Events Date 1937 July | History by KabAstro

Jul 1 Rev Martin Niemöller arrested in Nazi Germany for activities against the State

Bishops Support Franco

Jul 1 Spanish bishops support Francisco Franco and his fascist movement

Spanish Dictator and General Francisco Franco

Earhart and Noonan Disappear

Jul 2 Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan disappear flying over the Pacific Ocean en route to Howland Island. Noonan is declared dead the following year, and Earhart is declared the year after (1939)

Jul 2 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Don Budge beats Germany's Gottfried von Cramm 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 for first of back-to-back titles

Del Mar Turf Club

Jul 3 Del Mar Turf Club, with crooner Bing Crosby as president and actor Pat O'Brien as a club officer, opens for racing

Jul 3 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Dorothy Round of England beats Poland's Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 for her second Wimbledon title
Jul 5 117°F (47°C), Medicine Lake, Montana (state record)

DiMaggio Hits 1st Grand Slam

Jul 5 NY Yankees outfielder Joe DiMaggio hits 20th HR of the season but 1st career grand slam in 8-4 win vs Boston Red Sox

Jul 5 Republican offensive by Brunete in Spain
Jul 5 Spam, the luncheon meat is first introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation

5th MLB All Star Game

Jul 7 5th MLB All Star Game, Griffin Stadium, Washington: AL wins 8-3, Lou Gehrig drives in 4 runs with HR & double

Jul 7 Japanese and Chinese troops clash at the Marco Polo Bridge, beginning the Second Sino-Japanese War
Jul 9 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: Henry Cotton wins second of his 3 Open titles, 2 strokes ahead of fellow Englishman Reg Whitcombe

Music History

Jul 10 Belgian-Romani-French jazz guitarist'Django Reinhardt's "Quintette du Hot Club" 'debuts at La Grosse Pomme nightclub in Montmartre, Paris

Jul 12 -13) Tupolev ANT-25 non-stop flight Moscow to San Jacinto, California
Jul 15 Buchenwald Concentration Camp opens
Jul 15 Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China
Jul 19 Entartete Art Fair opens in Munich
Jul 19 Joris Ivens' "Spanish Earth" premieres in Hollywood

Eamon de Valera Elected

Jul 21 Irish premier Eamon de Valera re-elected president of the Irish Dáil at the head of a Fianna Fáil government.

Revolutionary and President of Ireland Éamon de Valera

Supreme Court Enlargement Rejected

Jul 22 US Senate rejects FDR's proposal to enlarge Supreme Court

Jul 23 Isolation of pituitary hormone announced (Yale University)
Jul 24 Alabama drops charges against 5 blacks accused of rape in Scottsboro
Jul 25 31st Tour de France won by Roger Lapebie of France
Jul 26 End of the Battle of Brunete in the Spanish Civil War.
Jul 27 32nd Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Wimbledon (4-1)
Jul 27 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: GB 4 title streak ends as American Frank Parker beats Charles Hare 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 for an unbeatable 3-1 lead; ends 4-1
Jul 28 Eddie Paynter scores 322 for Lancashire against Sussex
Jul 28 Richard Moore scores 316 for Hampshire against Warwickshire
Jul 29 Japanese troops occupies Peking and Tientsin
Jul 29 Tongzhou Incident: East Hopei Army mutinies against Japanese troops and civilians
Jul 30 Phillies Dolph Camilli, plays 1st base and registers no put outs
Jul 30 Russian Politburo issues NKVD Order no. 00447, to repress former kulak and anti-soviets, 269,100 to be arrested, 76,000 to be shot. Part of the Great Purge.