Historical Events for January 1937
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Months in 1937: February March April May June July August September October November December
Events 1 - 20 of 20
1st - Anastasio Somoza becomes president of Nicaragua
1st - Count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to captain
1st - US Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio
1st - Safety glass in vehicle windscreens becomes mandatory in Great Britain.
5th - Fingleton & Bradman make record stand of 346 for 6th wkt
5th - Only unicameral state legislature in US opens 1st session (Nebr)
6th - Bradman scores 270 Aust v England at the MCG, incl 110 singles
8th - -50°F (-45.6°C), San Jacinto, Nevada (state record)
9th - Italian regime bans marriages between Italians & Abyssinians
9th - Maxwell Anderson's "High Tor" premieres in NYC
12th - Plow for laying submarine cable patented
19th - Cy Young, Tris Speaker & Nap Lajorie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
19th - Millionaire Howard Hughes sets transcontinental air record (7h28m25s)
20th - -45°F (-43°C), Boca, California (state record)
20th - 1st Inauguration day on Jan 20th, (held every 4th years there-after)
23rd - Karl Radek & 16 others go on trial in Stalin's great purge
25th - 1st broadcast of "Guiding Light" on NBC radio
25th - Miami-to-Tampa bus overturned in a canal, kills 13
25th - Soap Opera "Guiding Light" premieres on radio
Soviet Union Premier Joseph Stalin
30th - 2nd of Stalin's purge trials; Pyatakov & 16 others sentenced to death
