1937 Fact Sheet
Database: Miss America Winners by State
| Record Name | Year | City | State |
| Bette Cooper | 1937 | Bertrand Island | NEW JERSEY |
Database: Great Inventions by Year and Country
| Record Name | Year | Country | Region | Source | Inventor Name |
| Nylon | 1937 | United States | North America | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | Wallace H. Carothers |
| Photocopying | 1937 | United States | North America | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | Chester F. Carlson |
Database: Hockey Stanley Cup Winners
| Record Name | Year | Winning Team | Winning Coach | Losing Team | Losing Coach | Sport | City | Note |
| 1937 Stanley Cup Winner | 1937 | Detroit Red Wings | Jack Adams | New York Rangers | Lester Patrick | Hockey | Detroit |
Database: Year and Discoverer of Chemical Elements
| Record Name | Element | Year Discovered | Discovered By | Source |
| Technetium | Technetium | 1937 | Emilio Segre, Carlo Perrier | Jefferson Lab |
Database: Pulitzer Prize Winning Novels By Year
| Record Name | Year | Title | Author |
| Gone With The Wind, Margaret Mitchell | 1937 | Gone With The Wind | Margaret Mitchell |
Database: Number of Airports in World Countries
| Record Name | Country | Year | Airports | Source |
| Number of Airports in Howland Island | Howland Island | 2006 | one airstrip constructed in 1937 for scheduled refueling stop on the round-the-world flight of Amelia EARHART and Fred NOONAN - they left Lae, New Guinea, for Howland Island, but were never seen again; the airstrip is no longer serviceable | CIA World Fact Book |
| Number of Airports in Kingman Reef | Kingman Reef | 2006 | lagoon was used as a halfway station between Hawaii and American Samoa by Pan American Airways for flying boats in 1937 and 1938 | CIA World Fact Book |
| Number of Airports in United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | 2,409 m paved | Baker Island: one abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m covered with vegetation and unusable Howland Island: airstrip constructed in 1937 for scheduled refueling stop on the round-the-world flight of Amelia EARHART and Fred NOONAN; the aviators left Lae, New Guinea, for Howland Island but were never seen again; the airstrip is no longer serviceable Johnston Atoll: one closed and not maintained Kingman Reef: lagoon was used as a halfway station between Hawaii and American Samoa by Pan American Airways for flying boats in 1937 and 1938 Midway Islands: 3 - one operational | CIA World Fact Book |
Database: World Land Speed Record Holders
| Record Name | Year | Date | Car | Driver | Speed (MPG) | Speed (KPH) | Source |
| Thunderbolt | 1937 | Nov 19 | Thunderbolt | George Eyston | 312.00 | 499.20 | Thrust Team |
Database: Tour de France Winners
| Record Name | Year | Winning Country | Sport | Tour | Winning Name |
| Roger Lapébie Tour 31 | 1937 | France | Cycling | 31 | Roger Lapébie |
Database: Carnegie Medal for Children's Books
| Record Name | Year | Publisher | Author |
| The Family from One End Street | 1937 | Muller | Eve Garnett |
Database: American Film Institute's 100 Best Movies of All Time
| Record Name | Year | Rank | Movie | Source |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) | 1937 | 34. | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | American Film Institute |
Database: List of longest suspension bridge spans
| Record Name | Year Constructed | Country | Bridge | Location | Length (Meters) | Length (Feet) | Note | Source |
| Golden Gate Bridge | 1937 | United States | Golden Gate Bridge | San Francisco-Marin County, CA, USA | 1,280 | 4,200 | (The largest from 1937 until 1964) | Wikipedia |
| George Washington Bridge | 1931 | United States | George Washington Bridge | Fort Lee, NJ - New York, NY, USA | 1,067 | 3,500 | (The largest from 1931 until 1937) | Wikipedia |
Database: Periodic Table of the Elements
| Record Name | Symbol | Group | Number | Melting Point | Boiling Point | Density | Year Discovered | Atomic Weight | % of Earth's Crust |
| Technetium | Tc | 7 | 43 | 2200 | 4877 | 11.5 | 1937 | 98 |
Database: Baseball World Series Winners
| Record Name | Year | Winning Team | Losing Team | Winning City | Losing City | Sport | Score |
| World Series 1937 | 1937 | New York Yankees | New York Giants | NEW YORK | NEW YORK | Baseball | 4 - 1 |
Database: Top United States Grossing Movies
| Record Name | Movie | Studio | Year | Total Revenue |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | NA | 1937 | $184,925,486 |
Database: Wimbledon Tennis Men's Tournament Winners
| Record Name | Year | Sport | Winner | Loser | Score |
| 1937 Wimbledon Mens Result | 1937 | Tennis | Don Budge | Gottfried von Cramm | 63 64 62 |
Database: Aircraft Carriers of the United States
| Record Name | Country | Aircraft Carrier | Comission Year | Decomission or Loss Year | Commision Date | Decommision or Loss Date | Hull Number |
| Yorktown | United States | Yorktown | 1937 | 1942 | 30 Sep 1937 | 7 Jun 1942 | 5 |
Database: United States Average Annual Temperature
| Record Name | Year | Country | Temperature | Rank | Source |
| Average Annual Temperature for 1937 | 1937 | United States | 52.36 deg F | 31 | National Climatic Data Center |
Database: Yearly Total Seasonal Rainfall for Los Angeles
| Record Name | City | State | Country | Season | Total Rainfall (inches) | Inches above or below average | Source |
| Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1937-1938 | Los Angeles | CALIFORNIA | United States | 1937-1938 | 23.43 | +8.30 | National Weather Service |
| Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1936-1937 | Los Angeles | CALIFORNIA | United States | 1936-1937 | 22.41 | +7.28 | National Weather Service |
Database: Hart Memorial Trophy Winners for NHL Hockey
| Record Name | Year | Team | Sport | League | Player |
| Hart Memorial Trophy Winner (1937) | 1937 | Montreal Canadiens | Hockey | NHL | Babe Siebert |
Database: Time Magazine's Man of the Year
| Record Name | Year | Person of the Year |
| Generalissimo & Mme Chiang Kai-Shek | 1937 | Generalissimo & Mme Chiang Kai-Shek |
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