What happened in 1937?

Golden Gate Bridge completed

Major Events · San Francisco, USA

The Golden Gate Bridge opens, becoming an engineering landmark and icon of San Francisco.

Second Sino-Japanese War

Wars & Conflicts

Japanese invasion of China (1937–1945)

Marco Polo Bridge incident

Wars & Conflicts

1937 initial battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War

Battle of Shanghai

Wars & Conflicts

1937 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War

Battle of Nanking

Wars & Conflicts · Nan-ching

1937 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War

Battle of Teruel

Wars & Conflicts · Teruel

1937 battle of the Spanish Civil War

Battle of Guadalajara

Wars & Conflicts · Guadalajara

1937 battle

Barcelona May Days

Wars & Conflicts · Barcelona

Street battles in Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War

Battle of Beiping–Tianjin

Wars & Conflicts · T'ien-ching

1937 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War

Battle of Belchite

Wars & Conflicts · Belchite Viejo

Battle of the Spanish Civil War (1937)

Battle of Jarama

Wars & Conflicts · Madrid

1937 part of the Spanish Civil War

Battle of Brunete

Wars & Conflicts · Quijorna

1937 battle of the Spanish Civil War

Battle of Taiyuan

Wars & Conflicts · Taiyuan

1937 major battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War

Battle of Málaga

Wars & Conflicts · Málaga

1937 battle of the Spanish Civil War

Battle of Xinkou

Wars & Conflicts · Niangzi Pass

1937 battle

Battle of Pingxingguan

Wars & Conflicts · Pingxing Pass

1937 battle

Defense of Sihang Warehouse

Wars & Conflicts · Sihang Warehouse

Engagement in the Battle of Shanghai (1937)

Battle of Santander

Wars & Conflicts · Cantabria

1937 battle of the Spanish Civil War

Battle of Pochonbo

Wars & Conflicts · Pochon County

Battle between Korean guerilla and Japanese police

Battle of Bilbao

Wars & Conflicts · Bilbao

Part of the Spanish Civil War (1937)

Battle of Cape Cherchell

Wars & Conflicts · Cherchell

1937 cherchell

Battle of El Mazucu

Wars & Conflicts · Llanes

1937 Militar offense during Spanish Civil War

Battle of Pozoblanco

Wars & Conflicts · Pozoblanco

1937 battle

Battle of Albarracín

Wars & Conflicts · Albarracín

1937 battle of the Spanish Civil War

Kanchazu Island incident

Wars & Conflicts · Amur River

1937 Soviet–Japanese border clash

Battle of the Overpass

Wars & Conflicts · Ford River Rouge Complex

1937 violence against union organizers in Dearborn, Michigan, USA

Battle of Sabiñánigo

Wars & Conflicts · Alto Gállego

1937 battle

Nanjing Massacre

Wars & Conflicts

1937 mass murder by the Japanese army

Parsley massacre

Wars & Conflicts · Dominican Republic

Haitian genocidal massacre carried out in fall 1937

Battle of Cape Machichaco

Wars & Conflicts · Cape of Matxitxako

1937 naval battle of the Spanish Civil War

Bombing of Guernica

Wars & Conflicts · Guernica

1937 attack by military aircraft during the Spanish Civil War on the Basque village of Guernica

Asturias Offensive

Wars & Conflicts · Asturias

1937 military offensive

Bombing of Durango

Wars & Conflicts · Durango

1937 war tragedy

North Campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Northern Spain

1937 Spanish Civil War campaign in northern Spain

Operation Chahar

Wars & Conflicts · Chahar

First campaign of WWII, which broke out around Nankou, Beiping/Chahar, China

Biscay Campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Biscay

1937 offensive during the Spanish Civil War

Huesca Offensive

Wars & Conflicts · Huesca

1937 battle of the Spanish Civil War

Bombing of Jaén

Wars & Conflicts · Jaén

1937 aerial bombing of a city

Bombardment of Almería

Wars & Conflicts · Almería

1937 German bombing during the Spanish Civil War

Guanganmen Incident

Wars & Conflicts · Guang'anmen

1937 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War

November 1937 bombing of Lleida

Wars & Conflicts · Lleida

1937 aerial bombing of a city

Langfang Incident

Wars & Conflicts · Langfang North Railway Station

1937 battle

Treaty of Saadabad

Politics & Government

1937 treaty between Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan

Nyon Conference

Politics & Government

1937 diplomatic conference in Switzerland

Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

Politics & Government · Nanjing

Treaty between the ROC and USSR

Ernest Rutherford died

People · Cambridge

New Zealand physicist (1871–1937)

Guglielmo Marconi died

People · Rome

Italian inventor and radio pioneer (1874-1937)

Nils Gustaf Dalén died

People · Lidingö Parish

Swedish Nobel Laureate and industrialist (1869–1937)

Yevgeny Zamyatin died

People · 16th arrondissement of Paris

Russian author (1884–1937)

Kazimierz Nowak died

People · Poznań

Polish photographer

Chrystal Macmillan died

People · Edinburgh

British feminist and pacifist (1872-1937)

Jean Harlow died

People · Los Angeles

American film actress (1911–1937)

Nygmet Nurmakovich Nurmakov died

People · Moscow

Soviet Union party activist (1895–1937)

Jagadish Chandra Bose died

People · Giridih

Bengali polymath, physicist, and biologist (1858–1937)

