1937

Year 1937 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the.

January

 * - becomes.
 * - First in,.
 * - The first issue of  magazine goes on sale in the United States.
 * - sets a new air record by flying from  to  in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.
 * - Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes swears in  for a second term.  This is the first time  in the  occurred on that date. It has occurred on January 20 ever since.
 * - In, 17 leading s go on trial accused of participating in a plot led by to overthrow 's regime and assassinate its leaders.
 * - celebrates its  Anniversary of statehood.
 * - floods
 * - 31 people executed in the for ""

February

 * - Airliner VH-UHH, Stinson, goes down over Lamington National Park, Bound for Sydney, killing five.
 * -  proposes a plan to enlarge the.
 * - Falangist troops take
 * - A sit-down strike ends when recognizes the
 * - receives a  for.
 * - 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. The Italian security guard fire into the crowd of Ethiopian onlookers, and over the passing weeks indiscriminately slaughter native Ethiopians in reprisal.
 * - Initial flight of the first successful, 's ; the  ban on foreign nationals fighting in the.
 * - Initial flight of the first successful, 's ; the  ban on foreign nationals fighting in the.

March

 * March - The first issue of the  is published in the United States. Twenty-seven issues later, Detective Comics would introduce . The comic would go on to become the longest continually-published comic magazine in American history; it is still published as of 2007.
 * - The Encyclical  of pope is published in Nazi Germany
 * - released. Private investigator 's report detailing vice and police corruption in San Francisco.
 * In the worst school disaster in American history in terms of lives lost, the in  suffers a catastrophic  explosion, killing in excess of three hundred students and teachers.
 * opens one day early in in response to the.
 * In  erect a statue of the.
 * becomes the first African-American appointed to federal judgeship.
 * In  erect a statue of the.
 * becomes the first African-American appointed to federal judgeship.

April

 * - becomes a British.
 * - The  arrives at in  - it is the first ese-built aircraft to fly to.
 * - The rules the  is constitutional in .
 * - Release of the animated short , directed by for the  series, featuring the debut of.
 * - 17 students die and 50 are injured in, , after a cinefilm takes fire in an elementary school.
 * - :, is bombed. In his report of the  attack on , British journalist  reports that he had found  bomb casings, connecting  planes with the attack.

May

 * May - 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.
 * - in ,
 * - In United States, the German airship bursts into flame when mooring to a mast in.
 * - : The, equipped with  biplanes, arrives in  to assist 's forces.
 * - Coronation of and  takes place at,.
 * - Canadian writer Roch Carrier is born in Sainte-Justine, Quebec.
 * - a becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the  of the.
 * May 21 - As one of the reprisals for the attempted assassination of viceroy, a detachment of Italian troops massacre the entire community of . 297 monks and 23 laymen are killed.
 * - In, the opens to pedestrian traffic creating a vital link between  and . The next day, President  pushes a button in  signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the Golden Gate Bridge.
 * - becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain.

June

 * - and the former  marry.
 * First total to exceed 7 minutes of totality in over 800 years; visible in the Pacific and Peru.
 * Premiere of 's Carmina Burana
 * - becomes the first (and only) of the  to celebrate  officially as a.
 * - of  resigns in.
 * June/July - Dáil Éireann debates and passes the draft new constitution of Éire, to be called . The new constitution is then submitted for public approval by plebiscite.
 * June/July - Dáil Éireann debates and passes the draft new constitution of Éire, to be called . The new constitution is then submitted for public approval by plebiscite.

July

 * arrests priest.
 * In a referendum the people of the accept the new Constitution by 685,105 votes to 527,945.
 * - and navigator  disappear over  during Earhart's attempt to become the first woman to fly around the world.
 * - Highest recorded temperature in, at : 45°C.
 * - : - ese forces invade . Often seen as the beginning of  in
 * - The was opened.
 * - elected president of
 * - : The votes down President 's proposal to add more justices to the.
 * - drops  charges against the so-called "."
 * - attempts bombing assassination against  in.
 * - attempts bombing assassination against  in.

