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| 1937 |
| | | British artist Ben Nicholson does the first of his characteristic abstract white reliefs | |
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| 1937 |
| | | The first can of Spam goes on sale, produced by the Hormel company of Austin, Minnesota | |
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| 1937 |
| | | The German airship Hindenburg bursts into flames over New Jersey, bringing to an end the era of rigid airships | |
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| 1937 |
| | | William Walton writes Crown Imperial for the coronation of George VI | |
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| 1937 |
| | | Congress passes a Neutrality Act, to prevent US aid being given to belligerent nations | |
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| 1937 |
| | | Congress rejects President Roosevelt's proposed reform of the US Supreme Court, amid furious accusations that he is trying to pack the Court with his nominees | |
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| 1937 |
| | | Neville Chamberlain follows Baldwin as prime minister at the head of the UK's National government | |
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| 1937 |
| | | The Golden Gate Bridge, linking San Francisco and Marin County, is the world's longest suspension bridge with a main span of 4200 feet (1280m) | |
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| 1937 |
| | | John Steinbeck publishes Of Mice and Men, a novel about two itinerant farm labourers in California | |
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| 1937 |
| | | Under Nazi influence the University of Bonn deprives Thomas Mann of his honorary doctorate, which is restored to him in 1946 | |
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