Year of record

1937

12 verified events recorded in 1937.

12 events From Jan 11, 1937 To Jul 22, 1937 Open in filter view →
DateEventLanesStatus
1937-07-22Senate Defeats FDR Court-Packing Plan 70-22, Handing Roosevelt His Greatest Legislative Defeat 3 src
U.S. Senate · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Senate Judiciary Committee · Supreme Court of the United States
confirmed
1937-06-19Little Steel Strike - Steel Companies Defy Wagner Act, Refuse Union Recognition Despite Legal Obligation 3 src
John L. Lewis · Franklin D. Roosevelt
 confirmed
1937-06-01IBM's Thomas Watson Receives Nazi Merit Cross of the German Eagle as IBM Profits from Punch Card Technology 3 src
IBM
confirmed
1937-05-30Memorial Day Massacre - Chicago Police Kill Ten Strikers and Wound 90 at Republic Steel Using Corporate-Supplied Weapons 4 src
Chicago Police Department
 confirmed
1937-05-26Battle of the Overpass - Ford Motor Company Thugs Brutally Attack UAW Organizers in Planned Assault at River Rouge 3 src
Ford Motor Company · United Auto Workers · Walter Reuther · Henry Ford
 confirmed
1937-05-01Roosevelt Recession Begins After Conservative Treasury Secretary Persuades FDR to Cut Spending 17 Percent 3 src
Franklin D. Roosevelt · Federal Reserve · U.S. Treasury Department
confirmed
1937-04-12NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel - Supreme Court Upholds Wagner Act in Constitutional Revolution 3 src
Supreme Court of the United States · Charles Evans Hughes · Franklin D. Roosevelt · National Labor Relations Board
 confirmed
1937-03-29West Coast Hotel v. Parrish - "Switch in Time" Supreme Court Upholds State Minimum Wage Law 3 src
Supreme Court of the United States · Charles Evans Hughes · Franklin D. Roosevelt
 confirmed
1937-02-11General Motors Capitulates to UAW After 44-Day Flint Sit-Down Strike, Recognizing Union in Historic Labor Victory 3 src
United Auto Workers · General Motors · Frank Murphy · Walter Reuther
confirmed
1937-02-05FDR Announces Judicial Reorganization Plan to Add Up to Six Supreme Court Justices, Triggering Court-Packing Crisis 3 src
Franklin D. Roosevelt · Supreme Court of the United States · Senate Judiciary Committee · Charles Evans Hughes
confirmed
1937-02-05FDR Court-Packing Plan: Executive Assault on Judicial Independence Establishes Permanent Template 3 src
Franklin D. Roosevelt · Homer Cummings
 confirmed
1937-01-11Battle of the Running Bulls - Flint Police and GM Security Forces Attack Sit-Down Strikers with Tear Gas and Gunfire 3 src
United Auto Workers
 confirmed