The following events occurred in August 1937:

August 1, 1937 (Sunday)

*The

Meuse-Argonne American Memorial The Meuse-Argonne American Memorial (''Montfaucon American Monument''; french: Monument Américain de Montfaucon, links=no) is an American World War I memorial commemorating "the brilliant victory of the American First Army in the Meuse-Argo ...

was dedicated in

Montfaucon-d'Argonne Montfaucon-d'Argonne (, literally ''Montfaucon of Argonne'') is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is home to the Meuse-Argonne American Memorial. See also * Communes of the Meuse department The follo ...

, France. *Born: Al D'Amato, American lawyer and politician; in Brooklyn,

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

August 2 Events Pre-1600 338 BC – A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean. 216 BC – The Carthaginian arm ...
, 1937 (Monday)

*The

Marihuana Tax Act The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, , was a United States Act that placed a tax on the sale of cannabis. The H.R. 6385 act was drafted by Harry Anslinger and introduced by Rep. Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina, on April 14, 1937. The Seventy-fifth ...

was enacted in the United States.

August 3, 1937 (Tuesday)

*The 20th biennial World Zionist Congress opened in Zürich, Switzerland. *A

Pan American-Grace Airways Pan American-Grace Airways, also known as Panagra, and dubbed "The World's Friendliest Airline" was an airline formed as a joint venture between Pan American World Airways and Grace Shipping Company. On September 13, 1928, a small single-engine ...

Sikorsky S-43 amphibious aircraft plunged into the ocean off

Cristóbal Cristóbal or Cristobal, the Spanish version of Christopher, is a masculine given name and a surname which may refer to: Given name *Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895–1972), Spanish fashion designer *Cristóbal Cobo (born 1976), Chilean academic *Cri ...

, Panama, killing all 14 aboard. *Generalissimo

Francisco Franco Francisco Franco Bahamonde (; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War ...

informed Italy that he had intelligence that the Soviets were shipping arms to the Republic. Franco urged Italian action to stop the transports.

August 4, 1937 (Wednesday)

*The Venezuelan National Guard was founded. *In Little Rock, Arkansas, the newly formed Society for the Booing of Commercial Advertisements in Motion Picture Theatres made its debut, booing loudly when corporate advertising appeared on the movie screen. Similar "booing clubs" soon began springing up elsewhere. In the 1930s and '40s movie houses experimented with running ads for commercial products alongside movie trailers, but many theatregoers resented the practice because, unlike the radio where ads were recognized as necessary, movies were not free. *Born: David Bedford, English composer and musician; in

Hendon Hendon is an urban area in the Borough of Barnet, North-West London northwest of Charing Cross. Hendon was an ancient manor and parish in the county of Middlesex and a former borough, the Municipal Borough of Hendon; it has been part of Great ...

, London (d. 2011) *Died: ** K.P. Jayaswal, 55, Indian historian and lawyer ** Hans Reck, 51, German volcanologist and paleontologist

August 5 Events Pre-1600 AD 25 – Guangwu claims the throne as Emperor of China, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty. 70 – Fires resulting from the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem are ...
, 1937 (Thursday)

*Japanese Emperor

Hirohito Emperor , commonly known in English-speaking countries by his personal name , was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989. Hirohito and his wife, Empress Kōjun, had two sons and five daughters; he was ...

ratified a directive removing the constraints of international law on the treatment of Chinese

prisoners of war A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held Captivity, captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610. Belligerents hold priso ...

. * Frankie Frisch of the St. Louis Cardinals appeared in his final major league game, going 0-for-1 as a pinch hitter during a 4–1 loss to the Boston Bees. *Born: Herb Brooks, American Olympic ice hockey player and coach; in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 2003, automobile accident) *Died: José Canals, 22, Spanish Olympic cross-country skier, was killed in action in the Spanish Civil War.

