WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO NOVEMBER 1937
Find out what all happened February to November 1937

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

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

A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean. (21. May 1937)

Balinese Tiger declared extinct. (27. September 1937)

Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins. (8. March 1937)

Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England. (12. April 1937)

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

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

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

The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London – it is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe. (9. April 1937)

Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon. (16. February 1937)

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

Ponce Massacre: 18 people and a 7-year-old girl in Ponce, Puerto Rico, are gunned down by a police squad acting under orders of US-appointed Governor, Blanton C. Winship. (21. March 1937)

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

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

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

The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry. (2. March 1937)

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

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