Editing 1937 (section)

===September===
{{Main|September 1937}}
[[File:Dean Franklin - 06.04.03 Mount Rushmore Monument (by-sa)-3 new.jpg|thumb|[[September 17]]: [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]]'s head is dedicated at [[Mount Rushmore]].]]
* [[September 2]] – The [[1937 Great Hong Kong typhoon|Great Hong Kong Typhoon]] kills an estimated 11,000 persons.
* [[September 5]]
** [[Roberto María Ortiz|Roberto Ortiz]] is elected president of [[Argentina]].
** [[Spanish Civil War]]: The city of [[Llanes]] falls to the Falangists.
* [[September 7]] – [[CBS]] broadcasts a two-and-a-half hour memorial concert nationwide on radio in memory of George Gershwin, live from the [[Hollywood Bowl]]. Many celebrities appear, including [[Oscar Levant]], [[Fred Astaire]], [[Otto Klemperer]], [[Lily Pons]] and members of the original cast of ''[[Porgy and Bess]]''. The concert is recorded and released complete years later in what is excellent sound for its time, on [[CD]]. The [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]] is the featured orchestra.
* [[September 10]] – Nine nations meet in the [[Nyon Conference]], led by the United Kingdom and France, to address international [[piracy]] in the Mediterranean.
* [[September 17]] – [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s head is dedicated at [[Mount Rushmore]].
* [[September 19]] – Swiss professional [[ice hockey]] club [[HC Ambrì-Piotta]] is founded.
* [[September 21]] – George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. of London publishes the first edition of [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Hobbit]]''.
* [[September 25]] – [[Second Sino-Japanese War]] - [[Battle of Pingxingguan]]: The Communist Chinese [[Eighth Route Army]] defeats the Japanese.
* [[September 27]] – The last recorded [[Bali tiger]] dies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lairweb.org.nz/tiger/bali.html|title=The Balinese Tiger|author=Loadstar}}</ref>
* [[September 30]] – Austrian born actress of Jewish descent, [[Hedy Lamarr]] arrives in [[New York City]] to flee from her possessive husband [[Friedrich Mandl]] who made arms agreements with the Nazis, and to begin her Hollywood career.<ref>{{cite book|first=Stephen Michael|last=Shearer|year=2010|title=Beautiful: The Life of Hedy Lamarr|publisher=Thomas Dunne Books|pages=52–56|isbn=978-1-250-04183-8}}</ref>