What Happened in 1937
14 historical events, 33 notable births, and 6 notable deaths in 1937.
Major Events
January 1937
1937 — year
Nanjing Massacre — 1937 mass murder by the Japanese army
1937 South American Championship — football tournament
EuroBasket 1937 — 1937 edition of Eurobasket
1937 in film — overview of the events of 1937 in film
Battle of Nanking — 1937 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War
World Chess Championship 1937 — 1937 chess championship in the Netherlands
Battle of Guadalajara — 1937 battle
April 1937
Bombing of Guernica — 1937 attack by military aircraft during the Spanish Civil War on the Basque village of Guernica
March 1937
9th Academy Awards — award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 1936
Mit brennender Sorge — 1937 papal encyclical condemning fascism and antisemitism in Germany
May 1937
Hindenburg disaster — 1937 airship accident in New Jersey
October 1937
Parsley massacre — Haitian genocidal massacre carried out in fall 1937
July 1937
Treaty of Saadabad — 1937 treaty between Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan