League of Nations Bans Spanish Civil War Foreign Volunteers, February 21, 1937
Date: February 21, 1937
Date: February 21, 1937
A lightning strike starts the Blackwater Fire of 1937 in Shoshone National Forest, killing 15 firefighters within three days and prompting the United States Forest Service to develop their smokejumper program. Date: August 18, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 18 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On…
A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean. Date: May 21, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 21 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1937Aden Becomes British Crown…
The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe. Date: April 9, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1937Peel Commission Recommends Palestine Partition July 7,…
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. Date: December 13, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia →…
Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators. Date: May 30, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 30 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1937Royal New Zealand Air Force Formed as Independent Service, April 1, 1937Marihuana Tax Act…
The Marco Polo Bridge Incident (Lugou Bridge) provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War (China-Japan War). Date: July 7, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1937Second Sino-Japanese…