A tornado wreaks havoc on East Nashville. The present Davidson County Courthouse is completed and opened. Nashvillian William Edmondson becomes the first African American to be given a one-man show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. 1937 American Airlines lands the first plane in the new airport. The Nashville Housing Authority is created.
Buses replace electric streetcars.
The first Iroquois Steeplechase is run. 1943 Cornelia Fort becomes the first woman pilot to die on war duty in American history. The Grand Ole Opry moves to Ryman Auditorium . 1945 World War II ends. The Children's Museum, now the Cumberland Science Museum, opens on Rutledge Hill.