The temperature on August 15, 1937 was between 12.2 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 14.2 mm of rain during 8.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
May 21 » A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.
November 8 » The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
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