] – ] becomes ], following the retirement of ].
* ]
** ]: Spanish ship ''Ciudad de Barcelona'' is torpedoed.
** ]: The ] shoot and kill 10 unarmed demonstrators in Chicago.


===June===
{{Main|June 1937}}
* ] – ] completes his painting '']''.
* ]–] – The ] debates and passes the new draft ], which is then submitted for public approval by ].
* ] – ] marries the Duke of Windsor, the former ], in France.
* ]
** The ] passes the Executive Authority (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937, which abolishes the office of Governor-General of the Irish Free State, retrospectively dated to ] ].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Irish Jurist, Together with the Irish Jurist Reports|publisher=Jurist Publishing Company|year=1937|page=64}}</ref>
** The first total ] to exceed 7 minutes of totality, in over 800 years, is visible in the Pacific and Peru.
* ] – The ] of ] resigns in ].


===July===
{{Main|July 1937}}
]: ] disappears from ].]]
]: The silent film archives of ] are destroyed by the ].]]
* ]
** The ] arrests pastor ] in Germany.
** In a referendum the people of the ] accept the new Constitution by 685,105 votes to 527,945.
* ] – ] and navigator ] disappear after taking off from ], during Earhart's attempt to become the first woman to fly around the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amelia Earhart {{!}} Biography, Disappearance, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Amelia-Earhart |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=12 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* ]
** In the ], Japanese and Chinese forces exchange fire near Beijing, beginning the ].
** The ] proposes partition of the ] into separate Arab and Jewish states.<ref>{{cite book|title=League of Nations Mandates – Palestine: Report of the Palestine Royal Commission |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/peel1.html|access-date=2012-03-08 |date=July 1937}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Population Transfers in Asia|first=Joseph B.|last=Schechtman|author-link=Joseph Schechtman|location=New York|publisher=Hallsby Press|year=1949|url=https://archive.org/stream/Schechtman-Population-Transfers-in-Asia/Schechtman--PopulationTransfersInAsia_djvu.txt|access-date=2012-03-08}}</ref>
* ] – ]: The silent film archives of ] are destroyed
* ] – The ] water sports facility is opened in ], Germany.
* ] – ] is elected ] (prime minister) of the ], by the ] (parliament).
* ] – ]: The ] votes down President ]'s proposal to add more justices to the ].
* ]–] – ]: ], a series of actions fought around ] and ], result in Japanese victory.
* ] – ]: Units of the ] mutiny and kill Japanese troops and civilians in ].
* ] – ] Operative Order 00447 "Об операции по репрессированию бывших кулаков, уголовников и других антисоветских элементов" ("The operation for repression of former kulaks, criminals and other anti-Soviet elements") is approved by the Politburo of the ], initially as a 4-month plan for 75,950 people to be executed and an additional 193,000 to be sent to the ].


===August===
Years: ] ] ] ] ] - '''1937''' - ] ] ] ] ]
{{Main|August 1937}}
* ] – The ]<ref>Pub. 238, 75th Congress, 50 Stat. 551 (subsequently, commonly referred to using the modern spelling as the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937)</ref> in the United States is a significant bill on the path that will lead to the criminalization of cannabis. It was introduced to the U.S. Congress by Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, Harry Anslinger.
* ] – The ] commences one of the largest campaigns of the ], to "eliminate anti-Soviet elements". Within the following year, at least 724,000 people are killed{{citation needed|date=October 2012}} on order of the ]s, directed by ]. This is an offensive that targets social classes (such as the ]s), ethnic or racial backgrounds which are seen as non-Russian,{{citation needed|date=October 2012}} and Stalin's personal opponents from the ] and their sympathizers.
* ] – ]: Falangist artillery bombards ].
* ] – Japan occupies Beijing.
* ] – The ] is signed by ], as a continuation of the ].
* ] – ]: The ] opens.
* ] – ]: Japanese aircraft attack the car carrying the ambassador of Great Britain, during a raid on Shanghai.


===September===
{{Main|September 1937}}
]: ]'s head is dedicated at ].]]
* ] – The ] kills an estimated 11,000 persons.
* ] – ]: The city of ] falls to the Falangists.
* ] – ] broadcasts a two-and-a-half hour memorial concert nationwide on radio in memory of George Gershwin, live from the ]. Many celebrities appear, including ], ], ], ] and members of the original cast of '']''. The concert is recorded and released complete years later in what is excellent sound for its time, on ]. The ] is the featured orchestra.
* ] – Nine nations meet in the ], led by the United Kingdom and France, to address international ] in the Mediterranean.
* ] – ]'s head is dedicated at ].
* ] – Swiss professional ] club ] is founded.
* ] – George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. of London publishes the first edition of ]'s '']''.
* ] – ] - ]: The Communist Chinese ] defeats the Japanese.
* ] – The last recorded ] dies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lairweb.org.nz/tiger/bali.html|title=The Balinese Tiger|author=Loadstar}}</ref>
* ] – Austrian born actress of Jewish descent, ] arrives in ] to flee from her possessive husband ] who made arms agreements with the Nazis, and to begin her Hollywood career.<ref>{{cite book|first=Stephen Michael|last=Shearer|year=2010|title=Beautiful: The Life of Hedy Lamarr|publisher=Thomas Dunne Books|pages=52–56|isbn=978-1-250-04183-8}}</ref>


