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In 1937
President: Franklin D Roosevelt
Vice President: John N. Garner
Population: 128,824,829
Federal spending: $7.58 billion
Consumer Price Index: 14.4
Unemployment: 14.3%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.03
The dirigible "Hindenburg" explodes at Lakehurst,
N.J., killing 36 (May 6).
Amelia Earhart and co-pilot Fred Noonan vanish over
the Pacific Ocean on their Round-the-World Flight.
The Glenn Miller Band debuts in New York.
Walt Disney's first full-length animated feature,
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, hits theaters and
becomes an instant classic.
The Golden Gate Bridge is completed.
Italy withdraws from League of Nations.
U.S. gunboat Panay sunk by Japanese in Yangtze
River.
Japan invades China, conquers most of coastal area.
Britain begins 999 emergency telephone number. The
United States starts 911 service in New York in 1968.
Alabama
Origin of name: From Alabama River by early European
explorers and named "Alibamu" after the local Indian
tribe
Nickname: Yellowhammer State
Selected famous natives and residents:
Hank Aaron baseball player
George Washington Carver educator, agricultural
chemist;
Nat King Cole entertainer
Helen Keller author and educator
Coretta Scott King civil rights leader
Harper Lee writer
Joe Louis boxer
Willie Mays baseball player
Jim Nabors actor
Jesse Owens athlete
Rosa Parks civil rights activist
Wayne Rogers actor
George Wallace governor
Hank Williams singer and songwriter |
