1937 unemployment continued to drop to 14.3% dropping some 6.7% from the previous year.
And the Engineering feat of the Golden Gate bridge opening gave Americans great pride, and the Millionaire Inventor / Industrialist set a new air record by completing the flight from Los Angeles to New York in 7 hours 28 seconds.
After a number of strikes in the Auto industry General Motors were forced to recognize the UAW United Auto Workers Union.
A major flood along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers caused millions to lose their homes in Ohio , Kentucky and Illinois.
The pride of Germany the flying ship Hindenburg exploded while attempting to hook itself to a mooring post and signaled the end of the flying ship in 1937 as a major form of transport, and the immortal words of reporter Herb Morrison who was filming the Hindenburg " Oh The Humanity! The Humanity " were shown and heard around the world.
One of the unsolved mysteries of modern times the disappearance of Amelia Earhart also occurred in this year.
Inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt's second term
Former King OF England King Edward VIII marries Wallis Warfield Simpson
How Much things cost in 1937
Average Cost of new house $4,100.00
Average wages per year $1,780.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 10 cents
Average Cost for house rent $26.00 per month
A loaf of Bread 9 cents
A LB of Hamburger Meat 12 cents
Average Price for new car $760.00
Toothpaste 35 cents
