The temperature on January 31, 1937 was between 1.8 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
July 22 » New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
November 8 » The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
Day of death July 29, 1937
The temperature on July 29, 1937 was between 7.1 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.
November 1 » Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community.
December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
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