Page 10: Historical Events In 1937
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Aug 26 Franco's troops conquer Santander 


Aug 26 Pumping to build Treasure Island in SF Bay is finished 


Aug 27 Bkln Dodger Fred Frankhouse no-hits Cin, 5-0 in 7 2/3 inn game. 


Aug 27 George E.T. Eyston sets world auto speed record at 345.49 MPH. 


Aug 28 Toyota Motors is recorded as becoming an independent company 


Aug 29 Phila A's Bob Johnson is 2nd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st) 


Aug 30 Joe Louis beats Tommy Farr in 15 for heavyweight boxing title. 


Aug 31 Det's rookie Rudy York sets record for HRs of 18 HRs in August 


Aug 31 Guido de Moor, Dutch actor (Apart, Because the Cats). 


Sep 02 Esther de Farmer-of Rich, actress (Kniertje-On hope of blessing), dies. 


Sep 02 Peter Ueberroth, organized LA Olympics (1984)/baseball commissioner. 


Sep 02 US Housing Authority created by National Housing Act. 


Sep 04 Doris Kopsky, is recorded as becoming 1st NABA woman cycling champion (4 22.4). 


Sep 04 Doris Kopsky, is recorded as becoming 1st NABA woman cycling champion (4:22.4). 


Sep 04 Giovanni Salviucci, composer, dies at 29 


Sep 05 Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls 


Sep 06 Henry Kimball Hadley, composer, dies at 65 


Sep 06 Spanish Civil War: The start of the Battle of El Mazuco 


Sep 08 Pan Arab conference about Palestine opens. 


Sep 10 2nd American Football League plays 1st game (LA 21, Pittsburgh 0) 


Sep 11 51st US Womens Tennis: Anita Lizana beats Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (64 62) 


Sep 14 Tomés G Masaryk, philosopher/pres of Czech (1918-35), dies at 87). 


Sep 15 Clifford Heatherley, actress (For Love or Money, Cash), dies at 48. 


Sep 15 WPA extends L-Taraval streetcar to SF Zoo (at Sloat Blvd). 


Sep 17 1st NFL game in Washington, DC; Redskins beat NY Giants 13-3 


Sep 18 Norman Dinnerstein, composer. 


Sep 19 Abner Haynes, American football player. 


Sep 21 Henri [Lucien] Capitant, French lawyer, dies at 72 


Sep 21 In this year, J.R.R. Tolkien, publishes "The Hobbit" 


Sep 21 J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" is published. 


Sep 22 Forest fire results in the deaths of 14 and injures 50 in Cody Wyoming 


Sep 23 Caro Roma, composer, dies at 68 


Sep 23 Yankees lose 9-5 but clinch pennant when Red Sox beat Detroit. 


Sep 25 "il duce" visits Berlin/named "the Fuhrer" to corporal 1st class 


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