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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 January 2025. 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: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1910s 1920s ...
June 20 – The first transpolar flight in history successfully arrives at Vancouver, Washington. June 24 – The U.S. Navy's first two fast battleships , North Carolina and Washington , are ordered from the New York and Philadelphia Naval Shipyards , respectively.
One of the show trials involving charges of "wrecking" was that of official coordinators of the 1937 Soviet census. The census was organised with great expectations from the government that it would confirm the superiority of the Soviet economic and social model, with Stalin publicly declaring in 1934 that the Soviet Union was gaining at least ...
In addressing the crowd, Roosevelt said, "I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished," and called upon Americans to fight poverty. [ 118 ] Ingrid Christensen of Norway became the first woman in recorded history to set foot on the mainland of Antarctica , followed by compatriots Lillemor Rachlew , Solveig Widerøe and ...
1937 – Neutrality Acts; January 20, 1937 – President Roosevelt and Vice President Garner begin second terms. 1937 – Hindenburg disaster, killing 35 people and marking an end to airship travel; 1937 – Panay incident, a Japanese attack on the United States Navy gunboat USS Panay while anchored in the Yangtze River outside of Nanjing
Downtown Huntington, West Virginia, during the Great Flood of 1937. The Ohio River flood of 1937 took place in late January and February 1937. With damage stretching from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, 385 people died, one million people were left homeless and property losses reached $500 million ($10.2 billion when adjusted for inflation as of September 2022).
The Greek freighter Loukia sank after hitting a mine floating in the sea off the coast of Cape San Sebastian in Spain, killing all but one of the 24 men aboard. [21] Born: Graham Dowling, New Zealand cricketer; in Christchurch; Leslie H. Gelb, American political scientist and newspaper columnist; in New Rochelle, New York (d. 2019)
The Blue Network Today; a Memorandum on Its First Independent Year, and Its Present Position in the American System of Broadcasting, with a Note on Blue History. New York: Blue Network Company, Inc. OCLC 43939184. Burns, R. W. (1998). Television: An International History of the Formative Years. IEE History of Technology Series. Vol. 22.