August

 * - commences one of the largest campaigns of, to "eliminate anti-Soviet element".  Within the following year, at least 724,000 people were killed on order of s, many of them chosen for shooting by their ethnicity.
 * - Falangist artillery bombards.
 * - The first international 2 vs 2  in
 * - - Japanese aircraft attack the car carrying the ambassador of  during a raid on.

September

 * - kills an estimated 11,000 persons.
 * - : The fall of.
 * - George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. of London published the first edition of .
 * - launches a half-hour radio program featuring the announcer for its "Detective Stories" radio show, , with  in the title role.
 * - The last dies.
 * - The last dies.

October

 * in USA.
 * associate justice, in a nationwide radio broadcast, refutes allegations of past involvement in the.
 * - Japanese troops advance toward.
 * - gives his famous "" in.
 * - 's novel  is first published.
 * The whole Spanish northern seaboard in the Falangists' hands.
 * elected president of.
 * - -  forces in, , set fire to petrol reserves before they retreat before the advancing.
 * elected president of.
 * - -  forces in, , set fire to petrol reserves before they retreat before the advancing.

November

 * - Massacre of Republican supporters in, near . Possibly 35,000 executed.
 * In the, holds a secret meeting and states his plans for acquiring "living space" for the  people.
 * - ese troops take.
 * - ese troops take.

December

 * -, the world's longest running , is first published.
 * makes a risque guest appearance on the Chase and Sanborn Hour that eventually results in her being banned from radio.
 * - ends and the  begins. Japanese troops would slaughter over 250,000 civilians and prisoners over three months.
 * - 's , the first feature-length, opens and becomes a smash hit.
 * - conducts the  on  for the first time, beginning his successful 17-year tenure with that orchestra. Millions tune in to listen, including U.S. President.
 * - New Irish Constitution, comes into force. The  becomes .  becomes the first  (prime minister) of the new state. A  (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.
 * - conducts the  on  for the first time, beginning his successful 17-year tenure with that orchestra. Millions tune in to listen, including U.S. President.
 * - New Irish Constitution, comes into force. The  becomes .  becomes the first  (prime minister) of the new state. A  (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 constitution bans.
 * joins.
 * The (now the NHBC) was formed in the.
 * lands his plane on top of Devil's Mountain however the plane gets damaged and he has to trek through the rainforest for help.

Ongoing

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January-February

 * -, British actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, American mathematician
 * -, Welsh singer
 * -, American economist
 * -, English cricketer
 * -, American actress
 * -, Northern Irish politician, recipient of the in
 * -, heir to Bavarian Royal House
 * -, American author
 * -, English pianist (d. )
 * , English actress
 * , Russian chess player
 * , American actress
 * , American composer
 * , American comedian
 * , American musician
 * , American musician and comedian
 * , American musician (d. )
 * -, German actor and singer
 * -, American ist
 * -, American soul singer
 * -, Australian cricketer
 * -, American athlete
 * , German chemist, laureate
 * , American race car driver
 * , American singer and actress
 * - King
 * -, English actor
 * , German chemist, laureate
 * , American race car driver
 * , American singer and actress
 * - King
 * -, English actor

March-April

 * , New Zealand cricketer
 * , American President of the Council on Foreign Relations
 * , Russian cosmonaut (d. )
 * , French jazz saxophonist (d. )
 * -, cosmonaut
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American comedian
 * -, American musician
 * -, German athlete
 * -, American race car driver
 * -, American painter
 * -, American actor and director
 * , American musician
 * , American actor
 * -, Missing Australian woman
 * -, Russian poet
 * -, American actor
 * -, British architect of Czech origin
 * -, American actor
 * -, Directror of the Iraqi Intelligence Service
 * -, Northern Irish clergyman
 * -, (d. )
 * -, English novelist
 * -, Directror of the Iraqi Intelligence Service
 * -, Northern Irish clergyman
 * -, (d. )
 * -, English novelist

