1937

George VI becomes King of England after Edward VIII abdicates

Golden Gate Bridge opens

The Zeppelin "Hindenberg burns and crashes in New Jersey
Italy withdraws from the League of Nations
Germany annexes Austria and parts of Czechoslovakia
Kristallnacht accelerates Holocaust
Golden Gate Bridge opens
Amelia Earhart lost in the Pacific
The Zeppelin "Hindenberg" burns and crashes in New Jersey. Live radio broadcast brings tragedy home to listeners.
Andrew Mellon donates art collection and cash to establish the National Gallery in the US
Spam (the canned meat, not electronic junk mail) introduced
Hemingway's To Have and Have Not
Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men
Picasso's "Guernica"
Nylon patented
1st jet engine built
Insulin used to control diabetes
1st antihistamine
1st binary circuitry
Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana"
Film - "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
Dustin Hoffman born
Frederick Maytag, Jean Harlow, Sir James Barrie, George Gershwin, Maurice Ravel die