Aaron Tänzer died

People · Göppingen

Austrian rabbi (1871–1937)

Elena Djionat died

People · Bozieni

Romanian publicist, educator, journalist and women's rights activist

Bessie Smith died

People · Clarksdale

American blues singer (1892–1937)

Malabo Löpèlo Mëlaka died

People · Bioko

Bubi king

Pavel Florensky died

People · Leningrad Oblast

Russian Orthodox theologian, priest, philosopher, mathematician, physicist, electrical engineer, inventor and Neomartyr (1882–1937)

Wallace Carothers died

People · Wilmington

American organic chemist (1896–1937)

Elihu Thomson died

People · Swampscott

American inventor (1853–1937)

William Sealy Gosset died

People · Beaconsfield

British statistician (1876–1937)

Otto Hölder died

People · Leipzig

German mathematician (1859–1937)

Vincenzo Lancia died

People · Turin

Italian entrepreneur and racecar driver

Iona Yakir died

People · Moscow

Soviet military commander (1896–1937)

Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington died

People · London

British politician (1856-1937)

Harriet Chalmers Adams died

People · Nice

American explorer, writer and photographer (1875-1937)

Carl Adolf Georg Lauterbach died

People · Wrocław

German botanist and explorer (1864–1937)

William Temple Hornaday died

People · Stamford

American conservationist and zoologist (1854–1937)

Cecil Meares died

People · Victoria

British explorer

Pyotr Averyanov died

People · Belgrade

Russian general (1867–1937)

Alojz Knafelc died

People · Ljubljana

Slovenian cartographer and mountaineer (1859-1937)

Jack Shirai died

People · Brunete

Japanese military personnel

Martha Gruening died

People · Philadelphia

Writer and civil rights activist

Rose Henderson died

People · Dublin

Canadian political activist and social reformer

Les Kurbas died

People · Sandarmokh

Ukrainian and Soviet actor, theatre director, film director (1887—1937)

Josep Comas i Solà died

People · Barcelona

Catalan astronomer (1868-1937)

Ernst Hoppenberg died

People · Kirn

German swimmer (1878–1937)

R. J. Mitchell died

People · Portswood

Aeronautical engineer; designer of the Spitfire

William Gillette died

People · Hartford

American actor, inventor and writer (1853-1937)

Frank Morley died

People · Baltimore

British mathematician (1860–1937)

Scipione Riva-Rocci died

People · Rapallo

Italian physician (1863–1937)

Ernest Drezen died

People · Moscow

Russian Esperantist (1892-1937)

Johannes Walther died

People · Bad Hofgastein

German geologist (1860–1937)

Franz Josef Niedenzu died

People · Braniewo

German botanist (1857–1937)

Orso Mario Corbino died

People · Rome

Italian physicist (1876-1937)

Richard Anschütz died

People · Darmstadt

German chemist (1852-1937)

Richard Hertwig died

People · Schlederloh

German zoologist (1850-1937)

Lev Shubnikov died

People · Soviet Union

Russian physicist (1901–1937)

Alessandro Padoa died

People · Genoa

Italian mathematician and logician, a contributor to the school of Giuseppe Peano (1868-1937)

Filoteo Alberini died

People · Rome

Italian cinematographer (1867–1937)

E. Lilian Todd died

People · Pasadena

(1865-1937) American aviation pioneer

Amé Pictet died

People · Geneva

Swiss chemist (1857-1937)

Jacob Schick died

People · Montreal

American businessman (1877-1937)

Henry Edward Armstrong died

People · Lewisham

British chemist (1848-1937)

Jānis Pauļuks died

People · Sesava Parish

Prime Minister of Latvia (1865-1937)

Heinrich Jacob Goldschmidt died

People · Oslo

Austrian-born, Norwegian chemist

H. C. McNeile died

People · West Chiltington

British soldier and author (1888–1937)

Boris Gerasimovich died

People · Saint Petersburg

Ukrainian astronomer (1889–1937)

Wrexie Leonard died

People · Roxbury

American astronomer

Sergey Glazenap died

People · Saint Petersburg

Russian astronomer (1848-1937)

Julius Bredt died

People · Aachen

German organic chemist (1855–1937)

Francis Sowerby Macaulay died

People · Cambridge

British mathematician (1862–1937)

Carl Julius Evensen died

People · Brooklyn

Norwegian explorer (1851-1937)

George Comer died

People · East Haddam

Whaler, Polar explorer

Thomas E. Latimer died

People · Minneapolis

American lawyer and politician (1879–1937)

Herbert Henry Austin died

People · Southbourne

British explorer

John Fryer Thomas Keane died

People · Whitby

British explorer (1854-1937)

Bessie Pullen-Burry died

People · Hindhead

British novelist, explorer, and suffragist

Mariquita Jenny Moberly died

People · Mitcham

English artist, working in oil and watercolour (1855–1937)

Colin Clive died

People · Hollywood

British actor (1900–1937)

Marie Prevost died

People · Hollywood

Canadian actress (1898–1937)

Jenö Hubay died

People · Budapest

Hungarian musician (1858–1937)

Alfred Abel died

People · Berlin

German actor (1879–1937)

Richard Boleslawski died

People · Hollywood

Polish theatre and film director, actor (1889–1937)

Ross Alexander died

People · Los Angeles

American actor (1907–1937)

Ralph Ince died

People · London

American actor, film director and screenwriter (1887-1937)

Arthur Edmund Carewe died

People · Santa Monica

American actor (1884-1937)

Renate Müller died

People · Berlin

German actress (1906–1937)

Noel Rosa died

People · Rio de Janeiro

Brazilian singer and musician (1910–1937)

Ralph Lewis died

People · Los Angeles

American actor (1872-1937)

Saddam Hussein born

People · Tikrit

Born in Tikrit. Iraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003.

