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| 1937 |
| | | Adolf Hitler, entertaining Mussolini in Germany, puts on spectacular demonstrations of German military and industrial might | |
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| 1937 |
| | | British biochemist Max Perutz begins the analysis of haemoglobin | |
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| 1937 |
| | | William Coldstream and Victor Pasmore open a school of art with a distinctive style, known from its location as the Euston Road School | |
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| 1937 |
| | | Stanley Spencer gives a stark depiction of himself and his wife in The Leg of Mutton Nude | |
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| 1937 |
| | | The Japanese capture the Chinese capital, Nanjing, and massacre at least 300,000 inhabitants within a few weeks | |
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| 1937 |
| | | De Valera introduces a new constitution, changing the name of the Irish Free State to Eire (Gaelic for Ireland) | |
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| 1937 |
| | | De Valera's new constitution for Eire lays claim to the six counties of northern Ireland | |
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| 1937 |
| | | George Orwell reveals the harsh realities of contemporary British life in The Road to Wigan Pier | |
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| 1937 |
| | | US architect Frank Lloyd Wright designs Taliesin West in Arizona as his winter home and studio | |
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| 1937 |
| | | William Joyce defects from Mosley's Union of Fascists and founds his own National Socialist League in London | |
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| 1938 |
| | | Finnish designer Alvar Aalto develops a bent plywood three-legged stool, specifically designed for stacking | |
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| 1938 |
| | | Mexico, newly rich from oil, nationalizes the holdings of the foreign oil companies | |
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| 1938 |
| | | Leading British artists Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson marry | |
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| 1938 |
| | | The House Un-American Activities Committee is formed by US congressmen to investigate politically subversive groups | |
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| 1938 |
| | | The Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira wins success with the first exhibition of his watercolours | |
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| 1938 |
| | | Gloucestershire batsman Wally Hammond becomes captain of the England Test team | |
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| 1938 |
| | | Thornton Wilder's play Our Town opens on Broadway | |
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| 1938 |
| | | The first shipload of oil is exported from Saudi Arabia to the USA after the discovery of commercially viable resources in Dhahran | |
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| 1938 |
| | | British author Evelyn Waugh publishes a classic Fleet Street novel, Scoop, introducing Lord Copper, proprietor of The Beast | |
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| 1938 |
| | | The Du Pont Corporation begins manufacture of a new synthetic silk yarn, subsequently known as nylon | |
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| 1938 |
| | | Delmore Schwartz publishes his first book of poems, In Dreams Begin Responsibilities | |
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| 1938 |
| | | French writer Jean-Paul Sartre succeeds with his first novel, La Nausée ('Nausea') | |
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