January 1937 in History

Events in History

Theater Premiere

Jan 9 Maxwell Anderson's stage drama "High Tor" premieres at Martin Beck Theatre, NYC; runs for 171 performances, wins Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play

Jan 12 Plough for laying submarine cable patented
Jan 15 Spanish Civil War: Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends after both forces withdraw

Event of Interest

Jan 19 Millionaire Howard Hughes sets transcontinental air record (7h 28m 25s)

Jan 20 -45°F (-43°C), Boca, California (state record)
Jan 20 1st US Presidential Inauguration day held on Jan 20th, (previously March 4th)

Event of Interest

Jan 23 Karl Radek and sixteen others go on trial in Moscow as part of the Great Purge, many are sentenced to death

Jan 25 Miami-to-Tampa bus overturned in a canal, kills 13

Birthdays in History

Jan 1 Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg, Polish author (d. 1995)
Jan 2 Marianne McDonald, classicist/philanthropist
Jan 9 Klaus Schlesinger, German writer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2001)
Jan 10 Thomas Penfield Jackson, American judge, born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2013)
Jan 12 Liliana Cavani, Italian director (Berlin Affair), born in Carpi, Italy
Jan 18 John Hume, Northern Irish politician (jointly awarded Nobel Peace Prize for Good Friday Agreement), born in Derry, Northern Ireland (d. 2020) [1]
Jan 21 Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria
Jan 22 Edén Pastora, Nicaraguan rebel leader
Jan 22 Joseph Wambaugh, American police writer ("The Onion Fields"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jan 25 Ange-Félix Patassé, President of the Central African Republic, born in Paoua, Central African Republic (d. 2011)
Jan 25 Kathleen Tynan Halton, Canadian-British journalist & author, born in Canada (d. 1995)
Jan 26 Gerrit Gerritse, Dutch politician (CDA)
Jan 26 Joseph Saidu Momoh, gen/president (Sierra Leone)
Jan 28 Bette Howland [Lee Sotonoff], American writer and literary critic (Blue in Chicago, The iron year), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2017)
Jan 31 Andrée Boucher, Canadian politician (mayor of Quebec City), born in Sainte-Foy, Quebec (d. 2007)
Jan 31 Steve Karmen, American jingle writer (I Love NY, This Bud's for You), born in The Bronx, New York

Weddings in History

Paul Dirac

Jan 2 Theoretical Physicist Paul Dirac (34) weds Margit Wigner

Deaths in History

Jan 5 Marie Booth, child of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1864)
Jan 6 André Bessette, Canadian Roman Catholic religious figure, dies at 91
Jan 14 Jaishankar Prasad, Hindi poet, dramatist and novelist, dies at 47
Jan 23 Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (Minister of Education), dies at 60