WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO DECEMBER 1937
Find out what all happened May to December 1937

Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking – Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and murder hundreds of thousands of civilians. (13. December 1937)

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

Adolf Hitler holds a secret meeting and states his plans for acquiring "living space" for the German people. (5. November 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)

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

The Japanese city Handa is founded in Aichi Prefecture. (1. October 1937)

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

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

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

Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking – Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking). (9. December 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)

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

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

Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan. (25. September 1937)

Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again. (16. December 1937)

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

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)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre. (21. December 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)