1937
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Years : | 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 |
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Years: | 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 |
[edit] Events
- January 1 - Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua
- January 11 - The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the United States.
- January 19 - Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.
- January 23 - In Moscow, 17 leading Communists go on trial accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime and assassinate its leaders.
- January 31 - Ohio River floods
- January 31 - 31 people executed in the Soviet Union for "Trotskyism"
- March 18 - 300 hundred students and teachers die after an exploson is a caused by a gas leak at the New London school in Texas.
- May 7 - the German Zeppelin ([[airship)) LZ 129 Hindenburg catches fire, while trying to land in New Jersey.
[edit] Births
- March 20 - Jerry Reed
- April 6 - Billy Dee Williams
- July 18 - Hunter S. Thompson
- December 21 - Jane Fonda