August 1937

August 1, 1937 (Sunday)

August 2, 1937 (Monday)

August 3, 1937 (Tuesday)

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.[4]
  • Born: David Bedford, composer and musician, in Hendon, London, England (d. 2011)
  • Died: K.P. Jayaswal, 55, Indian historian and lawyer; Hans Reck, 51, German volcanologist and paleontologist

August 5, 1937 (Thursday)

August 6, 1937 (Friday)

August 7, 1937 (Saturday)

August 8, 1937 (Sunday)

  • 3,000 Japanese soldiers conspicuously entered Beiping without resistance. Japanese warplanes dropped propaganda leaflets on the populace proclaiming that the "Japanese army has driven out your wicked rulers and their wicked armies and will keep them out."[9]
  • Born: Dustin Hoffman, actor and director, in Los Angeles
  • Died: Jimmie Guthrie, 40, Scottish motorcycle racer (killed competing in the German motorcycle Grand Prix)

August 9, 1937 (Monday)

August 10, 1937 (Tuesday)

August 11, 1937 (Wednesday)

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.[12][17]
  • Died: Bakr Sidqi, 47, Iraqi nationalist and general (assassinated)

August 13, 1937 (Friday)

August 14, 1937 (Saturday)

August 15, 1937 (Sunday)

August 16, 1937 (Monday)

August 17, 1937 (Tuesday)

August 18, 1937 (Wednesday)

August 19, 1937 (Thursday)

  • Portugal severed diplomatic relations with Czechoslovakia over a broken armaments contract. Czechoslovakia broke the contract because it suspected Portugal of funnelling the arms to the Nationalists in Spain.[25]
  • Nazi Germany restricted Jewish booksellers to only selling books by Jewish authors to Jewish customers.[26]
  • 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 USS Augusta and exploded, killing 1 American sailor and wounding 18.[27]
  • Born: Jim Bowen, comedian and television personality, in Heswall, England (d. 2018); Jean-Louis Petit, composer, conductor and organist, in France

August 21, 1937 (Saturday)

August 22, 1937 (Sunday)

August 23, 1937 (Monday)

August 24, 1937 (Tuesday)

August 25, 1937 (Wednesday)

August 26, 1937 (Thursday)

August 27, 1937 (Friday)

August 28, 1937 (Saturday)

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.[36]
  • Born: James Florio, 49th Governor of New Jersey, in Brooklyn, New York

August 30, 1937 (Monday)

August 31, 1937 (Tuesday)

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  10. Brewer, Sam (August 10, 1937). "Nazis Hit Back at Britain; Oust Veteran News Writer". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 2.
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  28. "Rebels Seize City in March on Santander". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 22, 1937. p. 4.
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