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December 11, 1937

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Notable Births

Jim Harrison

1937Jim Harrison, American novelist, essayist, and poet (died 2016)[†]

James Harrison was an American poet, novelist, and essayist. He was a prolific and versatile writer publishing over three dozen books in several genres including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, children's literature, and memoir. He wrote screenplays, book reviews, literary criticism, and published essays on food, travel, and sport. Harrison indicated that, of all his writing, his poetry meant the most to him.

Notable Deaths

Jaan Anvelt

1937Jaan Anvelt, Estonian theorist and politician (born 1884)[†]

Jaan Anvelt, was an Estonian Bolshevik revolutionary and writer. He served the Russian SFSR, was a leader of the Communist Party of Estonia, the first premier of the Soviet Executive Committee of Estonia, and the chairman of the Council of the Commune of the Working People of Estonia. Imprisoned during Joseph Stalin's Great Purge in 1937, he died from the injuries sustained during a beating by Aleksandr Langfang while in NKVD custody.

Hugh Thackeray Turner

1937Hugh Thackeray Turner, English architect and painter (born 1853)[†]

Hugh Thackeray Turner was an English Arts and Crafts architect and also an amateur china painter.

Historical Events

Second Italo-Ethiopian War

1937Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.[†]

The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a war of aggression waged by Italy against Ethiopia, which lasted from October 1935 to February 1937. In Ethiopia it is often referred to simply as the Italian Invasion, and in Italy as the Ethiopian War. It is seen as an example of the expansionist policy that characterized the Axis powers and the ineffectiveness of the League of Nations before the outbreak of World War II.