===October===
{{Main|October 1937}}
* ] – The ] becomes law in the United States.
* ]–] – ]: Under the orders of President ], Dominican troops kill thousands of ] living in the ].
* ] – ]: Japanese troops advance toward ], capital of the ].
* ] – ] gives his famous '']'' in Chicago.
* ] – ] lands his plane on top of Devil's Mountain; however, the plane gets damaged, and he has to trek through the rainforest for help.
* ] – ]: The ] and ] of Windsor arrive in Berlin to begin a 12-day tour of Nazi Germany, meeting Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.
* ] – Germany, in a note to ], guarantees the inviolability and integrity of Belgium, so long as the latter abstains from military action against Germany.
* ] – ]'s novel '']'' is first published, in the United States.
* ]–] – ]: The whole Spanish northern seaboard falls into the Falangists' hands; ]an forces in ], Spain, set fire to petrol reserves, prior to retreating before the advancing ].
* ] – ]: ]' ]/] ] ] is re-elected with a slightly increased majority, defeating the ] led by ].
* ] – ] forms the new (ninth) government of Turkey.


===November===
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{{Main|November 1937}}
* ] – ]: In the ], ] holds a secret meeting and states his plans for acquiring "living space" for the German people (recorded in the ]).
* ] – Italy joins the ].
* ] – ]: Japanese troops take Shanghai.
* ] – Brazilian president ] announces the ] ("New State"), thence becoming ] of ] until ].
* ] – The Kogushi Sulfur Mine collapse, in western ], Japan, kills at least 245 people.


===December===
'''Births'''
{{Main|December 1937}}
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|image4 = Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Original Theatrical Trailer 2) 1937 (La Blancaneu).ogv
|footer = ]: ]'s '']'' is released, the world's first full-length animated feature film, the first Disney film, and the first film to feature a ]. The top image shows the ] singing "]" while walking on a ]. The second top image shows ] introducing the Seven Dwarfs in the trailer and the bottom images are the trailers.}}
* ] – ]: The ] begins.
* ] – '']'' ] is first published in Scotland; it continued until 2012 as a physical publication, then online until 2013.
* ] – Italy withdraws from the ].
* ]
** ]: Japanese bombers sink the American gunboat {{USS|Panay|PR-5|6}} on the ] in China; the United States accepts the Japanese statement that this was unintentional.
** ] makes a risqué guest appearance on ]'s '']'', which eventually results in her being banned from radio.
* ] – ]: The ] ends with the Japanese occupying the city. In the ] which follows, Japanese soldiers kill over 200,000 Chinese in 3 months. A few days previously, the ] of China had moved its capital to the southwestern city ].
* ] – The original production of the musical '']'' opens at the ], in London's ]. A later revival will win an award.
* ] – ]'s '']'', the world's first feature-length ] film, premieres at the ] in ].
* ] – At the age of 70, conductor ] conducts the ] on radio for the first time, beginning his successful 17-year tenure with that orchestra. This first concert consists of music by ] (at a time when he is seldom played), ], and ]. Millions tune in to listen, including U.S. President ].
* ] – The new ] (''Bunreacht na hÉireann'') comes into force. The ] becomes "]", and ] becomes the first ] (prime minister) of the new state. A ] (made up the Chief Justice, the Speaker of Dáil Éireann, and the President of the High Court) assumes the powers of the new presidency, pending the popular election of the first ] in June 1938. The new constitution prohibits ].


===Date unknown===
*] - ], Australian cricket player.
* Switzerland begins construction of its ] defences.
* The ] sugar plantation trade unions strike on ] island, Hawaii.
* Italian psychiatrist ] is the first to document a transorbital approach to the brain, which becomes the basis for the controversial medical procedure of ].
* ] industry produces about four times as much as it had in ].
* The Allen Organ Company, builder of church, home and theatre organs, is founded in Macungie, Pennsylvania.
* ] is abolished.


==Births==
*] - ], Dutch violinist/playwright.
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===January===
*] - ], Rector of Exeter College, Oxford University.
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* ] &ndash; ], South Sudanese pastor, former educator and politician<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.amnesty.org/es/documents/afr54/007/1992/es/ | title=Fear of torture | publisher=Amnesty International | date=25 February 1992 | accessdate=September 9, 2012}}</ref>
* ]
** ], Egyptian actress (d. ])
* ]
** ], African American opera singer (d. ])
** ], American actress, film director and screenwriter
* ]
** ], Italian singer, pianist and composer
** ], 36th Prime Minister of Finland (d. ])
* ] – Dame ], Welsh singer
* ] – ], ]
* ] – ], American child actress
* ] – ], American cardinal (d. ])
* ]
** ], Japanese gymnast (d. ])
** ], Northern Irish politician, ] laureate (d. ])
* ] – ] (d. ])
* ] – ], heir to the Bavarian Royal House
* ] – ], American author
* ] – ], 5th ] (d. ])
* ]
** ], British actress
** ], Russian chess grandmaster
* ]
** ], American composer
** ], American actress (d. ])