August 6 Events Pre-1600 1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean. 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ...
, 1937 (Friday)

*The Soviet Union and the United States agreed to extend their trade pact for one additional year. *The National Cancer Institute was established in the United States. *Born: Barbara Windsor, English actress; in

Shoreditch Shoreditch is a district in the East End of London in England, and forms the southern part of the London Borough of Hackney. Neighbouring parts of Tower Hamlets are also perceived as part of the area. In the 16th century, Shoreditch was an impor ...

, London (d. 2020)

August 7, 1937 (Saturday)

*The Japanese began to evacuate their

concession Concession may refer to: General * Concession (contract) (sometimes called a concession agreement), a contractual right to carry on a certain kind of business or activity in an area, such as to explore or develop its natural resources or to opera ...

at Hankou, citing "the steadily growing tension and a desire to prevent an incident likely to aggravate the general situation." * World War I veteran Harold Wobber, 47, became the first person definitively known to have committed suicide by jumping from the

Golden Gate Bridge The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The structure links the U.S. city of San Francisco, California—the northern tip of the San Francisco Pen ...

. *Born: Magic Slim, blues singer and guitarist; in Torrance, Mississippi (d. 2013) *Died:

Henri Lebasque Henri Lebasque (25 September 1865 – 7 August 1937) was a French post-impressionist painter. He was born at Champigné ( Maine-et-Loire). His work is represented in French museums, notably Angers, Geneva (Petit Palais), Lille ( Musée des Be ...

, 71, French post-Impressionist painter

August 8, 1937 (Sunday)

*3,000 Japanese soldiers conspicuously entered Beiping without resistance. Japanese warplanes dropped

propaganda Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded ...

leaflets on the populace proclaiming that the "Japanese army has driven out your wicked rulers and their wicked armies and will keep them out." *Born: Dustin Hoffman, American actor and director; in Los Angeles *Died: Jimmie Guthrie, 40, Scottish motorcycle racer, was killed competing in the German motorcycle Grand Prix.

August 9, 1937 (Monday)

*It was announced in Berlin that '' The Times'' correspondent

Norman Ebbutt Norman Ebbutt (1894–1968) was a British journalist. In 1925 he was sent to Berlin, where he became chief correspondent for ''The Times'' of London. He warned of Nazi warmongering but ''The Times'' censored his reports to promote appeasement. H ...

had been ordered out of Germany. The move was made in retaliation for Britain expelling three German journalists on suspicion of espionage. *The adventure film ''

Souls at Sea ''Souls at Sea'' is a 1937 American adventure film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Gary Cooper and George Raft. Based on a story by Ted Lesser, the film is about a first mate on a slave ship who frees the slaves on the ship after a mutiny ...

'' starring Gary Cooper,

George Raft George Raft (born George Ranft; September 26, 1901 – November 24, 1980) was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s. A stylish leading man in dozens of movies, Raft is ...

and Frances Dee premiered at the Globe Theatre in New York City. *Died: Duff Cooley, 64, American baseball player

August 10, 1937 (Tuesday)

*The Republican tanker ''Campeador'' was sunk off Tunis by Italian destroyers. 28 members of the crew were saved but 12 were lost. *The

Regional Defence Council of Aragon The Regional Defence Council of Aragon ( es, Consejo Regional de Defensa de Aragón (CRDA), an, Consello Rechional d'Esfensa d'Aragón), was an administrative entity created by the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) in the context of the ...

was dissolved. *An

Eastern Air Lines Eastern Air Lines, also colloquially known as Eastern, was a major United States airline from 1926 to 1991. Before its dissolution, it was headquartered at Miami International Airport in an unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County, Florida. Ea ...