May-June

 * -, British actor
 * , American musician
 * , German football player
 * -, jazz musician
 * -, American boxer
 * , American writer
 * , Colombian justice and politician.
 * -, American comedian
 * , Canadian writer
 * , American writer (d. )
 * , English inventor
 * , American musician
 * , Luxembourg politician,
 * -, American actor
 * -, U.S. Congressman from Texas
 * -, American professional wrestler and announcer (d. )
 * -, Estonian conductor
 * -, German biologist
 * -, Italian actress
 * -, Australian pathologist, recipient of the
 * , American country singer (d. )
 * , British Trotskyist activist
 * , American football player
 * , cosmonaut
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American physicist, laureate
 * -, baseball umpire and writer (d. )
 * , American country singer (d. )
 * , British Trotskyist activist
 * , American football player
 * , cosmonaut
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American physicist, laureate
 * -, baseball umpire and writer (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American physicist, laureate
 * -, baseball umpire and writer (d. )

July-August

 * -, Queen of Norway and wife to King.
 * , Russian pianist
 * , American actor
 * -, Hong Kong administrator
 * -, English-born artist
 * , American actor and comedian
 * -, Japanese politician
 * -, Polish-born chemist, laureate
 * -, American author and journalist (d. )
 * -, Japanese actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, American economist, laureate
 * -, American musician
 * -, American hockey coach (d. )
 * -, English actress
 * -, American actor
 * -, Canadian politician
 * , English comedian and cartoonist (d. )
 * , ian politician and former Prime Minister.
 * -, English stand-up comedian and TV personality
 * , (d. )
 * , American novelist
 * -, Governor of New Jersey
 * -, American ian/
 * , (d. )
 * , American novelist
 * -, Governor of New Jersey
 * -, American ian/
 * -, American ian/

September-October

 * , Australian swimmer
 * , Estonian actor and director (d. )
 * -, Turkish film actor
 * -, American economist, laureate
 * - birth of, broadcaster (retired), poet and translator.
 * -, American football player
 * -, American television announcer (d. )
 * -, American attorney (d. )
 * -, American football coach
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American football coach
 * -, English footballer

November-December

 * - American Country Music singer/songwriter born James William Anderson III
 * -, lead vocalist for
 * -, Canadian politician and diplomat
 * -, American actor
 * -, British journalist
 * -, Canadian politician and diplomat
 * -, American actor
 * -, English comedian and writer (d. )
 * -, cosmonaut
 * -, American actor
 * -, American race car driver
 * -, Norwegian mountaineer and businessman (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American writer
 * -, original novelist (d. )
 * -, Australian businessman (d. )
 * -, American actress and social activist
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Indian industrialist
 * , English footballer
 * , American musician and composer (d. )
 * , American football player
 * , American singer
 * , Israeli biologist, recipient of the
 * , Welsh actor
 * , Israeli biologist, recipient of the
 * , Welsh actor
 * , Welsh actor

January - June

 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Canadian religious leader (b. )
 * -, Canadian actress (b. )
 * -, Russian-born writer (b. )
 * -, American statesman and diplomat, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, American architect and town planner (b. )
 * -, Irish poet (b.)
 * -, American critic and essayist (b. )
 * -, American oil industrialist, founder of (b. )
 * -, French organist and composer (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, English statesman, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, English Golf Professional (b. )
 * -, British military officer (b. )
 * -, Polish composer (b. )
 * -, British art critic and mountaineer (b. )
 * -, Finnish poet (b. )
 * -, Polish rebel (b. )
 * -, Brazilian songwriter (b. )
 * -, American industrialist and philanthropist (b. )
 * -, Austrian psychologist (b. )
 * -, American film actress (b. )
 * -, eighth (b. )
 * -, Scottish novelist and dramatist (b. )

July - December

 * -, American labor organizer and Army officer (killed in battle) (b. )
 * -, American composer (b. )
 * -, Italian inventor (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, French founder of the modern Olympic Games (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * -, American athlete (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, New Zealand physicist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, Polish general (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Australian cricketer and coach (b. )
 * -, Indian physicist (b. )
 * -, Belgian naturalist (b. )
 * -, Swedish physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, German general (b. )
 * -, , recipient of the (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )