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Months in 1937: January March April May June July August September October November December

Events 1 - 24 of 24

1st - Stapleton, Staten Island becomes a customs-free port
3rd - Bradman scores 212 (in 441 minutes!) in 5th Test Cricket v England
4th - Jim Margie, Philadelphia, bowls 900 in 3 (unsanctioned) games
5th - 1st Charlie Chaplin talkie, "Modern Times," released
5th - FDR proposes enlarging Supreme Court, "court packing" plan failed
6th - K Elizabeth Ohi becomes 1st Japanese-US female lawyer
8th - Maxwell Anderson's "Masque of Kings," premieres in NYC
10th - Ragnhild Hveger swims world free style record 400m (5:14.2)
11th - 44-day sit-down strike at General Motors in Flint Mich ends
12th - Cleveland (now St Louis) Rams granted an NFL franchise
13th - "Prince Valiant" comic strip appears; known for historical detail
13th - Bradman scores 123 SA v Queensland, 165 mins, 10-4s 1-6 in cricket
13th - Maribel Vinson wins her 9th US figure skating championship
13th - NFL Boston Redskins move to Wash DC
13th - US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
13th - US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee
16th - DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers
16th - Jean Anouilh's "Le Voyageur Sans Baggage," premieres in Paris
20th - 1st automobile/airplane combination tested, Santa Monica, Ca
Comedian Charlie Chaplin 21st - Initial flight of the first successful flying car, Waldo Waterman's Arrowbile.
21st - The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
24th - 1st US group hospital-medical cooperative authorized, Wash, DC
26th - C Isherwood/WH Auden's "Ascent of F6," premieres in London
27th - Bradman scores 169 in 5th Test Cricket v England in 223 minutes