Douglas DC-2 The Douglas DC-2 is a 14-passenger, twin-engined airliner that was produced by the American company Douglas Aircraft Company starting in 1934. It competed with the Boeing 247. In 1935, Douglas produced a larger version called the DC-3, which b ...

struck a power pole while taking off from Daytona Beach Airport. Both crew members and 2 of the 7 passengers aboard were killed. * Claude Shannon wrote '' A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits'', later described by Howard Gardner as "possibly the most important, and also the most famous, master's thesis of the century". *One of the leading camera and business equipment brands in the world, Canon, was founded, as predecessors for Precision Optical Company in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

August 11 Events Pre-1600 * 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins. * 2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founde ...
, 1937 (Wednesday)

*The

Battle of Albarracín The Battle of Albarracín took place in Albarracín and surrounding areas (Teruel) between 5 July and 11 August 1937, during the Spanish Civil War. Background The Aragon front was, from the beginning of the war, a secondary front, but also a ...

ended in a Nationalist victory. *

Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 ...

ordered some of his best units deployed to Shanghai. *The World Zionist Congress voted 300–158 to oppose the Peel Commission plan to partition Palestine. *The biographical film ''

The Life of Emile Zola ''The Life of Emile Zola'' is a 1937 American biographical film about the 19th-century French author Émile Zola starring Paul Muni and directed by William Dieterle. It premiered at the Los Angeles Carthay Circle Theatre to great critical and f ...

'' starring

Paul Muni Paul Muni (born Frederich Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund; September 22, 1895– August 25, 1967) was an American stage and film actor who grew up in Chicago. Muni was a five-time Academy Award nominee, with one win. He started his acting career in ...

premiered at the Hollywood Theatre in New York City. *Died:

Edith Wharton Edith Wharton (; born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and interior designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper-class New York "aristocracy" to portray ...

, 75, American author

August 12, 1937 (Thursday)

*The Spanish destroyer ''Churruca'' was torpedoed and damaged near Cartagena. The ship was able to limp into port but 3 crew were killed and 9 were injured. *Died: Bakr Sidqi, 47, Iraqi nationalist and general, was assassinated.

August 13 Events Pre-1600 * 29 BC – Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes. * 523 – John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas. * 554 – Em ...
, 1937 (Friday)

*The Battle of Shanghai began. *The freighter ''Conde de Absolo'' was sunk off Pantelleria by the Italians. *Died:

Walter Runciman, 1st Baron Runciman Walter Runciman, 1st Baron Runciman (6 July 1847 – 13 August 1937) was an English and Scottish shipping magnate. He was born in the Scottish town of Dunbar. He was the fourth son of Walter Runciman, master of a schooner and later a member o ...

, 90, English shipping magnate

August 14 Events Pre-1600 * 74 BC – A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan. The articles, enumerating t ...
, 1937 (Saturday)

*The Battle of Santander began. *Chinese warplanes attacked Japanese ships in Shanghai harbour, but most of the bombs missed their targets and struck civilian areas instead, killing over 1,000. *Born: Alberta Nelson, American actress; in Erie, Pennsylvania (d. 2006) *Died: H. C. McNeile, MC, 48, British popular author, died of cancer at his home in

West Chiltington West Chiltington is a village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Storrington to Broadford Bridge road, 2.6 miles (4.2 km) north of Storrington. The parish covers an area of 1733 hectares ...

, England.

August 15, 1937 (Sunday)

*Japanese planes bombed Nanking for the first time. *The Shanghai Expeditionary Army was raised a second time. * Félix Paiva became 37th President of Paraguay.

August 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs. * 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdan ...
, 1937 (Monday)

*A general mobilization of the military was ordered in Japan. *The Polish peasant strike began. *France protested to the Chinese government over the air raid that killed more than 1,000 people in the French concession and international settlement of Shanghai. *Born: **

David Anderson David Anderson may refer to: People In academia or science *David Anderson (academic) (born 1952), American college professor *David Anderson (engineer) (1880–1953), Scottish civil engineer and lawyer *David Anderson, 2nd Viscount Waverley (1911� ...

