What Happened In May 1937 In History

Historical Events for May, 1937

• 3rd » 'Gone with the Wind', a novel by Margaret Mitchell, wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
• 6th » Hindenburg disaster: The Nazi Germany named German zeppelin 'Hindenburg' catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
• 12th » The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as George VI called King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother e.g Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
• 21st » A Soviet and Russian manned drifting ice stations e.g Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
• 27th » In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
• 28th » The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., who pushes a button signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the span.
• 28th » Volkswagen (VW), the Germany named German automobile manufacturer is founded.
• 30th » Memorial Day massacre of 1937 named Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1937

• 1st » Tamsyn Imison, English illustrator and educator
• 1st » Bo Nilsson, Swedish composer
• 1st » Una Stubbs, English actress and dancer
• 2nd » Lorenzo Music, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
• 3rd » Nélida Piñon, Brazilian author
• 4th » Ron Carter, American bassist (Miles Davis Quintet)
• 4th » Dick Dale, American guitarist
• 4th » Marisa Robles, Spanish harp player
• 4th » Wim Verstappen, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 5th » Delia Derbyshire, English keyboard player and composer (White Noise (band) known as White Noise) (d. 2001)
• 6th » Rubin Carter, American boxer (d. 2014)
• 7th » Claude Raymond (baseball) called Claude Raymond, Canadian baseball player and coach
• 8th » Bernard Cleary, Canadian politician
• 8th » Mike Cuellar, Cuban-American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 8th » Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Colombian lawyer and politician
• 8th » Thomas Pynchon, American author
• 9th » Sonny Curtis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 9th » Rafael Moneo, Spanish architect, designed the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels and Valladolid Science Museum
• 9th » Dave Prater, American singer (Sam & Dave) (d. 1988)
• 10th » Jim Hickman (1960s outfielder) named Jim Hickman, American baseball player
• 10th » Tamara Press, Ukrainian shot putter and discus thrower
• 11th » Cheng Yen, Taiwanese Buddhist nun and philantrophist
• 12th » Beryl Burton, English cyclist (d. 1996)
• 12th » George Carlin, American comedian, actor, and author (d. 2008)
• 12th » Susan Hampshire, English actress
• 12th » Miriam Stoppard, English physician and author
• 13th » Trevor Baylis, English inventor, invented the wind-up radio
• 13th » Roch Carrier, Canadian author
• 13th » John Cope, Baron Cope of Berkeley, English politician
• 13th » Zohra Lampert, American actress
• 13th » Roger Zelazny, American author and poet (d. 1995)
• 15th » Madeleine Albright, Czech-American politician, 64th United States Secretary of State
• 15th » Karin Krog, Norwegian singer
• 15th » Trini Lopez, American singer, guitarist, and actor
• 15th » Joe Tait, American sportscaster
• 16th » Yvonne Craig, American actress and dancer
• 18th » Brooks Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 18th » Jacques Santer, Luxembourger politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Luxembourg
• 19th » Pat Roach, English wrestler and actor (d. 2004)
• 22nd » Guy Marchand, French actor and singer
• 24th » Timothy Brown (actor) or Timothy Brown, American football player and actor
• 24th » Maryvonne Dupureur, French runner (d. 2008)
• 24th » Roger Peterson (pilot) named Roger Peterson, American pilot (d. 1959)
• 24th » Archie Shepp, American saxophonist and composer
• 25th » Tom Phillips (artist) known as Tom Phillips, English painter
• 27th » Allan Carr, American playwright and producer (d. 1999)
• 29th » Hibari Misora, Japanese singer and actress (d. 1989)
• 29th » Charles W. Pickering, American judge
• 29th » Irmin Schmidt, German keyboard player and composer (Can (band) known as Can)
• 29th » Alwin Schockemöhle, German horse rider
• 30th » Christopher Haskins, Irish businessman
• 30th » Rick Mather, American-English architect (d. 2013)
• 30th » Harry Statham, American basketball player and coach

Famous Deaths for May 1937

• 1st » Snitz Edwards, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1868)
• 4th » Noel Rosa, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1910)
• 7th » Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain (b. 1886)
• 10th » William Tedmarsh, English-American actor (b. 1876)
• 15th » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)
• 23rd » John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil called Standard Oil Company and Rockefeller University (b. 1839)
• 28th » Alfred Adler, Austrian psychologist (b. 1870)

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