Historical Events for March 1937
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Months in 1937: January February April May June July August September October November December
Events 1 - 27 of 27
1st - 1st permanent automobile license plates issued (Ct)
1st - Gov Wouters innaugrates the radio station on the Dutch Antilles
1st - US Steel raises workers' wages to $5 a day
2nd - Mexico nationalizes oil
3rd - Australia snatch series against England 3-2 after being 2-0 down
7th - Bucharin, Jagoda & Rykov pushed out of CPSU in USSR
14th - Battle of the Century: Fred Allen & Jack Benny meet on radio
14th - Pope Pius XI publishes anti-nazi-encyclical Mit brennender Sorge
15th - 1st blood bank forms (Chicago IL)
15th - 1st state contraceptive clinic opens (Raleigh NC)
16th - All but one senior fouls out of a scrimmage game between seniors & sophomores, but he holds on to win the game 35-32
18th - Gas explosion in school in New London Texas: 294 die
18th - The human-powered aircraft, Pedaliante, flies 1 kilometre (0.62 miles) outside Milan.
19th - Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini redemptoris against communism
20th - Franco-offensive at Guadalajara Spain
21st - Ponce massacre, police kill 19 at Puerto Rican Nationalist parade
23rd - LA Railway Co starts using PCC streetcars
24th - Bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18 (Salem Illinois)
24th - National Gallery of Art established by Congress
Baseball Great Babe Ruth
25th - It's revealed Quaker Oats pays Babe Ruth $25,000 per year for ads
25th - Italy & Yugoslavia sign no-attack treaty (Pact of Belgrade)
25th - Lionel Conacher misses on 1st Stanley Cup penalty shot
25th - Wash Daily News is 1st US newspaper with perfumed advertising page
26th - Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice & replace his 40 with 36 oz bat
26th - Spinach growers of Crystal City, Tx, erect statue of Popeye
26th - William H Hastie becomes 1st black federal judge (Virgin Islands)
27th - Feyenoord-stadium official opens in Rotterdam
