The temperature on March 14, 1937 was between 0.9 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 11 » The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.
April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
May 7 » Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.
May 21 » A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
July 29 » Tōngzhōu Incident: In Tōngzhōu, China, the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.
October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.
Day of death March 17, 1937
The temperature on March 17, 1937 was between 5.4 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
March 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
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.
August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
September 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
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