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1937
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Henkels & McCoy 's entry in the Philadelphia Flower Show and takes First Prize for the fourth year in a row, this time in the Garden category. The show's winning criteria is "principal feature: spring flowering bulbs and other flowering plants suitable for use with them." At this time, landscaping is one of our primary lines of business.
Models posing at the Flower Show at a Henkels & McCoy exhibit in an undated photo from this era. Note the award citation at left foreground.
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April 26
At the order of Spanish Nationalist leader Generalissimo Francisco Franco, the Spanish hamlet of Guernica is bombed by the German Luftwaffe, testing new Heinkel fighters, Junkers Trimotor bombers and incendiary bombs as a warmup to the blitzkreigs of the Second World War.
Young anti-fascists from the US, England, France, and other countries -- and from fascist-controlled Germany and Italy-- volunteer to fight alongside Spanish Republicans.
April 27
First Social Security checks are distributed to retired persons in the US.
May 6
The German dirigible Hindenberg explodes while docking in Lakehurst, N.J. Thirty-six are killed in the conflagration that ends lighter-than-air passenger travel.
May 27
Golden Gate Bridge opens, San Francisco.
June 22
Joe Louis KOs James Braddock to capture boxing's heavyweight championship. |
The abstract artist Pablo Picasso, painted Guernica, above, following the atrocity. Six years after the death of Franco in 1975, the mural was displayed in Spain's national museum of modern art. Below, the Hindenberg explodes while docking in Lakehurst, New Jersey.
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July 2
Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappear over the Pacific Ocean attempting first flight around the world at the Equator.
July 7
Japan invades China.
July 11
George Gershwin dies at age 38.
August 14
Dedication of the Appalachian Trail. The 2,000 plus mile path extends from Georgia to Maine. Among the Trail’s successful hikers will be Paul M. Henkels, Jr., who completed the grueling Appalachian Trail Through-Hike in August, 1996 after some four and one-half months.
September 1
The US Housing Authority is created.
December 22
Lincoln Tunnel opened to public; connects midtown Manhattan with New Jersey.
Also in 1937:
Cellophane tape is introduced.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney's first full-length animated feature is released, becomes an immediate classic. |
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