Valentina Tereshkova born

People · Bolshoye Maslennikovo

Born in Bolshoye Maslennikovo. Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space (born 1937).

Jack Nicholson born

People · Neptune City

Born in Neptune City. American actor and filmmaker (born 1937).

Jane Fonda born

People · New York City

Born in New York City. American actress and activist.

Anthony Hopkins born

People · Port Talbot

Born in Port Talbot. Welsh–American actor and director (born 1937).

Madeleine Albright born

People · Prague

Born in Prague. United States Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001.

Abd al-Aziz Boutafliqa born

People · Oujda

Born in Oujda. President of Algeria from 1999 to 2019.

George Carlin born

People · New York City

Born in New York City. American stand-up comedian (1937–2008).

Martti Ahtisaari born

People · Vyborg

Born in Vyborg. President of Finland from 1994 to 2000.

Colin Powell born

People · New York City

Born in New York City. American general and diplomat (1937–2021).

Bill Cosby born

People · Philadelphia

Born in Philadelphia. American actor and comedian (born 1937).

Thomas Pynchon born

People · Glen Cove

Born in Glen Cove. American novelist (born 1937).

Warren Beatty born

People · Richmond

Born in Richmond. American actor and filmmaker.

George Takei born

People · Los Angeles

Born in Los Angeles. American actor, author and activist (born 1937).

Hunter S. Thompson born

People · Louisville

Born in Louisville. American journalist and author (1937–2005).

Renzo Piano born

People · Genoa

Born in Genoa. Italian architect (1937-).

Olusegun Obasanjo born

People · Abeokuta

Born in Abeokuta. Nigerian president (1999-2007) and military leader (1976–79).

Tom Stoppard born

People · Zlín

Born in Zlín. Czech–English playwright (1937–2025).

Ahmad Yasin born

People · Al-Jura

Born in Al-Jura. Palestinian political and religious leader (1937–2004).

Lionel Jospin born

People · Meudon

Born in Meudon. 93rd Prime Minister of France (1997–2002).

Jared Diamond born

People · Boston

Born in Boston. American scientist, historian, and author (born 1937).

David Hockney born

People

Born. English painter and printmaker (1937–2026).

John Hume born

People · Derry

Born in Derry. Irish politician from Northern Ireland (1937–2020).

Simeon II of Bulgaria born

People · Sofia

Born in Sofia. Bulgarian politician and royal (born 1937).

Bella Akhmadulina born

People · Moscow

Born in Moscow. Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator (1937–2010).

Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga born

People · Riga

Born in Riga. 6th President of Latvia.

Yoshirō Mori born

People · Neagari

Born in Neagari. Prime Minister of Japan from 2000 to 2001.

Juvénal Habyarimana born

People · Gisenyi Province

Born in Gisenyi Province. 2nd President of Rwanda (1937–1994).

Alain Badiou born

People · Rabat

Born in Rabat. French writer and philosopher.

Claude Lelouch born

People · 9th arrondissement of Paris

Born in 9th arrondissement of Paris. French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer (born 1937).

Egon Krenz born

People · Kołobrzeg

Born in Kołobrzeg. German politician, communist leader of East Germany.

Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah born

People · Kuwait City

Born in Kuwait City. Emir of Kuwait (1937–2023).

Roald Hoffmann born

People · Zolochiv

Born in Zolochiv. Polish-American Nobel laureate chemist and playwright.

Colleen McCullough born

People · Wellington

Born in Wellington. Australian author (1937-2015).

Maumoon Abdul Gayoom born

People · Malé

Born in Malé. 3rd President of the Maldives from 1978 to 2008.

Joseph Estrada born

People · Tondo

Born in Tondo. Actor and President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001.

Roger Zelazny born

People · Euclid

Born in Euclid. U.S. science fiction and fantasy writer and poet (1937–1995).

Hélène Cixous born

People · Oran

Born in Oran. French philosopher and writer.

Bounnhang Vorachith born

People · Savannakhet Province

Born in Savannakhet Province. General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (2016-2021).

Michael Sata born

People · Mpika

Born in Mpika. Zambian politician (1937–2014).

Ryutaro Hashimoto born

People · Sōja-shi

Born in Sōja-shi. 82nd and 83rd Prime Minister of Japan (1937-2006).

Eduard Uspensky born

People · Yegoryevsk

Born in Yegoryevsk. Russian writer (1937–2018).

Daniel McFadden born

People · Raleigh

Born in Raleigh. American economist.

Sigmund Jähn born

People · Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz

Born in Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz. East German cosmonaut (1937–2019).

Thomas Nagel born

People · Belgrade

Born in Belgrade. American philosopher.

John Kennedy Toole born

People · New Orleans

Born in New Orleans. American novelist (1937–1969).

Bruce McCandless II born

People · Boston

Born in Boston. American astronaut (1937–2017).

Yılmaz Güney born

People · Adana

Born in Adana. Turkish film director, scenarist, novelist and actor (1937-1984).

