The temperature on June 18, 1937 was between 5.4 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
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.
July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.
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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