The temperature on September 24, 1937 was between 3.3 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
September 5 » Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
December 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).
Christening day October 16, 1937
The temperature on October 16, 1937 was between 4.4 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
July 2 » Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.
December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
Day of death October 18, 1937
The temperature on October 18, 1937 was between 3.4 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 20 » Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner are sworn in for their second terms as U.S. President and U.S. Vice President; it is the first time a Presidential Inauguration takes place on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.
February 11 » The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.
February 21 » The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
May 7 » Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.
July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
December 16 » Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.
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