May 1937 in History

Events in History

May 1 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Neutrality Act, banning travel on belligerent ships and imposes an arms embargo on warring nations

May 3 Margaret Mitchell wins Pulitzer Prize for "Gone With The Wind"

May 6 German airship Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 35 of the 97 on board and 1 on the ground

May 10 Busmen strike in London
May 11 Los Glaciares National Park established in Patagonia, Argentina, the country's largest national park (UNESCO World Heritage Site 1981) [1]

May 12 Coronation of King George VI of Great Britain (and his other realms and territories beyond the sea) at Westminster Abbey, London

May 28 Neville Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

May 30 Memorial Day Massacre: Chicago Police Department shoot and kill 10 unarmed demonstrators during the "Little Steel Strike" in the United States
May 31 1st quadruplets to finish college (Baylor University)
May 31 German warships bombard Almeria, Spain

May 2 Gisela Elsner, German writer (Die Riesenzwerge, Rowohlt), born in Nuremberg, Middle Franconia (d. 1992)
May 3 Nélida Piñon, Brazilian writer (The Republic of Dreams), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
May 5 Rob Van Gennep, Dutch publisher, born in Wassenaar, Netherlands (d. 1994)
May 7 Aviard Gavrilovich Fastovets, Russian cosmonaut, born in Kovrov, Vladimir Oblast, Russia (d. 1991)
May 8 Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Colombian politician
May 8 Daniel Robberechts, Belgian writer (Labia Majora)
May 8 Dennis DeConcini, American politician (Sen-D-AZ, 1977-95), born in Tucson, Arizona
May 8 Michael Simmons, Air Marshal (British Ministry of Defense)
May 8 Thomas Pynchon, American novelist (V, Gravity's Rainbow), born in Glen Cove, New York
May 9 José Rafael Moneo, Spanish architect

May 10 American playwright ('Wings', 'Nine'), born in NYC, New York

May 12 Gerry Studds, American politician (Rep-D-MA, 1973-97), first openly gay member of US Congress, born in Mineola, New York (d. 2006)
May 13 John Cope, British politician (UK Paymaster General)

May 13 Canadian novelist (The Hockey Sweater), born in Sainte-Justine, Quebec

May 13 Roger Zelazny, American poet and sci-fi author (Chronicles of Amber), born in Euclid, Ohio (d. 1995)
May 13 Trevor Baylis, English inventor of the wind-up radio, born in Kilburn, London (d. 2018)

May 15 American diplomat (UN Delegate, 1993-97), and 1st female US Secretary of State (1997-2001), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia

May 16 James Hunt Jr, American politician (Governor of North Carolina 1993-2001), born in Greensboro, North Carolina
May 17 Hazel R. O'Leary, United States Secretary of Energy
May 18 Jacques Santer, Luxembourg politician (President of the European Commission 1995-99), born in Wasserbillig, Lexembourg
May 19 Sanne Sannes, Dutch photographer
May 27 Andrei Bitov, Russian writer (Pushkin House), born in Leningrad, Russia (d. 2018)
May 29 Charles W. Pickering, American judge (Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi), born in Laurel, Mississippi
May 30 Arthur C. Jacobs, Scottish poet, born in Glasgow (d. 1994)