===February===
*] - ], West Indies cricket player.
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* ] – ], American rock and roll singer and musician (d. ])<ref>{{cite book | last = Marco | first = Guy | title = Encyclopedia of recorded sound in the United States | publisher = Garland Pub | location = New York | year = 1993 | isbn = 9780824047825 | page=253}}</ref>
* ]
** ], American musician, comedian (]) (d. ])
** ], Panamanian lawyer (d. ])
* ] – ], Norwegian biathlete
* ] – ], Belgian Olympic athlete<ref>{{cite book | last = Quercetani | first = Roberto | title = World History of Hurdle and Steeplechase Racing Men and Women | publisher = Gardners Books | location = City | year = 2009 | isbn = 9788895684291 | page=49}}</ref>
* ] – ], Chinese human rights activist (d. ])
* ] – ], African-American singer
* ] – ], Australian cricketer
* ] – ], American athlete (d. ])
* ] – ], 4th ] (d. ])
* ]
** ], German chemist and ] laureate
** ], African-American singer and actress (d. ])
* ]
** ], Australian runner (d. ])
** King ]<ref>{{cite book | last = Allison | first = Ronald | title = The Royal encyclopedia | publisher = Macmillan Press | location = London | year = 1991 | isbn = 9780333538104 | page=240}}</ref>
** ], English writer
* ] – Sir ], English actor


===March===
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]]]
]]]
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* ] – ], ] (d. ])
* ] – ], American child actor and voice actor (d. ])
* ]
** ], New Zealand cricketer
** ], Russian cosmonaut (d. ])
* ] – ], ]
* ] – ], Russian cosmonaut, first woman in space
* ] – ], 3rd ] (d. ])
* ] – ], Cuban welterweight boxer (d. ])
* ] – ], Russian writer (d. ])
* ]
** ], Soviet boxer (d. ])
** ], German road racing cyclist (d. ])
* ]
** ], German athlete
** ], British drag queen (d. ])
** ], German film actor (d. ])
* ] – ], American actor (d. ])
* ] – ], 4th Prime Minister of Barbados (d. ])
* ] – ], German prince (d. ])
* ]
** ], American farmer, businessman, brewer, and politician (d. ])
** ], 6th Prime Minister of Haiti (d. ])
* ] – ], American actor and director


===April===
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* ]
** ], Indian politician, 12th ]
** ], ] award-winning Kurdish film director, scenarist, actor, novelist and activist (d. ])
* ] – ], 6th Prime Minister of Swaziland (d. ])
* ]
** ], American attorney (d. ])
** ], American politician (d. ])
** ], 59th ]
* ]
** ], American country musician (d. ])
** ], African-American actor
* ] – ], Russian poet (d. ])
* ] – ], Austrian engineer, business magnate (d. ])
* ]
** ], Italian-born restaurateur (d. ])
** ], Filipino actor and politician, 13th ]
* ] – ], Japanese-American actor, director and author ('']'')
* ] – ], American film actor and director
* ]
** ], Russian basketball player (d. ])
** ], American jazz tenor saxophonist (d. ])
* ] – ], French racing driver (d. ])
* ] – ], American actress (d. ])
* ] – ], 5th ] (d. ])


===May===
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* ] – ], American actor, voice actor, writer, producer and musician (d. ])
* ] – ], American guitarist (d. ])
* ] – ], African-American boxer (d. ])
* ]
** ], Colombian justice, politician
** ], American writer
* ] – ], Spanish architect
* ] – ], Hungarian Olympic and world champion foil fencer
* ] – ], American stand-up comedian (d. ])
* ] – ], American writer (d. ])
* ]
** ], Czechoslovakian-born American politician and diplomat (d. ])<ref>{{cite web |title=Madeleine Albright obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/23/madeleine-albright-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=24 March 2022 |language=en |date=23 March 2022}}</ref>
** ], American singer, guitarist, and actor (d. ])
* ]
** ], American actress ('']'') (d. ])
** ], American economist, ] laureate
* ] – ], Luxembourg politician, 20th ]
* ]
** ], Cuban politician (d. ])<ref></ref>
** ], Georgian actress (d. ])
** ], ]
* ] – ], Argentine singer (d. ])


===June===
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* ]
** ], African-American actor
** ], Australian author (d. ])
** ], Italian footballer (d. ])
* ] – ], Estonian conductor
* ] – ], American astronaut (d. ])
* ] – ], Australian pathologist, recipient of the ] (d. ])
* ] – ], Soviet-Russian mathematician (d. ])
* ] – ], Indian computer scientist
* ] – ], American country singer (d. ])
* ]
** ], ] (1943–1946), 48th ] (2001–2005)
** ], American author, screenwriter, and educator (d. ])
* ]
** ], 6th and 8th ]
** ], Soviet cosmonaut
* ] – ], French philosopher, author (d. ])
* ] – ], 10th ], recipient of the ] (d. ])
* ]
** ], Emir of Kuwait (d. ])
** ], 54th ] (d. ])
* ] – ], American physicist, ] laureate (d. ])


===July===
'''Deaths'''
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* ] – ], American stock car racer, 7-time ] champion
* ]
** ], Algerian politician
** ], Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter
* ] – ]
* ] – ], Dutch road racing cyclist
* ]
** ], Russian pianist
** ], American actor (d. ])<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vigdor |first1=Neil |title=Ned Beatty, Actor Known for 'Network' and 'Deliverance,' Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/13/arts/ned-beatty-dead.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 June 2021 |date=2021-06-14}}</ref>
** ], 5th ] (d. ])
* ]
** ], Swedish rowing coxswain
** ], Japanese author, novelist
** ], Hong Kong businessman and politician
** ], Italian economist, sociologist and world-systems analyst (d. ])
* ] – ], English-born artist
* ]
** ], African-American actor, comedian, educator and convicted sex offender
** ], ]
* ] – ], 55th ]
* ] – ], Ugandan politician, businessman
* ]
** ], Polish-born chemist and ] laureate<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1981/hoffmann/biographical/|title=Roald Hoffmann - Biographical|website=nobelprize.org|access-date=June 2, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204142324/http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1981/hoffmann-autobio.html|archive-date=December 4, 2008|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
** ], American author and journalist (d. ])
* ] – ], British actress appeared in ] and ] (d. ])
* ] – ], Indian actor and director
* ] – ], 63rd Prime Minister of Serbia (d. ])
* ]
** ], 53rd ] (d. ])
** ], American economist and ] laureate


