The temperature on August 24, 1937 was between 12.8 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
July 5 » Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
July 8 » Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
December 12 » Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USSPanay on the Yangtze river in China.
December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
Day of death November 24, 1937
The temperature on November 24, 1937 was between 0.4 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
January 25 » The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until September 18, 2009.
April 26 » Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
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.
July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
August 2 » The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
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