WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO OCTOBER 1937
Find out what all happened April to October 1937

The Battle of Shanghai begins. (13. August 1937)

Tōngzhōu Incident: in Tōngzhōu, China, the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians. (29. July 1937)

Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill 10 labor demonstrators. (30. May 1937)

Balinese Tiger declared extinct. (27. September 1937)

Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege. (5. September 1937)

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. (22. July 1937)

Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Lugou Bridge – Japanese forces invade Beijing, China. (7. July 1937)

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. (1. August 1937)

The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., who pushes a button signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the span. (28. May 1937)

The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London (30. June 1937)

Chinese Air Force Day: The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when 6 Imperial Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers are shot down by the Nationalist Chinese Air Force while raiding Chinese air bases. (14. August 1937)

Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday. (14. June 1937)

In the Spanish Civil War, the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement. (24. August 1937)

J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published. (21. September 1937)

The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland at a ceremony in Westminster Abbey. (12. May 1937)

Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken; the end of the Battle of El Mazuco. (22. September 1937)

In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California. (27. May 1937)

Alabama drops rape charges against the so-called "Scottsboro Boys". (24. July 1937)

The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson. (3. June 1937)

The Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative. (30. April 1937)