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What Happened In July 1937 In History

Historical Events for July, 1937

  • 2nd » Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
  • 5th » Spam (food) e.g Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel or Hormel Foods Corporation.
  • 6th » Spanish Civil War: Battle of Brunete: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.
  • 7th » Second Sino-Japanese War: Marco Polo Bridge Incident known as Battle of Lugou Bridge Japanese forces invade Beijing, China.
  • 8th » Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
  • 24th » Alabama drops rape charges against the so-called "Scottsboro Boys".
  • 26th » End of the Battle of Brunete in the Spanish Civil War.
  • 29th » Tungchow Mutiny known as Tōngzhōu Incident: In Tongzhou District, Beijing named Tōngzhōu, China, the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1937

  • 2nd » Polly Holliday, American actress
  • 2nd » Richard Petty, American race car driver
  • 3rd » Nicholas Maxwell, English philosopher and academic
  • 3rd » Tom Stoppard, Czech-English playwright and screenwriter
  • 4th » Thomas Nagel, American philosopher and educator
  • 4th » Queen Sonja of Norway
  • 4th » Richard Rhodes, American journalist and historian
  • 6th » Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian-Icelandic pianist and conductor
  • 6th » Ned Beatty, American actor
  • 6th » Gene Chandler, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 6th » Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox, English nurse and politician
  • 7th » Tung Chee Hwa, Hong Kong businessman and politician, 1st Chief Executive of Hong Kong
  • 9th » David Hockney, English painter and photographer
  • 11th » Pai Hsien-yung, Chinese-Taiwanese author
  • 12th » Bill Cosby, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 12th » Mickey Edwards, American lawyer and politician
  • 12th » Lionel Jospin, French politician, 165th Prime Minister of France
  • 12th » Michel Louvain, Canadian singer
  • 12th » Robert McFarlane, American colonel and diplomat, 13th United States National Security Advisor
  • 12th » Guy Woolfenden, English composer and conductor
  • 13th » Ghillean Prance, English botanist and ecologist
  • 14th » Yoshirō Mori, Japanese politician, 55th Prime Minister of Japan
  • 15th » Prabhash Joshi, Indian journalist (d. 2009)
  • 16th » Richard Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Nevada
  • 16th » John Daly (producer) named John Daly, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
  • 18th » Roald Hoffmann, Polish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry called Nobel Prize laureate
  • 18th » Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (d. 2005)
  • 19th » George Hamilton IV, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
  • 20th » Dick Hafer (comics) known as Dick Hafer, American illustrator (d. 2003)
  • 20th » Ken Ogata, Japanese actor (d. 2008)
  • 22nd » Chuck Jackson, American singer-songwriter (The Del-Vikings)
  • 22nd » Yasuhiro Kojima, Japanese-American wrestler and manager (d. 1999)
  • 22nd » John Price (England cricketer) or John Price, English cricketer
  • 22nd » Vasant Ranjane, Indian cricketer (d. 2011)
  • 23rd » Dave Webster, American football player and engineer
  • 24th » Manoj Kumar, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 24th » Quinlan Terry, English architect
  • 25th » Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, English archeologist and academic
  • 27th » Anna Dawson, English actress and singer
  • 27th » Don Galloway, American actor (d. 2009)
  • 28th » Francis Veber, French director and screenwriter
  • 29th » Daniel McFadden, American economist and academic, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences called Nobel Prize Laureate

Famous Deaths for July 1937

  • 3rd » Jacob Schick, American-Canadian captain and businessman, invented the electric razor (b. 1877)
  • 5th » Daniel Sawyer, American golfer (b. 1884)
  • 7th » Nikolajs Švedrēvics, Latvian javelin thrower (b. 1891)
  • 9th » Oliver Law, American commander (b. 1899)
  • 11th » George Gershwin, American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
  • 13th » Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze, French polo player and politician (b. 1869)
  • 18th » Julian Bell, English poet and academic (b. 1908)
  • 20th » Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize in Physics called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)

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