20 January 1937ElectionFranklin Delano Roosevelt
Wins all States except for Maine & Vermont in a landslide, success of his "new deal"
Historical records for United States of America in 1937, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Wins all States except for Maine & Vermont in a landslide, success of his "new deal"
Wins all States except for Maine & Vermont in a landslide, success of his "new deal"
Appointed President of the USA, 26th President, 2nd term
Birth of Colin Powell
Duke Ellington & his band recorded the classic, "Caravan", for Brunswick Records
Congress Approves Roosevelts Social Security Act
Wallis Simpson marries Edward VIII in France
Death of Jean Harlow
Roosevelt renounces the neutrality policy towards Japan
Roosevelt renounces the neutrality policy towards Japan
Sworn in as Member of San Francisco Bar
Winner of the Oscar for Best Actor, "Captains Courageous" as Manuel
Discovers the meson muon particle
Appointed District Attorney of New York
Graduates from Duke University, in law, 3rd in class
Zwicky states that galaxies could act as gravitational lenses and make relativity observable on cosmic scales
The Duke & Duchess of Windsor begin their visit to Germany & meet Hitler
Provides the first experimental demonstration of nuclear K-electron capture by detecting characteristic X-rays following the capture of an orbital electron.
Publication of "Of Mice & Men"
"The Brown Bomber", world heavyweight champion 1937-1949
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