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France placed an embargo on arms and volunteers in the Spanish Civil War.
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók premiered in Basel, Switzerland.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated for the second time as president, beginning the second of four terms in the office.
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Howard Hughes set a new transcontinental aviation record by flying from Los Angeles to New York in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.
British Parliament convened for its first session of the New Year. Anthony Eden gave a speech on the foreign situation saying that the future of the continent lay with Germany, who “has it in her power to influence a choice which will decide not only her fate, but that of Europe. If she chooses co-operation with other nations, full and equal co-operation, there is nobody in this country who will not assist wholeheartedly to remove misunderstandings and to make the way smooth for peace and prosperity.”
Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker and Cy Young were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
A new Popeye the Sailor.
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The Ohio River flood began when the river exceeded the flood stage of 52 feet.
Hitler authorized the creation of Adolf Hitler Schools, special new schools for gifted boys 12 to 18 that would prepare them for the NS-Ordensburgen.
William S. Knudsen is on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine
Aunt Jenny’s Real Life Stories was aired for the first time by CBS
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The Hughes Aircraft H-1 racer was used by millionaire Howard Hughes to set the speed record from Los Angeles to New York
A prison riot broke out near Guelph, Canada. Inmates started fires and fought police for ten hours until order was restored. An estimated $250,000 in damage was done and it was feared that 200 of the prison’s 700 inmates had escaped.
The Soviet Union sent Britain a note on the Spanish Civil War explaining that the Soviet government, although it “presently does not practice the dispatchment of volunteer detachments, does not consider it expedient to adopt unilateral prohibitive measures.”
It’s the first day in a week that rain has not fallen in the Midwest. The Ohio River is already past flood stage and is expected to crest Sunday.
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Two days of voting in the Finnish presidential election concluded. The result was a victory for Kyösti Kallio.
The French Colonial Ministry confirmed reports that it was studying plans to offer land on Madagascar and other French colonies for settlement by Jews
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The Second Battle of the Corunna Road ended indecisively.
The French Chamber of Deputies voted unanimously to give Prime Minister Léon Blum power to halt the flow of volunteers from or through France to fight in the Spanish Civil War
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Hermann Göring held conferences in Rome with Benito Mussolini and Galeazzo Ciano to discuss policy toward the Spanish Civil War
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School meeting – Went to Mr. Deaton’s section and was elected 
recording secretary.!! Saw “Smartest Girl in Town” No letter from anyone yet!
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The rains begin to fall creating the great flood of 1937
The city of Saarlouis in the Saarland had its name Germanized to Saarlautern
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The Finnish cargo ship Johanna Thorden ran aground in the Pentland Firth in northern Scotland, broke in two and sank with the loss of about 30 lives
The GM strike in Flint, Michigan continues.
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