The temperature on August 11, 1937 was between 10.8 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
May 12 » The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
May 26 » Walter Reuther and members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) clashed with Ford Motor Company security guards at the River Rouge Complex complex in Dearborn, Michigan, during the Battle of the Overpass.
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".
August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.
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