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December 1937
The following events occurred in December 1937: December 1, 1937 (Wednesday) *The Battle of Nanking began. *Japan recognized the Franco regime. *Otto Meissner entered the Hitler Cabinet as Minister of State and Head of the Chancellory. *Born: Chuck Low, actor, in New York City (d. 2017); Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, 6th President of Latvia, in Riga, Latvia December 2, 1937 (Thursday) * Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg and Nora Gregor were married in Vienna. *Manchukuo and the Franco regime exchanged documents granting each other formal recognition. *In Burgos, the National Council of the FET was ceremonially sworn in. The new governing body was modeled after the Grand Council of Fascism in Italy. December 3, 1937 (Friday) *Japanese forces took Danyang. *Neville Chamberlain appointed Harold MacMichael to be the next High Commissioner for Palestine to replace Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope, who was retiring for health reasons. *Born: Bobby Allison, race car driver and owner, in M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
December 1
Events Pre-1600 * 800 – A council is convened in the Vatican, at which Charlemagne is to judge the accusations against Pope Leo III. *1420 – Henry V of England enters Paris alongside his father-in-law King Charles VI of France. * 1577 – Courtiers Christopher Hatton and Thomas Heneage are knighted by Queen Elizabeth I of England. 1601–1900 * 1640 – End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 59 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the Philippine Dynasty. * 1662 – Diarist John Evelyn records skating on the frozen lake in St James's Park, London, watched by Charles II and Queen Catherine. *1768 – The former slave ship ''Fredensborg'' sinks off Tromøya in Norway. * 1821 – José Núñez de Cáceres wins the independence of the Dominican Republic from Spain and names the new territory the Republic of Spanish Haiti. * 1822 – Pedro I is cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |