* 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.

In the experimental post 1960s eras, which saw the development of free jazz and jazz-rock fusion, some of the influential bassists included Charles Mingus ( 1922 – 1979 ), who was also a composer and bandleader whose music fused hard bop with black gospel music, free jazz and classical music ; free jazz and post-bop bassist Charlie Haden ( born 1937 ) is best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman and for his role in the 1970s-era Liberation Music Orchestra, an experimental group ; Eddie Gomez and George Mraz, who played with Bill Evans and Oscar Peterson, respectively, and are both acknowledged to have furthered expectations of pizzicato fluency and melodic phrasing, fusion virtuoso Stanley Clarke ( born 1951 ) is notable for his dexterity on both the upright bass and the electric bass, and Terry Plumeri, noted for his horn-like arco fluency and vocal tone.

By 1937, the theme music for Looney Tunes was " The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down " by Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin ; the theme music for Merrie Melodies was an adaptation of " Merrily We Roll Along " by Charles Tobias, Murray Mencher and Eddie Cantor.

That set up a non-title bout with lightweight king Lou Ambers, which Montanez won in a 10 round decision — he was thereafter dubbed the “ uncrowned champion .” Impressive wins over formidable foes Eddie Ran, Wesley Ramey, and Freddie “ Red ” Cochrane set up a title bout with Ambers on the September 23, 1937, “ Carnival of Champions ” show at the Polo Grounds in New York City.

Fleming's book The Fixers ( about MGM's legendary " fixers " Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling ), Beery, gangster Pat DiCicco, and Albert R. " Cubby " Broccoli ( who was also DiCicco's cousin and eventual producer of the James Bond films ) allegedly beat comedian Ted Healy to death in the parking lot of the Trocadero nightclub in 1937.

In 1937, Byas moved to New York to work with the Eddie Mallory band, accompanying Mallory ’ s wife, the singer Ethel Waters, on tour, and at the Cotton Club.

By 1937, the theme music for Looney Tunes was " The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down " by Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin and the theme music for Merrie Melodies was an adaptation of " Merrily We Roll Along " by Charles Tobias, Murray Mencher & Eddie Cantor.

Fleming's book The Fixers ( about MGM's legendary " fixers " Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling ), Wallace Beery ( one of MGM's top stars ), gangster Pat DiCicco, and Albert R. " Cubby " Broccoli ( who was also DiCicco's cousin and eventual producer of the James Bond films ) allegedly beat comedian and movie actor Ted Healy to death in the parking lot of the Trocadero nightclub on December 21, 1937.

* Eddie Emerson – player ( C / FB / LB ), 1963 ( Ottawa Rough Riders 1912 – 15, 1919 – 35, 1937, as team president 1930 – 31, 1947 – 51 ).

* Eddie Jones ( actor ) ( born 1937 ), American actor

The original personnel were John Meeks ( born 24 March 1937, Stalybridge, Cheshire ) ( guitar, vocals ); John's sister Lynda Meeks ( born 3 August 1947, Stalybridge ) ( vocals ); brothers George Radcliffe ( 9 August 1937, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire – 2002 ) ( bass, vocals ) and Colin Radcliffe ( born 19 January 1934, Ashton-under-Lyne ) ( guitar, vocals ); and Eddie Crotty ( 24 February 1942, Stalybridge – 11 April 2009 ) ( guitar, vocals ).

Throughout his lifetime, Bond appeared in 73 films, was a charter member of the Screen Actors Guild, joining in 1937, and worked with many Hollywood stars in the years of 1933 to 1951, including James Stewart, Eleanor Powell, Ray Bolger, Frank Morgan, and Eddie Cantor among many others.

* Love Is on the Air ( 1937 ), Eddie Gould

This set up a July 13, 1937, date with Eddie ( Babe ) Risko, who had lost the middleweight title a year before to Steele, as well as a rematch to Steele in February, both by decision.

Ali Baba Goes to Town is a 1937 movie starring Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, and Roland Young.

Eddie August Schneider ( 1911-1940 ) in the The Washington Post, January 20, 1937, page 5, " 3 U. S. Airmen Here to Explain Aid to Loyalists ; Acosta, Berry, Schneider Fly to Capital With Their Attorney "

Eddie Jones ( born 1937 Washington, Pennsylvania ) is an American actor known for playing Clark Kent's father Jonathan Kent in the ABC television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, and Charles Borden ( a. k. a. The Official ), head of The Agency, in the Sci-Fi television series The Invisible Man.

Edwards was born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, July 12, 1937, and spent most of his early years in the southside Capitol Hill section of Oklahoma City, where his father, Eddie Edwards, managed a shoe store.

On December 3, 1937, he was traded to the Cincinnati Reds for shortstop Eddie Miller and $ 40, 000.