Nigel Boocock was a motorcycle speedway rider from England. who appeared in eight Speedway World Championship finals. He holds the record number of caps for Great Britain (64) and the record for total number of caps, when including England (154).

1937Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican baseball player (died 2024)^[†]

Orlando Manuel Cepeda Pennes, nicknamed "the Baby Bull" and "Peruchin", was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player, coach and scout. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a first baseman from 1958 to 1974, most prominently as a member of the San Francisco Giants where he established himself as one of the most consistent power hitters in the National League (NL) during the 1960s. An 11-time All-Star player, Cepeda was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.

1937Sitakant Mahapatra, Indian poet and literary critic^[†]

Sitakant Mahapatra is an Indian poet and literary critic in Odia as well as English. He served in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) from 1961 until he retired in 1995, and has since held ex officio posts such as Banking Ombudsman of Odisha and Chairman of National Book Trust, New Delhi etc.

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1937Walter Dubislav, German logician and philosopher of science, Vienna circle member (born 1895)^[†]

Walter Dubislav was a German logician and philosopher of science (Wissenschaftstheoretiker).

Headlines from September 17, 1937

GOVERNORS PREDICT ROOSEVELT TAX AID; He Is Willing to Call Parley to Check Duplication, They Say After White House Call

3,000 MORE IN C.I.O. VOTE B.M.T. STRIKE; Union Head Delays Action, However, Pending Statement by La Guardia Todayy-

LEAGUE SUMMONS FAR EASTERN BODY THAT INCLUDED U.S.; Council Refers Chinese Appeal Against Japan to Advisory Committee Set Up in 1933

DEFENSE OF COURT RENEWED BY BORAH; Constitution Remains Sacred and Only the People May Change It, He Warns

BLOW TO TAMMANY; La Guardia Margin Is 35,000, Gets Good Write-In Vote

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