===August===
*] - ], horror writer.
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* ] – ], Mexican actress and singer
* ] – ], Spanish tennis player (d. ])
* ] – ], Santoméan politician, 1st ]
* ] – ], American jazz bassist (d. ])
* ]
** ], American actor, director ('']'')
** ], Singaporean politician
* ] – ], German cyclist (d. ])
* ] – ], 14th Prime Minister, 6th President of Laos
* ] – ], ]ian politician, former Prime Minister
* ]
** ], ] (d. ])<ref>{{cite web |last1=MacAskill |first1=Ewen |title=Donald Dewar |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2000/oct/11/scotlanddevolution.devolution7 |website=The Guardian |access-date=16 February 2023 |date=11 October 2000 |archive-date=9 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509053911/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2000/oct/11/scotlanddevolution.devolution7 |url-status=live}}</ref>
** ], ] (d. ])
* ]
** ], Indonesian actress and singer (d. ])<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://en.tempo.co/read/1605006/indonesias-veteran-actress-rima-melati-passes-away-at-84|title=Indonesia's Veteran Actress Rima Melati Passes Away at 84|first=Laila|last=Afifa|date=June 23, 2022|website=Tempo}}</ref>
** ], Italian Olympic boxer
* ] – ], former Soviet leader (d. ])
* ] – ], African-American jazz harpist, organist, pianist and composer (d. ])
* ] – ], New Zealand founder of McLaren Racing (d. ])<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Automobile Quarterly|title=Bruce McLaren|volume=40|issue=4|year=2000|page=72}}</ref>


===September===
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* ] – ], Portuguese politician, 111th ]
* ] – ], Australian swimmer
* ] – ], Italian-Argentine footballer (d. ])
* ] – ], American Actress, Comedienne and singer
* ] – ], American actor (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Venezuelan politician, lawyer and diplomat (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], American geographer, anthropologist, and author
* ] – ], Italian-born Queen of the Belgians
* ] – ], ] politician, 5th ] (d. ])
* ]
** ], American economist and ] laureate (d. ])
** ], Argentine politician, 43rd ] (d. ])
* ] – ], Swedish singer and actress (d. ])
* ] – ], American film producer and talent agent (d. ])
* ] – ], American Olympic athlete (d. ])
* ] – ], Brazilian film producer, director, actor, and screenwriter


===October===
]]]
]]]
* ] – ], African-American attorney (d. ])
* ]
** ], English author (d. ])
** ], 19th ]
* ] – ], English footballer (d. ])
* ] – ], Polish Olympic athlete (d. ])
* ] – ], American singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist
* ] – ], French film and theatre actress (d. ])
* ] – ], Afghan-born Indian-Canadian film actor, screenwriter, comedian, and director (d. ])
* ] – ], American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite book | last = LaBlanc | first = Michael | title = Professional sports team histories | publisher = Gale Research | location = Detroit | year = 1994 | isbn = 9780810388604 | page=129}}</ref>
* ] – ], Malaysian spiritual leader (d. ])
* ] – ], American folk singer, songwriter


===November===
'''Events'''
]]]
* ] – ], American actress ('']'')
* ] – ], third ]
* ] – ], Serbian footballer and manager (d. ])
* ] – ], African-American R&B singer (d. ])
* ] – ], English comedian, writer and actor (d. ])
* ] – ], Finnish Olympic cross-country skier (d. ])
* ]
** ], Polish-born British actress (d. ])
** ], American actress, producer and social activist ('']'')
**], Hungarian film director (d. ])
* ] – ], Kazakh economist and politician (d. ])
* ] – ], Russian cosmonaut (d. ])
* ] – ], British film director, producer


===December===
*] - A sit-down strike ends when ] recognises the ]
]]]
]]]
]]]
* ] – ], ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Vaira Vike-Freiberga |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/vaira-vike-freiberga |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=28 July 2021 |language=en |date=25 February 2020}}</ref>
* ] – ], 1st President of East Timor (d. ])
* ] – ], Spanish artist
* ]
** ], American actor (d. ])
** ], Norwegian mountaineer, businessman (d. ])
* ]
** ], American singer
** ], 24th Governor-General of Australia (d. ])
* ] – ], Mexican actor (d. ])
* ] – ], Pakistani cleric, politician (d. ])
* ] – ], American actress and activist<ref>{{cite web |title=Jane Fonda |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/jane-fonda |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=26 July 2021 |language=en |date=25 March 2020}}</ref>
* ] – ], English-born mathematician (d. ])
* ] – ], Indian industrialist (d. ])
* ] – ], ] (1978–2008)
* ] – ], English footballer (d. ])
* ]
** ], Israeli biologist, recipient of the ]
** ], Welsh actor
** ], Serbian footballer (d. ])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nova.rs/sport/fudbal/velika-tuga-preminuo-legendarni-golman-partizana/|title=Velika tuga: Preminuo legendarni Milutin Šoškić|date=August 27, 2022|website=NOVA portal}}</ref>