, Canadian politician; in Victoria, British Columbia **

Uncle Elmer Stanley C. Fraizer (August 16, 1937 – July 1, 1992), also known as Plowboy Frazier, was an American professional wrestler. He was primarily a regional gimmick wrestler, employed for his massive size and unique personality. He is best known as U ...

, American professional wrestler; in Philadelphia, Mississippi (d. 1992)

August 17, 1937 (Tuesday)

*The U.S. Senate confirmed

Hugo Black Hugo Lafayette Black (February 27, 1886 – September 25, 1971) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1927 to 1937 and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1937 to 1971. A ...

for the United States Supreme Court by a 63–16 vote despite his controversial past involvement with the

Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan (), commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is an American white supremacist, right-wing terrorist, and hate group whose primary targets are African Americans, Jews, Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and ...

. *Born: Diego Seguí, Cuban baseball player; in Holguín

August 18, 1937 (Wednesday)

*The Blackwater fire began in Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming. *The U.S. government ordered all 12,600 American citizens in China to evacuate. *The musical film '' Broadway Melody of 1938'', starring Eleanor Powell, Robert Taylor, and Judy Garland in a star-making role, premiered at

Grauman's Chinese Theatre Grauman's Chinese Theatre (branded as TCL Chinese Theatre for naming rights reasons) is a movie palace on the historic Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. The original Chines ...

in Hollywood. *Born: **

Jean Alingué Bawoyeu Jean Alingué Bawoyeu (born August 18, 1937), known in French as the ''vieux sage'', which translates as "wise elder", is a Chadian politician who was Prime Minister of Chad from 1991 to 1992. During the 1970s, he served successively as Ambassado ...

, Prime Minister of Chad from 1991 to 1992, in

Fort-Lamy N'Djamena ( ) is the capital and largest city of Chad. It is also a special statute region, divided into 10 districts or ''arrondissements''. The city serves as the centre of economic activity in Chad. Meat, fish and cotton processing are th ...

, French Equatorial Africa ** Willie Rushton, English cartoonist and comedian; in Chelsea, London (d. 1996) *Died:

Luigi Pernier Luigi Pernier (Rome, 23 November 1874 – Rhodes, 18 August 1937) was an Italian archaeologist and academic now best known for his discovery of the Disc of Phaistos.August 19 Events Pre-1600 *295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War. *43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later know ...

, 1937 (Thursday)

*Portugal severed diplomatic relations with Czechoslovakia over a broken armaments contract. Czechoslovakia broke the contract because it suspected Portugal of funneling the arms to the Nationalists in Spain. *Nazi Germany restricted Jewish booksellers to only selling books by Jewish authors to Jewish customers. *Died: Ikki Kita, 54, Japanese author and philosopher

August 20, 1937 (Friday)

*In Shanghai, an anti-aircraft shell landed on the deck of the heavy cruiser and exploded, killing 1 American sailor and wounding 18. *Born: ** Jim Bowen, English comedian and television personality; in Heswall (d. 2018) ** Jean-Louis Petit, French composer, conductor and organist

August 21 Events Pre-1600 * 959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège. * 1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars. *1169 – Battle o ...
, 1937 (Saturday)

*The Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact was signed. *

Villacarriedo Villacarriedo is a municipality in the Spanish "comunidad autónoma" of Cantabria. Sub-districts and demography In 2009 the municipality contained 1,765 registered inhabitants divided between the various villages and hamlets as follows: *Abionz ...

fell to the Nationalists. *Born: ** Gustavo Noboa, President of Ecuador from 2000 to 2003 (d. 2021) ** Donald Dewar, Scottish politician; in Glasgow (d. 2000) **

Joe Morrison Joseph R. Morrison (August 21, 1937 – February 5, 1989) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants from 1959 to 1972. Morrison served as the head footbal ...

, American football player and coach; in

Lima, Ohio Lima ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northwest Ohio along Interstate 75 in Ohio, Interstate 75 approximately north of Dayton, Ohio, Dayton, southwest of Toledo, Ohio, T ...

