The temperature on August 6, 1937 was between 13.6 °C and 27.4 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
February 21 » The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
May 21 » A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
November 1 » Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community.
December 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).
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