What Happened In February 1937 In History

Historical Events for February, 1937

• 5th » President of the United States e.g President Franklin Delano Roosevelt or Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a plan to enlarge the Supreme Court of the United States.
• 11th » A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers.
• 16th » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
• 19th » Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
• 21st » The League of Nations bans foreign national "Unlawful combatant e.g volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1937

• 1st » Antonis Christeas, Greek basketball player (d. 2011)
• 1st » Don Everly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Everly Brothers)
• 1st » Garrett Morris, American actor
• 1st » Ray Sawyer, American singer-songwriter (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show)
• 2nd » Don Buford, American baseball player
• 2nd » Anthony Haden-Guest French-English journalist, poet, and critic
• 2nd » Remak Ramsay, American actor
• 2nd » Tom Smothers, American comedian, actor, and singer (Smothers Brothers)
• 3rd » Billy Meier, Swiss author and photographer
• 4th » David Newman (filmmaker) called David Newman, American director and screenwriter (d. 2003)
• 5th » Stuart Damon, American actor
• 5th » Larry Hillman, Canadian ice hockey player
• 5th » Gaston Roelants, Belgian runner
• 5th » Alar Toomre, Estonian-American astronomer and mathematician
• 5th » Wang Xuan, Chinese computer scientist (d. 2006)
• 7th » Peter Jay, English economist, journalist, and diplomat
• 7th » Juan Pizarro, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 8th » Manfred Krug, German actor and singer
• 8th » Joe Raposo, American pianist and composer (d. 1989)
• 9th » Clete Boyer, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)
• 9th » Len Skeat, English bassist
• 10th » Roberta Flack, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 11th » Marilyn Butler, English academic and critic
• 11th » Bill Lawry, Australian cricketer
• 11th » Brian Lemon, English pianist and composer
• 11th » Cēzars Ozers, Latvian basketball player
• 11th » Eddie Shack, Canadian ice hockey player
• 11th » Phillip Walker, American singer and guitarist (d. 2010)
• 12th » Charles Dumas, American high jumper (d. 2004)
• 13th » Ali El-Maak, Sudanese author (d. 1992)
• 13th » Angelo Mosca, Canadian football player and wrestler
• 13th » Enn Soosaar, Estonian columnist and publicist (d. 2010)
• 14th » John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market, English politician, Secretary of State for Transport
• 14th » Magic Sam, American singer and guitarist (d. 1969)
• 15th » Nathan Davis (saxophonist) called Nathan Davis, American saxophonist and clarinet player
• 15th » Gregory Mcdonald, American author (d. 2008)
• 15th » Coen Moulijn, Dutch footballer (d. 2011)
• 16th » Paul Bailey, English author and critic
• 16th » Peter Hobday (presenter) e.g Peter Hobday, English journalist
• 16th » Yuri I. Manin, Russian-German mathematician
• 18th » Ulvi Voog, Estonian swimmer
• 19th » Terry Carr, American author and educator (d. 1987)
• 19th » David Margulies, American actor
• 19th » Alan Munro, Indian-English immunologist and academic
• 19th » Boris Pugo, Latvian politician, Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia) known as Minister of Interior of the Soviet Union (d. 1991)
• 19th » Robert Walker (musician) known as Robert Walker, American guitarist
• 20th » David Ackles, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1999)
• 20th » Robert Huber, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry e.g Nobel Prize laureate
• 20th » Roger Penske, American race car driver
• 20th » Nancy Wilson (jazz singer) e.g Nancy Wilson, American singer and actress
• 21st » Jilly Cooper, English journalist and author
• 21st » Harald V of Norway
• 21st » Gary Lockwood, American actor
• 22nd » Joanna Russ, American author and activist (d. 2011)
• 23rd » Tom Osborne, American football player, coach, and politician
• 23rd » Christopher Tugendhat, Baron Tugendhat, English journalist, academic, and politician, Vice-President of the European Commission
• 24th » Jerry Wiggin, English politician
• 25th » Tom Courtenay, English actor
• 25th » Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Polish-American art collector and philanthropist (d. 2013)
• 25th » Bob Schieffer, American journalist
• 26th » Paul Dickson (American football) named Paul Dickson, American football player and coach (d. 2011)
• 26th » Hagood Hardy, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 1997)
• 26th » Cliff Osmond, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 27th » Barbara Babcock, American actress
• 27th » Aslan Usoyan, Georgian-Russian mobster (d. 2013)

Famous Deaths for February 1937

• 5th » Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian psychoanalyst and author (b. 1861)
• 7th » Elihu Root, American lawyer and politician, 38th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Peace Prize called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 14th » Franz Böckli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1858)
• 27th » Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, founded the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)

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