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1937
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Update Yeardata: 1937
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<strong>In the UK:</strong> The monarch was George VI, who had his Coronation on 12th May. UK Prime Minister was Stanley Baldwin but after retiring was replaced with Neville Chamberlin. Frank Whittle tests the first jet engine. The 12-sided <em>threepenny bit</em> was introduced. The abdicated Edward VIII is given the title of the <em>Duke of Winsor</em> and marries Wallis Simpson. The Dandy comic is first published. JRR Tolkien's <em>The Hobbit</em> is published.<br /><strong>In the USA:</strong> President is Franklin D. Roosevelt (D-New York). The German airship Hindenburg explodes into flames when mooring to a mast in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Amelia Earhart with navigator Fred Noonan disappear after taking off from New Guinea. New York Yankees defeat New York Giants 4-1, to win their 6th World Series Title. The first feature-length animated cartoon with sound, Walt Disney's <em>Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs</em> opens and is a big hit. Napoleon Hill publishes <em>Think and Grow Rich</em>. The Lincoln Tunnel opens, connecting New York City to New Jersey.
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