(d. 1989) ** Robert Stone, American novelist; in Brooklyn,

(d. 2015) **

Chuck Traynor Charles Everett Traynor (August 21, 1937 – July 22, 2002) was an American businessman and talent agent best known for having promoted the careers of pornographic film stars Linda Lovelace and Marilyn Chambers, both of whom were also married t ...

, American pornographer; in Westchester County, New York (d. 2002) *Died: George Wright, 90, American baseball player

August 22, 1937 (Sunday)

Manfred von Brauchitsch Manfred Georg Rudolf von Brauchitsch (15 August 1905 – 5 February 2003) was a German auto racing driver who drove for Mercedes-Benz in the famous "Silver Arrows" of Grand Prix motor racing in the 1930s. Racing career Brauchitsch won th ...

of Germany won the

Monaco Grand Prix The Monaco Grand Prix (french: Grand Prix de Monaco) is a Formula One motor racing event held annually on the Circuit de Monaco, in late May or early June. Run since 1929, it is widely considered to be one of the most important and prestigiou ...

. * Rudolf Caracciola of Germany won the Swiss Grand Prix. *Voters in Liechtenstein approved a referendum on banning department stores.

August 23, 1937 (Monday)

*The new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio opened its doors. *Died:

Albert Roussel Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel (; 5 April 1869 – 23 August 1937) was a French composer. He spent seven years as a midshipman, turned to music as an adult, and became one of the most prominent French composers of the interwar period. His ...

, 68, French composer

August 24, 1937 (Tuesday)

*The Republicans launched the Zaragoza Offensive. *The Battle of Belchite began.

August 25, 1937 (Wednesday)

*The Nationalists entered

Santander Santander may refer to: Places * Santander, Spain, a port city and capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain * Santander Department, a department of Colombia * Santander State, former state of Colombia * Santander de Quilichao, a m ...

. *The Polish peasant strike ended.

August 26, 1937 (Thursday)

*British ambassador to China Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen was wounded when a Japanese plane strafed and attacked his limousine. *Turkey warned that any submarines that entered the Turkish Straits without identifying themselves would be attacked. *Mysterious attacks began on neutral shipping bound for Republican ports. *Born: ** Kenji Utsumi, Japanese actor and voice actor; in

Kitakyushu is a Cities of Japan, city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, Kitakyushu has an estimated population of 940,978, making it the second-largest city in both Fukuoka Prefecture and the island of Kyushu after the city of Fuku ...

(d. 2013) ** Gennady Yanayev, Soviet politician; in

Perevoz, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Perevoz (russian: Перево́з) is a town and the administrative center of Perevozsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Pyana River, southeast of Nizhny Novgorod, the administrative center of the oblast. Populati ...

, USSR (d. 2010) *Died: Andrew Mellon, 82, American businessman, ambassador and

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal a ...

August 27, 1937 (Friday)

*The Kwantung Army occupied Zhangjiakou. *Born: Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician; in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2007)

August 28, 1937 (Saturday)

H. S. Wong H. S. "Newsreel" Wong (1900March 9, 1981) was a Chinese newsreel photojournalist. He is most notable for ''Bloody Saturday (photograph), Bloody Saturday'', a photograph of a crying baby in Shanghai that he took during the Second Sino-Japanese Wa ...

took the famous '' Bloody Saturday'' photograph, showing a baby crying in the bombed-out ruins of a Shanghai railway station. *The Vatican recognized Francoist Spain and sent an apostolic delegate. *English athlete

Sydney Wooderson Sydney Charles Wooderson Order of the British Empire, MBE (30 August 1914 – 21 December 2006), dubbed "The Mighty Atom", was an England, English Track and field athletics, athlete whose peak career was in the 1930s and 1940s. He set the world ...

set a new world record at

Motspur Park Motspur Park, also known locally as West Barnes, is a residential suburb in south-west London, in the New Malden district. It straddles the boroughs of Kingston upon Thames and Merton. Motspur Park owes its identity to the railway station of ...

by running a mile in 4 minutes 6.4 seconds. *'' Toyota Motor Corporation'' was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in Japan.