==Deaths==
*] starts in ] with invasions by ]


===January===
* ] last known to be worn in public
]]]
* ]
** ], Indian spiritual teacher (b. ])
** ], American ] theologian (b. ])
* ] – ], American actor (b. ])
* ]
** ], Brazilian poet (b. ])
** ], Finnish general of ] (b. ])
* ]
** ], Canadian religious leader, saint (b. ])
** ], American admiral (b. ])
* ] – ], American adventurer, documentary filmmaker (plane crash) (b. ])
* ]
** ], Italian chemist (b. ])
** ], French scholar (b. ])
* ] – ], Soviet statesman (b. ])
* ] – ], Polish film director (b. ])
* ] – ], Spanish ] religious professed and saint (executed) (b. ])
* ]
** ], Iraqi politician and 4th ] (b. ])
** ], Canadian actress (b. ])
* ] – ], Italian physicist, politician (b. ])


===February===
* ] - In United States, the German airship ] bursts into flame when mooring to a mast in Lakehurst.
]]]
* ] – ], Japanese diplomat, politician (b. ])
* ] – ], Austrian politician, worker (b. ])
* ]
** ], Russian-born writer (b. ])
** ], Italian revolutionary hero (b. ])
* ] – ], American statesman, diplomat and ] recipient (b. ])
* ]
** ], American architect, town planner (b. ])
** ], Russian general (b. ])
** ], Mexican ] nun and venerable (b. ])
** ], Mexican priest, martyr and saint (b. ])
* ]
** ], Spanish ] priest, saint and martyr (killed in battle) (b. ])
** ], Finnish composer (b. ])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fennicagehrman.fi/composers-works/melartin-erkki/|title=Melartin, Erkki (1875-1937): Fennica Gehrman - Finnish sheet music|website=www.fennicagehrman.fi}}</ref>
* ] – ], English actor (b. ])
* ] – ], Uruguayan writer (b. ])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Horacio-Quiroga|title=Horacio Quiroga &#124; Biography, Books, & Facts &#124; Britannica|website=www.britannica.com|date=April 3, 2024 }}</ref>
* ] – ], British army general and colonial administrator (b.])
* ]
** ], Soviet scientist, botanist (b. ])
** ], Ethiopian military commander (b. ])
** ], British actor (b. ])
* ]
** ], British politician (b. ])
** ], Irish poet (killed in battle) (b. ])


===March===
]]]
]]]
]]]
]]]
* ] – ], American politician (b. ])
* ] – ], Mexican ] mystic and blessed (b. ])
* ]
** ], Soviet politician, activist (b. ])
** ], Canadian ice hockey player (b. ])
* ] – ], American critic, essayist (b. ])
* ] – ], American oil industrialist, founder of '']'' (b. ])
* ]
** ], Hungarian composer, violinist (b. ])
** ], French organist, composer (b. ])
* ] – ], English-American engineer and inventor, co-founder of ] (b. ])
* ] – ], American writer (b. ])
* ] – ], British statesman, ] recipient (b. ])
* ]
** ], French composer (b. ])
** ], German general (b. ])
** ], Argentine dramatist (b. ])
* ]
** ], French writer, poet and playwright (b. ])
** ], English golf professional (b. ])
* ]
** ], Danish composer (b. ])
** ], British military officer (b. ])
** ], Soviet actor (b. ])
** ], British aviator, ornithologist (plane crash) (b. ])
* ] – ], British poet, dramatist (b. ])
* ] – ], Swedish chemist (b. ])
* ] – ], Czechoslovak organist, violinist and composer (b. ])
* ]
** ], Soviet pianist, composer (b. ])
** ], Polish composer (b. ])
** ], Korean novelist (b. ])
* ] – ], Turkish general (b. ])


===April===
]]]
]]]
* ] – ], Austrian writer, journalist (b. ])
* ]
** Sultan ] (b. ])
** ], Italian ] nun and blessed (b. ])
* ] – ], Spanish painter (b. ])
* ] – ], Hungarian poet (b. ])
* ] – ], American actress (b. ])
* ] – ], English association footballer (b. ])
* ]
** ], American film director (b. ])
** ], Indian sociologist, historian (b. ])
* ] – ], American baseball manager, ]r (b. ])
* ] – ], American military engineer, politician and 3rd ] (b. ])
* ]
** ], British art critic, mountaineer (b. ])
** ], American entomologist (b. ])
* ]
** ], French journalist (b. ])
** ], Czech sculptor (b. ])
* ] – ], Finnish poet (b. ])
* ] – ], Armenian-American actor (b. ])
* ] – ], American actress (b. ])
* ] – ], British actress (b. ])
* ] – ], Polish rebel (b. ])
* ] – ], Italian Communist writer, politician (b. ])
* ]
** ], American chemist, inventor of nylon (b. ])
** ], American actor (b. ])


===May===
''']'''
]]]
]]]
]]]
* ]
** ], Hungarian actor (b. ])
** ], Irish composer (b. ])
* ] – ], Japanese meteorologist (b. ])
* ] – ], Brazilian songwriter (b. ])
* ]
** ], Italian philosopher, anarchist (b. ])
** ], American horseman (b. ])
* ] – ], German captain of the '']'' (b. ])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19620505&id=RBgfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HJoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7297,712296|title=The Day the Angels Lost Their Grip|author=Moody, Sid|date=6 May 1962|page=6|publisher=Tuscaloosa News|access-date=23 February 2014}}</ref>
* ]
** ], American architect (b. ])
** ], Canadian politician (b. ])
* ] – ], British politician (b. ])
* ]
** ], Portuguese lawyer, professor, politician and 3-time ] (b. ])
** ], American tennis champion (b. ])
* ] – ], American politician (b. ])
* ] – ], American industrialist, philanthropist (b. ])
* ]
** ], Spanish physician (b. ])
** ], Australian architect (b. ])
* ] – ], American artist (b. ])
* ] – ], Canadian opera singer (b. ])
* ] – ], Austrian psychologist (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], 17th ] (b. ])


===June===
*] - ], ]
]]]
]]]
]]]
* ] – ], French composer (b. ])
* ]
** ], Swedish public servant, politician (b. ])
** ], Spanish Nationalist commander (plane crash) (b. ])
* ]
** ], French theologian (b. ])
** ], mother of ], ] (b. ])
* ] – ], American actress (b. ])
* ]
** ], American activist (b. ])
** ], Canadian lawyer, politician and 8th ] (b. ])
** ], American actor (b. ])
* ] – ], Soviet Army officer, Red Army commander-in-chief and military theoretician (executed) (b. ])
* ] – ], ] (b. ])
* ]
** ], French painter (b. ])
** ], 60th ], 13th ] (b. ])
* ] – ], British novelist, dramatist (b. ])
* ] – ], Spanish politician (b. ])
* ]
** ], British actor (b. ])
** ], American opera singer (b. ])
* ] – ], Japanese actor, director and screenwriter (b. ])
* ] – ], Soviet director (b. ])
* ] – ], Austrian Marxist theorist (b. ])


===July===
*] - ], ]
]]]
]]]
]]]
]]]
* ]
** ], Soviet general (b. ])
** ], Soviet ] (b. ])
* ] – ], American aviator (missing on this date) (b. ])
* ] – ], Soviet general (b. ])
* ]
** ], Soviet poet (b. ])
** ], Italian opera singer (b. ])
* ] – ], Swedish diplomat, lawyer (b. ])
* ] – ], Armenian diplomat (b. ])
* ] – ], American labor organizer, Army officer (killed in Spanish Civil War) (b. ])
* ] – ], American professor and museum curator (b. ])
* ]
** ], American composer (b. ])
** ], American writer (b. ])
* ] – ], British politician, public servant (b. ])
* ]
** ], Soviet painter (b. ])
** ], French architect (b. ])
* ]
** ], American businessman, politician (b. ])
** ], American politician (b. ])
* ] – ], American painter (b. ])
* ] – ], Soviet poet (b. ])
* ]
** ], Finnish feminist activist, politician (b. ])
** ], British archaeologist (b. ])
* ]
** ], British poet (killed in Spanish Civil War) (b. ])
** ], Soviet historian, jurist and politician (b. ])
* ] – ], Italian-born American inventor (b. ])
* ]
** ], American ] priest and reverend (b. ])
** ], Soviet poet (b. ])
* ] – ] (b. ])
* ] – ], Soviet producer (b. ])


===August===
*] - ]
]]]
]]]
* ] – ], French aviator (b. ])
* ]
** ], Portuguese poet (b. ])
** ], German-British philosopher (b. ])
* ] – ], Czechoslovakian poet, writer and politician (b. ])
* ] – ], Korean actor, director and screenwriter (b. ])
* ] – ], American writer (b. ])
* ] – ], Soviet aircraft pilot (b. ])
* ]
** ], Russian ] priest, missionary and saint (b. ])
** ], Japanese army officer (b. ])
** ], Russian novelist, writer (b. ])
* ]
** ], American entrepreneur (b. ])
** ], Russian political military figure (b. ])
* ] – ], British politician (b. ])
* ]
** ], Greek journalist, author (b. ])
** ], American banker, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (b. ])
* ]
** ], Italian cardinal (b. ])
** ], Portuguese general (b. ])
*] – ], British socialite (b. ])


===September===
*] - ]
]]]
]]]
]]]
* ]
** ], Indian revolutionary hero (b. ])
** ], 2nd ] (b. ])<ref>{{cite web |title=Pierre, baron de Coubertin {{!}} Biography, Olympics, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pierre-baron-de-Coubertin |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=15 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* ] – ], French painter (b. ])
* ]
** ], Canadian politician (b. ])
** ], Uruguayan lawyer, soldier and 25th ] (b. ])
* ] – ], American bacteriologist (b. ])
* ] – ], British civil servant, commissioner (b. ])
* ] – ], American actor (b. ])
* ]
** ], Russian general (b. ])
** ], Hungarian doctor, entomologist (b. ])
* ] – ], Turkish painter (b. ])
* ] – ], American humorist (b. ])
* ] – ], Czechoslovakian politician, sociologist, philosopher and 1st ] (b. ])
* ]
** ], Danish sculptor (b. ])
** ], British actor (b. ])
* ]
** ], Polish socialist, communist activist (b. ])
** ], Soviet revolutionary hero, diplomat (b. ])
* ] – ], 18th and 26th ] (b. ])
* ] – ], American actress (b. ])
* ]
** ], African-American blues singer (b. ])
** ], ] businessman, ] (b. ])
* ] – ], Kazakh statesman, politician, publicist, teacher, writer and Prime Minister of ] (b. ])
* ] – ], American Olympic athlete (b. ])


