The temperature on June 21, 1937 was between 9.2 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
June 14 » Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.
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