Facundo Cabral born

People · La Plata

Born in La Plata. Argentine singer and songwriter (1937–2011).

Robert Crippen born

People · Beaumont

Born in Beaumont. American astronaut.

André Glucksmann born

People · Boulogne-Billancourt

Born in Boulogne-Billancourt. French philosopher (1937–2015).

Seymour Hersh born

People · Chicago

Born in Chicago. American investigative journalist (born 1937).

Igor Volk born

People · Zmiiv

Born in Zmiiv. Soviet test pilot, cosmonaut (1937-2017).

Joseph Nye born

People · South Orange

Born in South Orange. American political scientist.

Ted Nelson born

People · Chicago

Born in Chicago. American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist.

Vitaly Zholobov born

People · Stara Zburivka

Born in Stara Zburivka. Soviet cosmonaut and Ukrainian politician.

Tamara Bunke born

People · Buenos Aires

Born in Buenos Aires. Argentinian revolutionary (1937–1967).

Rifaat al-Assad born

People · Qardaha

Born in Qardaha. Syrian former military officer and politician (1937–2026).

Richard H. Truly born

People · Fayette

Born in Fayette. American astronaut and NASA administrator (1937–2024).

Paolo Conte born

People · Asti

Born in Asti. Italian recording artist; musician.

Thad Cochran born

People · Pontotoc

Born in Pontotoc. United States Senator from Mississippi (1937-2019).

Peter Burke born

People · Stanmore

Born in Stanmore. British historian (b. 1937).

Michael Jeffery born

People · Wiluna

Born in Wiluna. Australian governor-general and army officer (1937-2020).

Jerry Reed born

People · Atlanta

Born in Atlanta. American singer and actor (1937–2008).

Fred Akuffo born

People · Akropong

Born in Akropong. Soldier, politician, former Chief of Defence Staff and head of state of Ghana (1937-1979).

Joseph Saidu Momoh born

People · Binkolo

Born in Binkolo. Sierra Leonean politician (1937-2003).

Jovan Divjak born

People · Belgrade

Born in Belgrade. Bosnian general.

Alfredo M. Bonanno born

People · Catania

Born in Catania. Italian anarchist (1937-2023).

Vadim Bakatin born

People · Kiselyovsk

Born in Kiselyovsk. Last chairman of the KGB (1937–2022).

Ayşe Seitmuratova born

People

Born. Crimean Tatar civil rights activist.

Tesfaye Genre Kidan born

People · Shewa

Born in Shewa. Ethiopian politician (1935–2004).

Dan Shomron born

People · Ashdot Ya'akov

Born in Ashdot Ya'akov. 13th Chief of General Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces (1937–2008).

Harald V of Norway born

People · Skaugum

Born in Skaugum. King of Norway (born 1937).

Gaston Doumergue died

People · Aigues-Vives

Died in Aigues-Vives. French lawyer and statesman (1863–1937).

Abd al-Hafid of Morocco died

People · Enghien-les-Bains

Died in Enghien-les-Bains. Sultan of Morocco (1875-1937).

Alois Kothgasser born

People · St. Stefan im Rosental

Born in St. Stefan im Rosental. Austrian Roman Catholic prelate (1937–2024).

Aloys Jousten born

People · Sankt Vith

Born in Sankt Vith. Belgian theologian and bishop (1937–2021).

Pierre-Jean Rémy born

People · Angoulême

Born in Angoulême. French writer and diplomat (1937–2010).

Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya born

People · Foumban

Born in Foumban. Cameroonian politician.

Sphinx Observatory

Science & Technology

Observatory

National Cancer Institute

Science & Technology · United States National Institutes of Health

US research institute, part of National Institutes of Health

Haute-Provence Observatory

Science & Technology

French astronomical observatory

Iso-Heikkilä Observatory

Science & Technology · Iso-Heikkilä

Astronomical observatory in Turku, Finland

Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași

Science & Technology

University in Iași, Romania

Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

Science & Technology

University in Puebla, Mexico

Sangmyung University

Science & Technology

University in Seoul, South Korea

Dobrolyubov Linguistics University of Nizhny Novgorod

Science & Technology

University in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens

Science & Technology · Higashiyama Park

Municipal zoo and botanical garden in Chikusa-ku, Nagoya

University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics

Science & Technology

Educational institution of the University of Belgrade

Desert Botanical Garden

Science & Technology

Non-profit organization in Arizona, USA

Precious Blood Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Hong Kong

Madonna University

Science & Technology

Private Catholic university in Livonia, Michigan

Far Eastern State Transport University

Science & Technology · Khabarovsk

Bangkok Adventist Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Thailand

Zhongshan Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Shanghai, China

Tierpark Bern

Science & Technology · Kirchenfeld

Zoo in Bern, Switzerland

Utah State University Eastern

Science & Technology

Regional college in the Utah State University system in Price and Blanding, Utah

Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda University

Science & Technology · Kyzylorda

University in Qızılorda, Kazakhstan

Belarusian State University of Physical Culture

Science & Technology · Minsk

An institute of higher learning in Minsk, Belarus

Pennsylvania State University School of Hospitality Management

Science & Technology

Hospitality school in Pennsylvania, United States

Missouri Southern State University

Science & Technology

Public university in southwest Missouri

North Kazakhstan State University

Science & Technology

University in Petropavl, Kazakhstan

Jabotinsky Institute in Israel

Science & Technology

Archive in Israel

Shanghai Children's Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in China

Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences Galimcan İbrahimov Institute of Language, Literature, and Art

