Born on this day: A. Merritt (1884-1943).

As editor of The American Weekly (1912-1937), he introduced the world to Virgil Finlay and Hannes Bok.

Here's The Black Wheel, published posthumously and completed by Bok. Cover art for this 1981 edition by Les Edwards.

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Sophie Taeuber-Arp 1889, d. 1943.

Untitled (Nasturtium flowers), 1910, watercolour
Dessin, 1937-38, pencil
collection and photos Stiftung Arp e.V., Berlin/Rolandswerth.

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1020年:藤原頼通、関白に就任
1586年:天正地震
1615年:大坂冬の陣で和議が成立
1871年:ヴィルヘルム1世、ドイツ皇帝に即位(ドイツ帝国が成立)
1911年:大逆事件で幸徳秋水らの死刑求刑
1915年:対華二十一か条の要求を提出
1919年:パリ講和会議始まる
1937年:エムデン号が訪日

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Carole in images on posters for The Gay Bride (1934). Trivia: journeyman MGM director Jack Conway worked on a number of films starring Jean Harlow including Red-Headed Woman (1932), The Girl from Missouri (1934), Libeled Lady (1936) and Saratoga (1937).

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Detective Comics (1937) Variant Cover Art

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Mother and Child, Aage Sikker-Hansen, 1937.

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これは1937年(昭和12)約89年前の写真週報(支那事変関連)の雑誌、本物です。戦争資金集めの国債公募。戦局悪化!😓🙏🔥

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🔥Coodle bought for 2.25 ETH ($7,565.29 USD) by basedtesh from quarky https://t.co/wfgsSqTro8

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Released in the USA today 12th January 1969 the eponymous titled debut album from Led Zeppelin.
Original photo of the blazing Hindenburg was taken by 📸 Sam Shere on 6 May 1937, 
Peaked top 10 in both US & UK album charts

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"Fascism: the enemy of the people!"

(Soviet Union, 1937)

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Happy birthday to Italian-born American film and television actor and stuntman Felix Silla, born today in 1937. Cilla is known for his roles as character of "Cousin Itt" on TV's The Addams Family and the robot Twiki in the TV series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century,

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9.1.1937: Daisy Duck taucht erstmals im "Walt Disney"-Universum auf

https://t.co/R6v1BRMX0I

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The New Yorker, January 2, 1937
A Happy New Year from Rea Irvin https://t.co/bRHs99kR4j

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EMILY CARR (1871-1945), "Above the Gravel Pit", 1937. Vancouver Art Gallery, British Columbia. https://t.co/rmvdPGvLnI

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Born Elvis Presley (1935), Shirley Bassey (1937), Stephen Hawking (1942) and David Bowie (1947).

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"Demand Sausages Everywhere" - a 1937 Soviet poster made by the People's Commissariat for Food Industries. Prints available!

https://t.co/KsSsxsFZP8

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Los tres Reyes Magos, Nit, TBO, 1937.
https://t.co/E6dGUpliJM

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Italian postcard from 1937 celebrating victory in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War showing an Italian Carabiniere alongside an Eritrean Ascari.

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