===October===
*] - ]
]]]
]]]
]]]
* ] – ] of ] (b. ])
* ] – ], Australian Army general, politician, and diplomat (b. ])<ref>{{Dictionary of Australian Biography| First=Granville| Last=Ryrie| shortlink=0-dict-biogR.html#ryrie1| access-date=2008-11-01}}</ref>
* ]
** ], American aviator pioneer (b. ])
** ], German zoologist (b. ])
* ] – ], Italian actor (b. ])
* ] - ], Afghan revolutionary war hero (b. ])
* ]
** ], Flemish composer (b. ])
** ], German prince (b. ])
* ] – ], Soviet ], martyr and metropolitan (b. ])
* ] – ], American physician, club-woman, and newspaperwoman (b. ])
* ] – ], Polish traveller (b. ])
* ]
**], Spanish general and politician (b. ])
**], Italian ] priest and venerable (b. ])
* ] – ], American actor (b. ])
* ]
** ], French writer (b. ])
** ], English chemist and statistician (b. ])<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&issn=09759727&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA457082346&sid=googleScholar&linkaccess=abs|title=From a brewer to the faraday of statistics: William Sealy Gosset|first=Abhay|last=Mane|date=July 1, 2016|journal=Muller Journal of Medical Sciences and Research|volume=7|issue=2|pages=147|doi=10.4103/0975-9727.185019 |s2cid=77720857 |via=go.gale.com|doi-access=free}}</ref>
* ]
** ], English businessman (b. ])
** ], Brazilian painter, illustrator (b. ])
* ]
** ], Argentine physician (b. ])
** ], New Zealand physicist, ] recipient (b. ])
* ] – ], Russian poet (b. ])
* ] – ], Polish general (b. ])
* ]
** ], French painter (b. ])
** ], Indian classical singer (b. ])
* ] – ], Polish-born Soviet politician (b. ])
* ]
** ], Soviet politician (b. ])
** ], Soviet politician (b. ])


===November===
]]]
]]]
]]]
]]]
* ] – ], Norwegian general (b. ])
* ] – ], French philologist (b. ])
* ]
** ], British politician (b. ])
** ], Australian neurologist (b. ])
** ], Austrian pathologist (b. ])
** ], Swiss physician, botanist (b. ])
* ] – ], Japanese Christian socialist (b. ])
* ] – ], British stage actor (b. ])
* ] – ], Belgian-born French playwright (b. ])
* ] – ], British statesman, 2-time ] (b. ])
* ] – ], Soviet actor (b. ])
* ] – ], Japanese admiral (b. ])
* ] – ], American actress (b. ])
* ] – ], Finnish realist painter (b. ])
* ]
** ], Canadian politician (b. ])
** ], wife of ], and sister of ] (b. ])
* ] – ], Australian cricketer, coach (b. ])
* ] – ] of the ] (b. ])
* ]
** ], Hungarian-born Yugoslav poet (b. ])
** ], Indian physicist (b. ])
** ], Belgian naturalist (b. ])
* ]
** ], Russian ], religious philosopher and saint (b. ])
** ], Italian mathematician (b. ])
** ], American admiral, engineer and second Director of the ] (b. ])
* ] – ], Mongolian political figure, 9th ] and 2nd ] (b. ])
* ]
** ], ] (b. ])
** ], Finnish Communist leader, activist (b. ])
** ], 22nd ] (b. ])
** ], Soviet ], metropolitan (b. ])
** ], German physician (b. ])
* ] – ], Icelandic politician, 3rd ] (b. ])


===December===
]]]
]]]
]]]
* ] – ], Chinese general of the ] (b. ])
* ] – ], Andorran astronomer (b. ])
* ]
** ], Hungarian poet (b. ])
** ], Belgian politician, 26th ] (b. ])
** ], Chinese flying ace (b. 1914)
* ]
** ], American actor (b. ])
** ], Indian politician and educationist (b. ])
* ]
** ], Czech-Austrian botanist (b. ])
** ], Kazakh poet, politician, turkologist (b. ])
* ]
** ], British phonetician (b. ])
** ], Swedish physicist, ] laureate (b. ])
* ] – ], British actor (b. ])
* ] – ], German actor (b. ])
* ] – ], Filipino painter (b. ])
* ] – ], Soviet general (b. ])
* ] – ], Romanian physician, naturalist and physiologist (b. ])
* ] – ], American politician (b. ])
* ] – ], German general (b. ])
* ]
** ], Soviet composer (b. ])
** ], American actor (b. ])
** ], ], ] recipient (b. ])
* ] – ], British jumper (b. ])
* ] – ], Bosnian writer (b. ])
* ] – ], 37th ], ] (b. ])
* ]
** ], British army officer and sportsman (b. ])
** ], American politician and member of the ] from 1919 to 1921 (b. ])
* ]
** ], Scottish Rugby Union international player, grandfather of ] (b. ])
** ], French composer ('']'') (b. ])
** ], New Zealand scientist (b. ])
* ]
** ], Norwegian jurist (b. ])
** ], American poet (b. ])<ref>{{cite web |title=Don Marquis {{!}} American writer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Don-Marquis |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=24 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* ] – ], Danish businessman, founder of the ] (b. ])
* ] – ], Hungarian painter (b. ])