Science & Technology

Ladew Topiary Gardens

Science & Technology · Monkton

Privately operated topiary garden in Baltimore County, Maryland

Fujian Medical University

Science & Technology

University in Fujian Province, China

La Consolacion University Philippines

Science & Technology

Roman Catholic university in Bulacan, Philippines

Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes

Science & Technology

Research institute in France

Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Ontario, Canada

Kennedy Krieger Institute

Science & Technology

Hospital in Maryland, United States

Providence Alaska Medical Center

Science & Technology

Hospital in Alaska, United States

Kabgayi Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Kabgayi, Rwanda

Florida sykehus

Science & Technology

Former hospital in Norway

American Fork Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in American Fork, Utah, United States

Chiangrai Prachanukroh Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Chiang Rai, Thailand

Epworth Freemasons

Science & Technology · East Melbourne

Hospital in Melbourne, Australia

Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex

Science & Technology

Hospital in Tehran, Iranian national heritage site

Kontinkangas Hospital

Science & Technology · Kontinkangas

Health centre in Oulu, Finland

Research Center of Maternal and Child Health Protection

Science & Technology

Cultural heritage monument of Armenia

Winship Cancer Institute

Science & Technology

Hospital in Georgia, United States

Zachary Merton Hospital

Science & Technology

Healthcare organization in Littlehampton, United Kingdom

Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research

Science & Technology

Dendrochronology laboratory in Arizona

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Science & Technology · Yau Tsim Mong District

Public university in Hong Kong

Renmin University of China

Science & Technology

Research university in Haidian District, Beijing, China

Pepperdine University

Science & Technology

Private university near Malibu, California, USA

Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University

Science & Technology · Donetsk

University

Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

Science & Technology

Technical university in Bratislava, Slovakia

University of Kerala

Science & Technology

State public university in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

IIT Institute of Design

Science & Technology

Graduate design school in Chicago, Illinois

SS Junker School Bad Tölz

Science & Technology

Nazi SS leadership training facility in Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany (1937–1945)

Westmont College

Science & Technology

Interdenominational Christian liberal arts college in Santa Barbara, California

Max Planck Institute for Biophysics

Science & Technology

Research institute

S.O. Makarov Pacific Naval Institute

Science & Technology

Russian naval academy in Vladivostok

Nakhimov Higher Naval Institute

Science & Technology

Russian naval education institution

Ashiya College

Science & Technology

Private junior college in Ashiya, Japan

Warner Pacific University

Science & Technology

Private Christian liberal arts university in Mt. Tabor in Portland, Oregon, USA

Curtis Hall Arboretum

Science & Technology

Wyncote, Pennsylvania

Cardinal Stritch University

Science & Technology

Roman Catholic university in Wisconsin, U.S.

St. Petersburg Institute of the FSB of Russia

Science & Technology

Russian University

Francesco Morosini Naval Military School

Science & Technology

Italian naval military school

Vredefort crater

Exploration & Discovery

Largest verified impact crater on earth, dating from the Paleoproterozoic Era

Bacho Kiro cave

Exploration & Discovery

Cave in Bulgaria

Turret Point

Exploration & Discovery

Headland of King George Island

Lohe Hoard

Exploration & Discovery

Silver hoard from 1741 found in Stockholm

Capitán Leonidas

Exploration & Discovery · Messier Channel

Chilean shipwreck of a freight ship built in 1937

1937 Workers' Summer Olympiad

Exploration & Discovery · Antwerp

International multi-sport event

sinking of DS Trym

Exploration & Discovery · North Sea

Naval accident from 1937

Central China Area Army

Exploration & Discovery · Shanghai

1937-1938 Imperial Japanese Army formation

Stanley Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Stanley, Hong Kong, China

Great Synagogue of Tunis

Religion & Belief Systems

Tunisian Synagogue, located in Tunis

Teluk Bayur Grand Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in West Sumatra, Indonesia

Saint Rita Basilica

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Cascia, Italy

Al Ehsan Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in An Giang, Vietnam

Al Mouwasat Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Alexandria, Egypt

Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue in the UK

Duomo di Milazzo

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Milazzo, Italy

Synagoga w Zakopanem

Religion & Belief Systems

The Salonika Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue in Tel Aviv

Cathedral of Dili

Religion & Belief Systems

Nostra Signora dei Miracoli

Religion & Belief Systems

Shrine in Cicagna, Italy

Basilica of Our Lady of Luján

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Cathédrale Notre-Dame

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic cathedral in Bangui, Central African Republic

church of Saint Anthony of Padua

Religion & Belief Systems

Religious church building in Zaragoza, Spain

Holy Trinity Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Hong Kong

Protestant church in Zabrze

Religion & Belief Systems · Mikulczyce

Merligen church

Religion & Belief Systems · Merligen

Church building in Merligen in the canton of Bern, Switzerland

Temple protestant de Perros-Guirec

Religion & Belief Systems

Protestant church of Perros-Guirec

Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Komárom

Religion & Belief Systems · Komárom

Church in Komárom, Hungary

Reformed church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Villeret in the canton of Bern, Switzerland

Herma-von-Schuschniggkapelle

Religion & Belief Systems

Chidong Sifang Buddhist Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Guanyin temple in Penghu, Taiwan

Visit of Benito Mussolini in Berlin, 1937

Religion & Belief Systems · Berlin

Morris Hill Cemetery Mausoleum

Religion & Belief Systems

mausoleum in Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho

Log Cabin Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Mayfield, New York, United States

Holy Spirit Church, Remetekertváros

Religion & Belief Systems

Hamboskapel

Religion & Belief Systems · Ham

Chapel in Kerkrade, Netherlands

first Guthirt church

Religion & Belief Systems

First Guthirt church on Sophiestrasse in Ostermundigen in the canton of Bern, Switzerland

Saint Charbel church, Baikivtsi

Religion & Belief Systems

Saint Augustine and Monica Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Parish church in Casciago, Italy

Canon Inc.

