The temperature on October 20, 1937 was between 2.5 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 21 » The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
July 22 » New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
August 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.
September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.
October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
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