What Happened In June 1937 In History

Historical Events for June, 1937

• 3rd » The Edward VIII of the United Kingdom called Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
• 11th » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes Case of Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organization e.g eight army leaders.
• 14th » Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day (United States) named Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
• 14th » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 e.g Marihuana Tax Act.
• 15th » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an Eight-thousander called 8000m peak.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1937

• 1st » Morgan Freeman, American actor and producer
• 1st » Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress and singer
• 1st » Colleen McCullough, Australian author
• 2nd » Rosalyn Higgins, English judge
• 2nd » Sally Kellerman, American actress and singer
• 2nd » Jimmy Jones (singer) known as Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
• 2nd » Robert Paul, Canadian figure skater
• 3rd » Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, French race car driver
• 3rd » Solomon P. Ortiz, American politician
• 3rd » Edward Winter (actor) called Edward Winter, American actor (d. 2001)
• 4th » Freddy Fender, American singer and guitarist (Texas Tornados and Los Super Seven) (d. 2006)
• 4th » Robert Fulghum, American author
• 4th » Gorilla Monsoon, American wrestler, manager, and sportscaster (d. 1999)
• 4th » Mortimer Zuckerman, Canadian-American businessman, founded Boston Properties
• 5th » Hélène Cixous, French author, poet, and critic
• 7th » Neeme Järvi, Estonian-American conductor
• 8th » Gillian Clarke, Welsh poet and playwright
• 9th » Harald Rosenthal, German hydrobiologist
• 10th » Luciana Paluzzi, Italian actress
• 10th » Vilmos Varjú, Hungarian shot putter (d. 1994)
• 11th » Johnny Brown, American actor and singer
• 11th » Chad Everett, American actor (d. 2012)
• 11th » Robin Warren, Australian pathologist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Nobel Prize laureate
• 12th » Vladimir Arnold, Russian-French mathematician and academic (d. 2010)
• 12th » Klaus Basikow, German footballer and manager
• 12th » Antal Festetics, Hungarian-Austrian biologist and zoologist
• 13th » Eleanor Holmes Norton, American politician
• 13th » Erich Ribbeck, German footballer and manager
• 13th » Andreas Whittam Smith, English journalist
• 14th » Jørgen Leth, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter
• 14th » Willie Louis, American witness in the Emmett Till named Emmett Till murder trial (d. 2013)
• 14th » Trevor Arthur Smith, Baron Smith of Clifton, Irish academic and politician
• 15th » Adrian Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose, English journalist and academic
• 15th » Pierre Billon, Canadian author
• 15th » Anna Hazare, Indian activist
• 15th » Waylon Jennings, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Highwaymen (country supergroup) called The Highwaymen) (d. 2002)
• 16th » Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Bulgarian politician, 48th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• 16th » Erich Segal, American author and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 17th » Peter Fitzgerald (footballer) known as Peter Fitzgerald, Irish footballer (d. 2013)
• 17th » Ted Nelson, American sociologist and philosopher
• 18th » Wray Carlton, American football player
• 18th » Del Harris, American basketball player and coach
• 18th » Jay Rockefeller, American politician
• 18th » Bruce Trigger, Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist and historian (d. 2006)
• 18th » Vitaly Zholobov, Ukrainian colonel, engineer, and astronaut
• 20th » Stafford Dean, English actor and singer
• 20th » Jerry Keller, American singer-songwriter
• 21st » John Edrich, English cricketer and coach
• 22nd » Chris Blackwell, English record producer
• 22nd » Bernie McGann, Australian saxophonist and composer (d. 2013)
• 23rd » Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish politician, 10th President of Finland, Nobel Peace Prize called Nobel Prize laureate
• 23rd » Alan Haselhurst, English politician
• 23rd » Niki Sullivan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Crickets) (d. 2004)
• 24th » Anita Desai, Indian-American author
• 25th » Derek Foster, Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland, English politician
• 25th » Doreen Wells, English ballerina and actress
• 26th » Sombat Metanee, Thai actor and director
• 26th » Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
• 26th » Reggie Workman, American jazz double bassist.
• 27th » Joseph P. Allen, American physicist and astronaut
• 27th » Otto Herrigel, Namibian lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
• 27th » Kirkpatrick Sale, American author and scholar
• 28th » Richard Bright (actor) called Richard Bright, American actor (d. 2006)
• 28th » George Knudson, Canadian golfer (d. 1989)
• 28th » Fernand Labrie, Canadian endocrinologist and academic
• 28th » Ron Luciano, American baseball player and umpire (d. 1995)
• 28th » Tom Magliozzi, American radio host
• 30th » Michael von Biel, German cellist and composer

Famous Deaths for June 1937

• 2nd » Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (b. 1870)
• 4th » Ketevan Geladze, Georgian mother of Joseph Stalin (b. 1858)
• 7th » Jean Harlow, American actress and singer (b. 1911)
• 10th » Robert Borden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1854)
• 11th » R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire (b. 1895)
• 12th » Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian marshal (b. 1893)
• 18th » Gaston Doumergue, French politician, 13th President of France (b. 1863)
• 19th » J. M. Barrie, Scottish author and playwright (b. 1860)
• 25th » Colin Clive, English-American actor (b. 1900)

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