What Happened in Jul 1937

Jul 1937

Nazi Germany Establishes Buchenwald Concentration Camp

Buchenwald concentration camp (German: Konzentrationslager or 'KZ' Buchenwald) was a Nazi concentration camp established on the Ettersberg (Etter... Read more

Jul 2 1937

Amelia Earhart disappears near Howland Island

On July 2, 1937 (midnight GMT) Earhart and Noonan took off from Lae in the heavily loaded Electra. Their intended destination was Howland Island, a... Read more

Jul 5 1937

Agatha Christie publishes Dumb Witness

Dumb Witness is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on July 5 1937 and in the US... Read more

Jul 7 1937 to Jul 9 1937

Marco Polo Bridge Incident (Battle of Lugou Bridge)

From June 1937, Japanese troops carried out intensive military training maneuvers in the vicinity of the western end of the Marco Polo Bridge.... Read more

Jul 7 1937 to Sep 9 1945

Second Sino-Japanese War

The Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945) was a military conflict fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of... Read more

Jul 7 1937

"Easy Living" Is Released

Easy Living (1937) is a screwball comedy film, directed by Mitchell Leisen, written by Preston Sturges from a story by Vera Caspary, and starring... Read more

Jul 19 1937

Search for Amelia Earhart is called off

Beginning approximately one hour after Earhart's last recorded message, the USCG Itasca undertook an ultimately unsuccessful search north and west... Read more

Jul 25 1937

Fighting Erupts at Langfang Between Chinese and Japanese Troops Despite Recent Truce

By 25 July, Japanese reinforcements in the form of the IJA 20th Division arrived and fighting re-erupted first at Langfang, a city on the railroad... Read more

Jul 29 1937

Tungchow Mutiny

The Tungchow Mutiny (通州事件 Tsushu jiken, Chinese: 通州事件; pinyin: Tōngzhōu Shìjiàn), sometimes referred to as the Tōngzhōu Incident, was an assault on... Read more

Jul 30 1937

Tianjin Falls to Japanese Forces

Meanwhile on the coast at dawn of 29 July, the IJA 5th Division and Japanese naval forces separately attacked Tianjin and the port at Tanggu, which... Read more