What Happened In October 1937 In History

Historical Events for October, 1937

• 1st » The Japanese city Handa, Aichi named Handa is founded in Aichi Prefecture.
• 2nd » Dominican Republic strongman Rafael Trujillo orders the Parsley Massacre named execution of the Haitian population living within the borderlands; approximately 20,000 are killed over the next five days.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1937

• 2nd » Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer (d. 2005)
• 4th » Jackie Collins, English author and actress
• 4th » David Crocker, American philosopher and development ethicist
• 4th » Gail Gilmore, Canadian-American actress and dancer (d. 2014)
• 4th » Jim Sillars, Scottish politician
• 5th » Barry Switzer, American football player and coach
• 7th » Maria Szyszkowska, Polish academic and politician
• 8th » Paul Schell, American lawyer and politician, 50th List of mayors of Seattle or Mayor of Seattle (d. 2014)
• 10th » Peter Underwood, Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Tasmania (d. 2014)
• 11th » Bobby Charlton, English footballer and manager
• 11th » R. H. W. Dillard, American poet, author, and critic
• 11th » Jaan Kundla, Estonian politician
• 11th » Ron Leibman, American actor and screenwriter
• 12th » Paul Hawkins (racing driver) known as Paul Hawkins, Australian race car driver (d. 1969)
• 12th » Robert Mangold, American painter
• 13th » Sami Frey, French actor
• 15th » Brad Corbett, American businessman (d. 2012)
• 15th » Linda Lavin, American actress, singer, director, and producer
• 15th » Barry McGuire, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The New Christy Minstrels)
• 15th » Biff Rose, American singer-songwriter and comedian
• 17th » Paxton Whitehead, English actor
• 19th » Marilyn Bell, Canadian swimmer
• 19th » Peter Max, German-American illustrator
• 20th » Cancio Garcia, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2013)
• 20th » Wanda Jackson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 20th » Juan Marichal, Dominican baseball player
• 21st » Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, Russian spiritual leader and scholar (d. 2012)
• 21st » Hank Nelson, Australian historian (d. 2012)
• 22nd » Manos Loïzos e.g Manos Loizos, Greek musician (d. 1982)
• 23rd » Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (d. 1971)
• 24th » Ladislau Biernaski, Brazilian bishop (d. 2012)
• 24th » Miguel Ángel Coria, Spanish composer
• 24th » John Goetz, American baseball player (d. 2008)
• 24th » Heribert Offermanns, German chemist
• 24th » Rosaria Piomelli, Italian-American architect and educator
• 24th » Petar Stipetić, Croatian general
• 25th » Roberto Menescal, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 27th » Lara Parker, American actress
• 28th » Lenny Wilkens, American basketball player and coach
• 30th » Claude Lelouch, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 31st » Tom Paxton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Famous Deaths for October 1937

• 9th » Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (b. 1868)
• 17th » J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (b. 1862)
• 19th » Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 26th » Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki, Polish general (b. 1867)

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