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…
Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins. Date: August 13, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 13 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today)
Spanish Civil War: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is dissolved by the Second Spanish Republic. Date: August 10, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 10 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal. Date: August 2, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 2 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Tongzhou mutiny: In Tongzhou, China, the East Hebei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians. Date: July 29, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 29 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today)
Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory. Date: July 26, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 26 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: July 22, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 22 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today)
The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire. Date: July 9, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 9 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today)
Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad. Date: July 8, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 8 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today)