The temperature on August 22, 1937 was between 11.2 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 9 » The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
May 7 » Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.
May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
July 2 » Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
Day of death August 24, 1937
The temperature on August 24, 1937 was between 13.6 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 17.1 °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 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
July 7 » The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
December 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.
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