WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 1937
Find out what all happened January to July 1937

Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeated the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara. (18. March 1937)

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

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

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

U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act. (14. June 1937)

In Moscow, 17 leading Communists go on trial accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime and assassinate its leaders. (23. January 1937)

The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War. (21. February 1937)

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

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

A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers. (11. February 1937)

The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until Sept. 18, 2009. (25. January 1937)

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

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

The New London School explosion killed 300 people, mostly children. (18. March 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)

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. (19. February 1937)

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

The human-powered aircraft, Pedaliante, flew 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) outside Milan. (18. March 1937)

Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road. (15. January 1937)