Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León Proclaimed in Gijón, August 24, 1937

Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England. Date: April 12, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1937Steel Workers Organizing Committee Signs U.S. Steel Union Agreement,…

Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades. Date: February 19, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day…

Walter Reuther and members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) clash with Ford Motor Company security guards at the River Rouge Complex in Dearborn, Michigan, during the Battle of the Overpass. Date: May 26, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 26 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On…

Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by the German Condor Legion and the Italian Aviazione Legionaria. Date: April 26, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1937League of Nations Bans Foreign Volunteers in Spanish…

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 1937New London School Explosion Kills 300, Mostly Children, March 18, 1937Nyon Conference Tackles Mediterranean…

Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor. Date: August 1, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 1 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…