* 1937 – Merle Haggard, American singer-songwriter and musician

* 1937 – Peter Maivia, Samoan wrestler ( d. 1982 )

* 1937 – Billy Dee Williams, American actor

* 1937 – Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.

* 1856 – William Martin Conway, English art critic and mountaineer ( d. 1937 )

* 1937 – Igor Volk, Soviet astronaut

* 1937 – The Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage ; over 90 % would vote in the affirmative.

* 1876 – Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist ( d. 1937 )

* 1937 – Alice Coltrane, American pianist and composer ( d. 2007 )

* 1937 – Tommy Sands, American actor and singer

* 1937 – Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist ( d. 2000 )

* 1937 – Barbara Windsor, English actress

* 1845 – André Bessette, Canadian pastor and saint ( d. 1937 )

* 1937 – The Battle of Shanghai begins.

* 1937 – The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.

* 1937 – Billy Cannon, American football player

* 1937 – Garth Hudson, Canadian musician, composer, and producer ( The Band )

* 1937 – Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution " Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH " to the constitutive congress of KPH ( Croatian Communist Party ) in woods near Samobor.

* 1858 – Gaston Doumergue, French politician ( d. 1937 )

* 1937 – Al D ' Amato, American politician

* 1937 – Steven Berkoff, English actor

* 1937 – Roland Burris, American politician

* 1937 – Duncan Sharpe, Pakistani cricketer

* 1937 – Spanish Civil War: Guernica ( or Gernika in Basque ), Spain is bombed by German Luftwaffe.

* 2005 – Dick Radatz, American baseball player ( b. 1937 )

The Smothers Brothers are Thomas (" Tom "-born February 2, 1937 ) and Richard (" Dick "-born November 20, 1939 ), American singers, musicians, comedians and folk heroes.

Tom was born on February 2, 1937, and Dick was born on November 20, 1939.

Tom Smothers ( born Thomas Bolyn Smothers III on February 2, 1937 ) is an American comedian, composer and musician, best known as half of the musical comedy team The Smothers Brothers, alongside his younger brother Dick.

* Tom Smothers ( born Thomas Bolyn Smothers III on February 2, 1937 ) American comedian, composer and musician, best known as half of the musical comedy team The Smothers Brothers, alongside his younger brother Dick.

A Fortune popularity poll in 1937 indicated Little Orphan Annie ranked number one and ahead of Popeye, Dick Tracy, Bringing Up Father, The Gumps, Blondie, Moon Mullins, Joe Palooka, Li ' l Abner and Tillie the Toiler.

In 1937 and 1938, the Dick, Kerr's Ladies F. C.

Edinburgh Ladies won in 1937, Dick, Kerr's Ladies F. C.

Frank Tashlin's cartoon satire The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos ( 1937 ) features a caricature of Powell, a bird named " Dick Fowl ".

She tried a big musical On the Avenue ( 1937 ) opposite Dick Powell, but others of her films, including One Night in Lisbon ( 1941 ), and My Favorite Blonde ( 1942 ) with Bob Hope, were less prestigious.

Photo by Sheldon Dick, 1937.

Tom ( 1937 ) and Dick Smothers ( 1939 ), also known as the Smothers Brothers, were born on the island, as was comic book ( Batman, Green Lantern ) artist Neal Adams ( 1941 ).

Dick Clement, OBE ( born 5 September 1937 ) is an English writer best known for his writing partnership with Ian La Frenais.

In 1937 she starred opposite Dick Powell and Joan Blondell in the Academy Award nominated Lloyd Bacon and Busby Berkeley directed musical comedy Gold Diggers of 1937.

Richard Frank " Dick " Celeste ( born November 11, 1937 ) is an American politician from Ohio, and a member of the Democratic Party.

Dick died in Cleveland on November 12, 1937 and was buried in Westlawn Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio USA.

General Michael J. Dugan ( born February 22, 1937 ) was briefly the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force for 79 days in 1990 until he was dismissed by United States Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney after telling reporters that the U. S. military planned to target Saddam Hussein, his family, and even his mistress in the Gulf War with Iraq.

Richard Hudson " Dick " Bryan ( born July 16, 1937 ) is an American Democratic Party politician.

* Dick Tracy ( serial ) ( 1937 / I ) ( uncredited ), Dirigible Pilot, chs.

* Dick Kraus ( born 1937 ), American educator and politician

Handy and Dick Campbell, Washington was a founding member with Alan Corelli of the Negro Actors Guild of America ( NAG ) in New York in 1937.

Charles Richard “ Dick ” LeBeau ( born September 9, 1937 ) is a National Football League Hall of Fame defensive back and football coach.

* Dick Egan ( pitcher ) ( born 1937 ), MLB pitcher