==Nobel Prizes==
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* ] – ], ]
* ] – ], ]
* ] – ]
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==References==
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==Links==
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* – from American Studies Programs at The University of Virginia

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This article is about the year 1937. For the 2005 EP by Soul-Junk, see 1937 (EP).
1937
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Calendar year
Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1937 by topic
Subject
By country
Lists of leaders
Birth and death categories
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Works category
1937 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1937
MCMXXXVII
Ab urbe condita2690
Armenian calendar1386
ԹՎ ՌՅՁԶ
Assyrian calendar6687
Baháʼí calendar93–94
Balinese saka calendar1858–1859
Bengali calendar1343–1344
Berber calendar2887
British Regnal year1 Geo. 6 – 2 Geo. 6
Buddhist calendar2481
Burmese calendar1299
Byzantine calendar7445–7446
Chinese calendar丙子年 (Fire Rat)
4634 or 4427
    — to —
丁丑年 (Fire Ox)
4635 or 4428
Coptic calendar1653–1654
Discordian calendar3103
Ethiopian calendar1929–1930
Hebrew calendar5697–5698
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1993–1994
 - Shaka Samvat1858–1859
 - Kali Yuga5037–5038
Holocene calendar11937
Igbo calendar937–938
Iranian calendar1315–1316
Islamic calendar1355–1356
Japanese calendarShōwa 12
(昭和１２年)
Javanese calendar1867–1868
Juche calendar26
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4270
Minguo calendarROC 26
民國26年
Nanakshahi calendar469
Thai solar calendar2479–2480
Tibetan calendar阳火鼠年
(male Fire-Rat)
2063 or 1682 or 910
    — to —
阴火牛年
(female Fire-Ox)
2064 or 1683 or 911

1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1937th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 937th year of the 2nd millennium, the 37th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1930s decade.

Calendar year

Events

January

Main article: January 1937
January 19: Howard Hughes sets record.
The Second Moscow Trial

February

Main article: February 1937

March

Main article: March 1937

April

Main article: April 1937

May

Main article: May 1937
May 6: The Hindenburg disaster occurs.
May 27: The Golden Gate Bridge opens.

June

Main article: June 1937

July

Main article: July 1937
July 2: Amelia Earhart disappears from New Guinea.
July 9: The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.

August

Main article: August 1937

September

Main article: September 1937
September 17: Lincoln's head is dedicated at Mount Rushmore.

October

Main article: October 1937

November

Main article: November 1937

December

Main article: December 1937 December 21: Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is released, the world's first full-length animated feature film, the first Disney film, and the first film to feature a Disney Princess. The top image shows the Seven Dwarfs singing "Heigh-Ho" while walking on a log. The second top image shows Walt Disney introducing the Seven Dwarfs in the trailer and the bottom images are the trailers.

Date unknown

  • Switzerland begins construction of its Border Line defences.
  • The Vibora Luviminda sugar plantation trade unions strike on Maui island, Hawaii.
  • Italian psychiatrist Amarro Fiamberti is the first to document a transorbital approach to the brain, which becomes the basis for the controversial medical procedure of transorbital lobotomy.
  • Soviet industry produces about four times as much as it had in 1928.
  • The Allen Organ Company, builder of church, home and theatre organs, is founded in Macungie, Pennsylvania.
  • Slavery in Bahrain is abolished.

Births

Births
January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December

January

Shirley Bassey
Nadia Lutfi
John Hume
Vanessa Redgrave

February

Rupiah Banda
Harald V of Norway

March

Olusegun Obasanjo
Benny Paret
Warren Beatty
Valentina Tereshkova

April

Billy Dee Williams
Joseph Estrada
Jack Nicholson
Saddam Hussein

May

George Carlin
Yvonne Craig
Mengistu Haile Mariam

June

Morgan Freeman
Simeon II
Martti Ahtisaari

July

Queen Sonja of Norway
Lionel Jospin
Ryutaro Hashimoto

August

Manuel Pinto da Costa
Dustin Hoffman

September

Francisco Pinto Balsemão
Fernando de la Rúa

October

Jackie Collins
Bobby Charlton

November

Sir Ridley Scott

December

Jane Fonda
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
Sir Anthony Hopkins

Deaths

January

Saint André Bessette

February

George Hassell

March

Blessed Concepcion Cabrera de Armida
H. P. Lovecraft
Sultan Abd al-Hafid of Morocco
Lucy Beaumont

April

Noel Rosa
Afonso Costa

May

John D. Rockefeller
Lizardo García
Jean Harlow

June

Robert Laird Borden
Gaston Doumergue
J. M. Barrie

July

George Gershwin
Guglielmo Marconi
Reverend Nazzareno Formosa
Varnava, Serbian Patriarch

August

Saint Alexander Hotovitzky
Pierre de Coubertin

September

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
Bessie Smith
Ray Ewry

October

Prince Kuni Taka
Metropolitan Peter of Krutitsy
Ernest Rutherford

November

Ramsay MacDonald
Princess Cecilie
Saint Aleksandr Glagolev
Peljidiin Genden

December

Prosper Poullet
Dimitrie Călugăreanu
Maurice Ravel

Nobel Prizes

References

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