August 29, 1937 (Sunday)

*Britain sent a sharp note of protest to the Japanese government demanding a formal apology for the wounding of their ambassador. *Born:

James Florio James Joseph Florio (August 29, 1937 – September 25, 2022) was an American politician who served as the 49th governor of New Jersey from 1990 to 1994. He was previously the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 1st congressional district from 19 ...

, 49th Governor of New Jersey; in Brooklyn,

(d. 2022)

August 30, 1937 (Monday)

Joe Louis Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951. Nicknamed the Brown Bomber, Louis is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential boxers of all time. He rei ...

retained boxing's World Heavyweight Championship with a 15-round decision over Tommy Farr at Yankee Stadium. *The Russian freighter ''Timiryazev'' was torpedoed and sunk near Dellys. All 30 crew were rescued by a fishing boat. *

Eberhard von Stohrer Eberhard von Stohrer (5 February, 1883 – March 7, 1953) was a career German diplomat who served during World War I and World War II. The son of an Army General from Württemberg, he studied at Leipzig University, receiving a Doctor of Law degr ...

was appointed the new German ambassador to the Spanish Nationalist government. *Born: Bruce McLaren, New Zealand race car driver; in Auckland (d. 1970, test crash) *Died: Adele Sandrock, 74, German-Dutch actress

August 31, 1937 (Tuesday)

*Actors Tallulah Bankhead and John Emery were married in Jasper, Alabama. *Born: Bobby Parker, American blues-rock musician; in

Lafayette, Louisiana Lafayette (, ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and the most populous city and parish seat of Lafayette Parish, located along the Vermilion River. It is Louisiana's fourth largest incorporated municipality by population and the 234th- ...

(d. 2013)

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August 1, 1937 (Sunday)

August 2 Events Pre-1600 *338 BC – A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean. *216 BC – The Carthaginian arm ..., 1937 (Monday)

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August 5 Events Pre-1600 *AD 25 – Guangwu claims the throne as Emperor of China, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty. * 70 – Fires resulting from the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem are ..., 1937 (Thursday)

August 6 Events Pre-1600 *1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean. * 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ..., 1937 (Friday)

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August 11 Events Pre-1600 * 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins. * 2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founde ..., 1937 (Wednesday)

August 12, 1937 (Thursday)

August 13 Events Pre-1600 * 29 BC – Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes. * 523 – John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas. * 554 – Em ..., 1937 (Friday)

August 14 Events Pre-1600 * 74 BC – A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan. The articles, enumerating t ..., 1937 (Saturday)

August 15, 1937 (Sunday)

August 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs. * 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdan ..., 1937 (Monday)

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August 21 Events Pre-1600 * 959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège. * 1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars. *1169 – Battle o ..., 1937 (Saturday)

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August 2 Events Pre-1600 338 BC – A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean. 216 BC – The Carthaginian arm ...
, 1937 (Monday)

August 5 Events Pre-1600 AD 25 – Guangwu claims the throne as Emperor of China, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty. 70 – Fires resulting from the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem are ...
, 1937 (Thursday)

August 6 Events Pre-1600 1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean. 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ...
, 1937 (Friday)

August 11 Events Pre-1600 * 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins. * 2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founde ...
, 1937 (Wednesday)

August 13 Events Pre-1600 * 29 BC – Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes. * 523 – John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas. * 554 – Em ...
, 1937 (Friday)

August 14 Events Pre-1600 * 74 BC – A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan. The articles, enumerating t ...
, 1937 (Saturday)

August 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs. * 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdan ...
, 1937 (Monday)

August 21 Events Pre-1600 * 959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège. * 1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars. *1169 – Battle o ...
, 1937 (Saturday)