Page 7: Historical Events In 1937

Jun 08   World's largest flower blooms in NY Botonical Garden, 12' calla lily   

Jun 11   Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" released   

Jun 12   41st US Golf Open: Ralph Guldahl shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills Mich.   

Jun 12   USSR executes 8 army leaders as Stalin's purge continued   

Jun 13   Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs against St Louis Browns.   

Jun 14   Jørgen Leth, Danish film director.   

Jun 15   Kumar Shri Indrajitsinhji, cricketer (Indian keeper in 60's)   

Jun 16   Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" opens in LA.   

Jun 17   Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" opens in NY.   

Jun 18   Gaston Doumergue, premier/president of France (1913..34), dies   

Jun 18   John D. Rockerfeller IV, American millionaire is born.   

Jun 19   Franco-troops conquer Bilbao Basques   

Jun 19   James M Barrie, Scottish writer (Dear Brutus/Peter Pan), dies   

Jun 21   French People's front govt-Blum falls.   

Jun 22   Joe Louis KOs James Braddock for the heavyweight boxing crown   

Jun 22   Joe Louis KOs James J Braddock in 18 for heavyweight boxing title   

Jun 25   Colin Clive, actor (Bride of Frankenstein, Jane Eyre), dies at 39   

Jun 25   Cub Augie Galan is recorded as becoming 1st player to switch hit HRs in a game   

Jun 25   Mirabel Morgan, author (Total Woman).   

Jun 26   Georg A Erman, Ger egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt), dies at 82.   

Jun 26   Test cricket debut of Len Hutton v NZ at Lord's, scores 0 and 1   

Jun 28   Max Adler, Austrian socialist theorist, dies at 64   

Jun 29   Joseph-Armand Bombardier 1884-1951 patents his Bombardier B-7 Snow Tractor, a seven-passenger tracked machine costing $7500   

Jul 02   57th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Don Budge beats G von Cramm (63 64 62).   

Jul 02   Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan disappear over Pacific Ocean   

Jul 02   Amelia Earhart Putnam, Dutch pilot/1st female to fly Atl, dies at 40   

Jul 02   Amelia Earhart, the US aviator, disappears somewhere over the Pacific Ocean.   

Jul 02   C Jackson discovers asteroids #1429 Pemba and #1456 Saldanha.   

Jul 03   Del Mar race track opened in sunny Del Mar, California.   

Jul 03   Tom Stoppard, British writer/playwirght is born.   

Jul 05   117°F (47°C), Medicine Lake, Montana (state record)   

Jul 05   Joe DiMaggio's inaugural grand slammer.   

Jul 05   Yellow Grass Saskatchewan, the temperature at Yellow Grass reaches 45C, the highest temperature ever recorded in Canada, 110F+   

Jul 07   In this year, 5th All Star Baseball Game: AL claims 8-3 at Griffith Stadium, Wash   

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Jan 02   Marianne mcdonald: Classicist/philanthropist   

Jan 04   Dyan cannon: Tacoma wash, mrs cary grant/actress (heaven can wait)   

Jan 04   Grace bumbry: St louis, mezzo-soprano (venus in tannhäuser)   

Jan 04   R surendranath: Cricketer (indian pace bowler in 11 tests early 60s)   

Jan 06   Doris troy: [payne], us soul singer/songwriter (just one kiss)   

Jan 06   Lou holtz: Us, football coach (nj jets)   

Jan 06   Paolo conte: Italian singer   

Jan 08   Robert moran: Composer   

Jan 02   Ross alexander: Actor (capt blood, boulder dam),    

Jan 05   Marie booth: Child of william and catherine booth (b. 1864)   

Jan 06   André besette: Canadian religious figure (b. 1845)   

Jan 08   John felix august korling: Composer,   

Jan 13   Walter brearley: Cricketer (17 wkts in 4 tests for eng 1905-12),   

Jan 14   Jaishankar prasad: Hindi poet, dramatist and novelist (b. 1889)   

Jan 21   Marie prevost: Canadian actress (b. 1898)   

Jan 23   Orso mario corbino: Italian physicist (b. 1876)