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  • Germany
    Friday Jan 1, 1937
    Martin Bormann

    Bormann Joined The Schutzstaffel (SS)

    Germany
    Friday Jan 1, 1937

    He joined the Schutzstaffel (SS) on 1 January 1937 with number 278,267.




  • Madrid, Spain
    Jan, 1937
    Spanish Civil War

    Unsuccessful Attempt

    Madrid, Spain
    Jan, 1937

    Franco made another attempt to capture Madrid in January and February 1937, but was again unsuccessful.




  • Italy
    Jan, 1937
    Benito Mussolini

    Gentleman's Agreement

    Italy
    Jan, 1937

    In January 1937, Britain signed a "Gentleman's Agreement" with Mussolini intended to limit Italian intervention in Spain, and was seen by the British Foreign Office as the first step towards creating an Anglo-Italian alliance.




  • Malaga, Spain
    Jan, 1937
    Spanish Civil War

    Battle of Malaga

    Malaga, Spain
    Jan, 1937

    The Battle of Málaga started in mid-January, and this Nationalist offensive in Spain's southeast would turn into a disaster for the Republicans, who were poorly organised and armed. The city was taken by Franco on 8 February.




  • Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Tuesday Jan 19, 1937
    Howard Hughes: The Aviator

    A New Record

    Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Tuesday Jan 19, 1937

    A year and a half later, on January 19, 1937, flying the same H-1 Racer fitted with longer wings, Hughes set a new transcontinental airspeed record by flying non-stop from Los Angeles to Newark in seven hours, 28 minutes, and 25 seconds (beating his own previous record of nine hours and 27 minutes). His average ground speed over the flight was 322 mph.




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