Economy & Trade · Ota

Japanese multinational imaging corporation

Volkswagen Group

Economy & Trade · Wolfsburg

German automotive manufacturing conglomerate

Saab Group

Economy & Trade · Stockholm

Swedish aerospace and defense company

Ray-Ban

Economy & Trade · Milan

Brand of luxury sunglasses and eyeglasses

Polaroid Corporation

Economy & Trade · Minnetonka

American company

Sheraton Hotels and Resorts

Economy & Trade · White Plains

International hotel chain

NPO Lavochkin

Economy & Trade · Khimki

Aircraft design bureau in the Soviet Union and Russia

Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937)

Economy & Trade

Exhibition held in Paris in 1937

Las Vegas Sands

Economy & Trade · Paradise

American casino and resort operating company based in Paradise, Nevada

Mitsubishi Estate

Economy & Trade · Chiyoda

Japanese real estate developer

Mapei

Economy & Trade · Milan

Italian construction materials company

Antara

Economy & Trade · Jakarta

Indonesian news agency

Reichswerke Hermann Göring

Economy & Trade · Salzgitter

German company in Nazi era, Aryanized (seized) numerous Jewish companies

LiAZ

Economy & Trade · Likino-Dulyovo

Bus manufacturing company

Indian Overseas Bank

Economy & Trade · Chennai

Public sector bank in India

Focke-Achgelis

Economy & Trade · Delmenhorst

Defunct German helicopter manufacturer

PerkinElmer

Economy & Trade · Waltham

American corporation focused in life science research

Mekorot Water Company Ltd

Economy & Trade · Tel Aviv

Company in Tel Aviv, Israel

Skaramangas Shipyards

Economy & Trade · Skaramangas

Company

Caesars Entertainment Corporation

Economy & Trade · Paradise

Company

Nippon Express

Economy & Trade · Minato

Japanese logistics company

Viohalco

Economy & Trade · Brussels metropolitan area

Greek Heavy Industry Corporation

Utva Aviation Industry

Economy & Trade · Pančevo

Serbian aircraft manufacturer

T. Rowe Price

Economy & Trade · Baltimore

American publicly owned investment firm

Progressive Corporation

Economy & Trade · Mayfield

Insurance company

Makino

Economy & Trade · Meguro

Company

Vibram

Economy & Trade · Albizzate

Italian company that both manufactures and licenses the production of Vibram-branded rubber outsoles for footwear

Banco Santander-Chile

Economy & Trade · Santiago

Banking company

Israel Diamond Exchange

Economy & Trade · Ramat Gan

Diamond exchange in Tel Aviv District, Israel

Skandinavisk Aero Industri

Economy & Trade · Kastrup

Former Danish aeroplane manufacturer

Manchukuo Film Association

Economy & Trade · Changchung Film studio former site

Japanese-Manchurian film studio

Ultrapar

Economy & Trade · São Paulo

Brazilian conglomerate

Ambu

Economy & Trade · Ballerup

Company

Ford-Vairogs

Economy & Trade · Riga

Former Latvian car factory

1937 Orizaba earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Mexico

Hindenburg disaster

Disasters & Pandemics · Manchester Township

1937 airship accident in New Jersey

Yekatit 12

Disasters & Pandemics · Addis Ababa

Massacre of Ethiopian civilians during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia

Málaga-Almería road massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · N-340 road

1937 Nationalist attack in the Spanish Civil War

1937 Fox vault fire

Disasters & Pandemics · Little Ferry

Fire at 20th Century-Fox film storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States

Blackwater fire of 1937

Disasters & Pandemics · Shoshone National Forest

Fire in Shoshone National Forest

Ponce massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Ponce

1937 police shooting in Puerto Rico

Memorial Day massacre of 1937

Disasters & Pandemics · Chicago

Chicago Police Department shot and killed ten unarmed demonstrators in Chicago

Las 16 Rosas de Zufre

Disasters & Pandemics

Group of women humiliated and killed in 1937 by Francoists during Spanish civil war

Black Sunday, 1937

Disasters & Pandemics · Jerusalem

Spree of violence in Mandatory Palestine

Debre Libanos massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Debre Libanos

Latvian Operation of the NKVD

Disasters & Pandemics · Soviet Union

Mass arrests and executions of Latvians in the USSR, 1937-38

murder of Pamela Werner

Disasters & Pandemics · Beijing

1937 unsolved crime of a British woman in Beijing

Ōyama Incident

Disasters & Pandemics · Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport

Tungchow Mutiny

Social Movements & Revolutions · Tongzhou District

Assault on Japanese civilians and troops

Islamic rebellion in Xinjiang (1937)

Social Movements & Revolutions · Xinjiang

Part of the Xinjiang Wars

Uba riots of 1937

Social Movements & Revolutions · Mauritius Island

Outbreak of riots and civil disturbances

Bloudan Conference

Social Movements & Revolutions · Bloudan

Arab rejectionist front at the summit in Beloudan, Syria, in 1937 at the initiative of the Arab Higher Committee וn response to the Peel Commission's conclusions. Opposed Zionism, the Balfour Declaration, and a Jewish state in the Land of Israel

Estádio Ilha do Retiro

Architecture & Engineering

Football stadium in Recife, Brazil

Gradski stadion

Architecture & Engineering

Multi-purpose stadium in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Church of the Beatitudes

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Tabgha, Israel

Gran Madre di Dio

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Rome, Italy

Balchik Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Balchik, Bulgaria

Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Defunct multipurpose sports venue in Nishinomiya, Hyogo prefecture, Japan

Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

Architecture & Engineering

College and seminary in Massachusetts, United States of America

Vavedenje Monastery

Architecture & Engineering · Senjak

Monastery in Belgrade

Silent-Night-Chapel

Architecture & Engineering

Roman Catholic chapel in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria

Stadionul Ilie Oană

Architecture & Engineering · Ploiești

Stadium in Ploiești, Romania, in use 1937-2009

Église Saint-Jean-Bosco

Architecture & Engineering

Church located in Paris, in France

Stamsund Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Vestvågøy, Norway

Reksteren Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Tysnes, Norway

Stade Marcel Saupin

Architecture & Engineering

French football stadium

Bethlehem Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark

Stadion Tumbe Kafe

Architecture & Engineering

Football stadium in Bitola, North Macedonia

War Memorial Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Former football, baseball and soccer stadium in Buffalo, New York

Kongsmoen Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Høylandet, Norway

Sømådalen Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Engerdal, Innlandet, Norway

Fridalen Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Bergen, Norway

Roosevelt Stadium

Architecture & Engineering · Droyer's Point

Defunct sports stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey

Frøyset Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Masfjorden, Norway

Vikebygd Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Vindafjord, Rogaland, Norway

Brøstad Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Dyrøy, Norway

Parachute Tower Katowice

Architecture & Engineering · Kościuszko Park

Tower-monument in the Kosciuszko Park in Katowice, Poland

Stade 24 Novembre

Architecture & Engineering

Oldest stadium of Kinshasa

Glass Bowl

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Toledo, Ohio

Kaunas Carillon

Architecture & Engineering

Tower carillon in Kaunas, Lithuania

Nakkila Church

Architecture & Engineering · Nakkila parish village

Church building in Nakkila, Finland

Tad Gormley Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Sports stadium

Aztec Bowl

Architecture & Engineering

Former stadium in San Diego

St. James Anglican Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in British Columbia, Canada

St Stephen's Uniting Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in New South Wales, Australia

Our Lady of Grace Church (Reserve, Louisiana)

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Louisiana, United States of America

Blue Chapel (Fordham University)

Architecture & Engineering

Church in New York City, U.S.

St Mary Magdalene's Church, Alsager

Architecture & Engineering

Grade II listed church in Alsager, Cheshire, England, UK

Wallace Chapel AME Zion Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Summit, New Jersey

Neale Stadium

Architecture & Engineering · University of Idaho

Athletic stadium at University of Idaho

Olympic Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Hoquiam, Washington

Granada Cinema

Architecture & Engineering · Woolwich

Former cinema in Woolwich, South East London, later used as a church

Carmarthen Bridge

Architecture & Engineering · Carmarthen

Grade II listed bridge in the United Kingdom

St Paul's Church, Longridge

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Longridge, Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, UK

St Edmund of Canterbury Church

Architecture & Engineering · Beckenham

Church in Beckenham, Bromley, London, England

Casa del Mutilato

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Trapani, Italy

St Mary of the Angels Church, Brownshill

Architecture & Engineering · Brownshill

Grade II listed church in Chalford, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK

Hughes Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Maryland

Lakeview Funeral Home

Architecture & Engineering

Church

Welch Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Sports stadium in Emporia, Kansas

Parker Field

Architecture & Engineering

American baseball stadium

Pipestone National Monument

Architecture & Engineering

Located near Pipestone, Minnesota

Tongxiao Shrine

Architecture & Engineering

Shrine in Tongxiao, Miaoli County, Taiwan

Jamia Ashraful Uloom

Architecture & Engineering

Islamic educational institution

Fort Campbell

Architecture & Engineering

Former fort in Malta

Worker and Kolkhoz Woman

Architecture & Engineering · Exhibition of achievements of national economy

Monumental sculpture

Sandarmokh

Architecture & Engineering

Cemetery forest massif in Karelia, Russia

Butovo firing range

Architecture & Engineering

Execution site

Levashovo Memorial Cemetery

Architecture & Engineering

Cemetery in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Neptunbrunnen

Architecture & Engineering

Fountain in Munich, Germany

Paektusan Secret Camp

Architecture & Engineering

Historical site

Volgograd Panorama Museum

Architecture & Engineering

Museum

House-museum of Vladimir Lenin

Architecture & Engineering · Kazan

Museum in Tatarstan, Russia

Saratov Aviation Plant

Architecture & Engineering

Former Russian/Soviet aircraft production facility, located in Saratov, Russia

Golden Gate National Cemetery

Architecture & Engineering

Veterans cemetery in San Mateo County, California

Church of the Holy Spirit

Architecture & Engineering

Church

Shinjō Shrine

Architecture & Engineering

Former Shinto shrine in Taiwan

Olympic Stadium

Architecture & Engineering · Amsterdam Oud-Zuid

Olympic stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Palácio das Esmeraldas

