page_title: 1937 in the United States
section_title: April–June
hierarchical_section_title: 1937 in the United States / Events / April–June
caption_attribution_description: The Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco, CA at sunset. This photo was taken from the Marin Headlands
context_page_description: Events from the year 1937 in the United States.
context_section_description: April 12 – NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that the National Labor Relations Act is constitutional.
  April 13 – Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is established.
  April 17 – The animated short Porky's Duck Hunt, directed by Tex Avery for the Looney Tunes series, featuring the debut of Daffy Duck, is released.
  May – 7 million unemployed in the USA.
  May 6 – Hindenburg disaster: The German airship Hindenburg bursts into flame when mooring to a mast in Lakehurst, New Jersey.
  May 7 – An enquiry begins into the Hindenburg disaster.
  May 27 – In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County. The next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt pushes a button in Washington, D.C., signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the Golden Gate Bridge.
  May 30 – Labor strike at US Steel in Chicago; crackdown.
  June 14 – Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
  June 25 – In The Bronx, an extended Orchard Beach recreation area opens, turning Hunter Island into a peninsula.
caption: May 27: The Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic
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