The temperature on May 11, 1937 was between 10.8 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Ponce massacre: Nineteen people in Ponce, Puerto Rico are gunned down by police acting on orders of the US-appointed Governor, Blanton C. Winship.
April 1 » Aden becomes a British crown colony.
May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
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 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
Day of death May 13, 1937
The temperature on May 13, 1937 was between 8.1 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
May 21 » A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
May 27 » In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
November 8 » The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
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