Architecture & Engineering

Whaleback Snow-Survey Cabin

Architecture & Engineering

historic building in Oregon, USA

Tyson United Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Indiana, United States of America

Hampton Waterworks

Architecture & Engineering

water tower in Arkansas, United States of America

Green Forest Water Tower

Architecture & Engineering

water tower in Green Forest, Arkansas

Mormon Trail Monument

Architecture & Engineering

California Historic Landmark

St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Oregon, United States of America

St. John Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Iowa, United States of America

Diamond Hill Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

historic church in Virginia, United States

Bilbao's Iron Ring

Architecture & Engineering

Spanish Civil War fortifications

Museo Quiñones de León

Architecture & Engineering · Castrelos

Museum in Vigo, Spain

chapelle Sainte-Bernadette

Architecture & Engineering

Chapel located in Paris, in France

Ural Geological Museum

Architecture & Engineering

Museum

Citizens' War Memorial

Architecture & Engineering

New Zealand war memorial

Eastern Chapel

Architecture & Engineering · Jönköping

Chapel in Jönköping, Sweden

State Museum of V. V. Mayakovsky

Architecture & Engineering

Moscow library museum

Central Universal Department Store

Architecture & Engineering

Building of Russia

Constitution Square State Historic Site

Architecture & Engineering

Open-air museum in Danville, Kentucky

House of Specialists

Architecture & Engineering

Compound of apartment buildings in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Nikolai Ostrovsky house-museum (Sochi)

Architecture & Engineering

Santa Maria del Soccorso

Architecture & Engineering

Rome

Parish church Floridsdorf

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Vienna on the Pius-Parsch-Platz

Pfarrkirche

Architecture & Engineering

Cultural heritage monument D-6-63-000-152 (0) in Würzburg, Bavaria

Théâtre national de Chaillot

Sports & Entertainment

Theater in Paris

Turismo Carretera

Sports & Entertainment · Argentina

Stock car category in Argentina

Winter Theatre (Sochi)

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Sochi, Russia

Georgy Konstantinov Russian Drama Theatre

Sports & Entertainment · Yoshkar-Ola

Mayakovsky Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Culture House Vuk Karadžić

Sports & Entertainment · Loznica

House of culture in Loznica, Serbia

Pushkin State Drama Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Orsk, Russia

Chechen State Youth Theatre

Sports & Entertainment · Esambaev Boulevard

Theatre in Grozny, Russia

Civic Center Music Hall

Sports & Entertainment

Performing arts center located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Stephen Foster Memorial

Sports & Entertainment

Performing arts center and museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

ISTAF Berlin

Sports & Entertainment · Berlin Olympic Stadium

Athletics tournament held in Berlin, Germany

National League B

Sports & Entertainment

Swiss second ice hockey league

1937 World Figure Skating Championships

Sports & Entertainment · London

Figure skating competition

1937 World Snooker Championship

Sports & Entertainment · London

Snooker tournament

AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am

Sports & Entertainment · Pebble Beach

Golf tournament held in Pebble Beach, United States

1937 European Figure Skating Championships

Sports & Entertainment · Prague

Figure skating competition

Daytona 200

Sports & Entertainment · Daytona International Speedway

Motorcycle race held in Daytona, United States

1937 Coppa Italia Final

Sports & Entertainment · Stadio Artemio Franchi

Football match

1936 Tschammerpokal Final

Sports & Entertainment · Berlin Olympic Stadium

Association football match

Ireland founded

Empires & Countries · Dublin

Ireland was founded, with its capital at Dublin.

Irish Free State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Dublin

Irish Free State ceased to exist, having been centered at Dublin.

Chinese Soviet Republic dissolved

Empires & Countries · Ruijin

Chinese Soviet Republic ceased to exist, having been centered at Ruijin.

Colony of Aden founded

Empires & Countries · Aden

Colony of Aden was founded, with its capital at Aden.

Regional Defence Council of Aragon dissolved

Empires & Countries · Caspe

Regional Defence Council of Aragon ceased to exist, having been centered at Caspe.

Sovereign Council of Asturias and León founded

Empires & Countries · Gijón

Sovereign Council of Asturias and León was founded, with its capital at Gijón.

South Chahar Autonomous Government founded

Empires & Countries · Zhangjiakou

South Chahar Autonomous Government was founded, with its capital at Zhangjiakou.

Sovereign Council of Asturias and León dissolved

Empires & Countries · Gijón

Sovereign Council of Asturias and León ceased to exist, having been centered at Gijón.

Mongol United Autonomous Government founded

Empires & Countries · Hohhot

Mongol United Autonomous Government was founded, with its capital at Hohhot.

Fascist Romania founded

Empires & Countries · Bucharest

Fascist Romania was founded, with its capital at Bucharest.

Provisional Government of the Republic of China founded

Empires & Countries · Beijing

Provisional Government of the Republic of China was founded, with its capital at Beijing.

History of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck dissolved

Empires & Countries · Lübeck

History of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck ceased to exist, having been centered at Lübeck.