WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO NOVEMBER 1937
Find out what all happened April to November 1937

Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea. (10. September 1937)

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

The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich. (8. November 1937)

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

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

Japanese troops take control of Shanghai, China. (9. November 1937)

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

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

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)

Dominican Republic strongman Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of the Haitian population living within the borderlands; approximately 20,000 are killed over the next five days. (2. October 1937)

Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight. (2. July 1937)

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

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

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

Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces. (7. May 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)

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