WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 1937
Find out what all happened April to September 1937

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

Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation. (5. July 1937)

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

Balinese Tiger declared extinct. (27. September 1937)

Spanish Civil War: Guernica (or Gernika in Basque), Spain is bombed by German Luftwaffe. (26. April 1937)

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

End of the Battle of Brunete in the Spanish Civil War. (26. July 1937)

Spanish Civil War: Jaén, Spain is bombed by Nazi forces. (1. April 1937)

Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders. (11. June 1937)

Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed. (6. May 1937)

Toyota Motors becomes an independent company. (28. August 1937)

In the Spanish Civil War, Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón. (24. August 1937)

Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad. (8. July 1937)

The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal. (2. August 1937)

Volkswagen (VW), the German automobile manufacturer was founded. (28. May 1937)

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

A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak. (15. June 1937)

Aden becomes a British crown colony. (1. April 1937)

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