The temperature on August 13, 1937 was between 14.6 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
May 21 » A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
June 14 » Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
July 7 » The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War.
July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
August 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.
August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
Day of death September 27, 1937
The temperature on September 27, 1937 was between 9.4 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
March 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
July 8 » Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
August 1 » Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.
September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
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