1937

1937 — Korea: Battle of Pochonbo / China: Nanjing Massacre / Japan: Battle of Shanghai / United States: Golden Gate Bridge completed in San Francisco

31 events. The text is the source chronology verbatim; the terms are in Sources & licenses. The grey lines above and below are the surrounding 2 years.

KoreaKorea under Japanese rule 1910–1945	ChinaTaiwan 1912–1949	JapanShōwa era 1926–1989	United StatesUnited States 1776–
Battle of Pochonbo 보천보 전투KO 19353 November. Runner Sohn Kee-chung becomes the first Korean to win an Olympic gold medal, and sets a world record time. However, Sohn begrudgingly competed as an athlete of the Empire of Japan. The Dong-A Ilbo removes the Japanese flag from his uniform in an image, which leads to retaliation from the colonial government. 1935민족 혁명당 창당 19361936 Jirisan earthquake 1936베를린 올림픽에서 손기정이 금메달, 남승룡이 동메달 수상, 일장기 말소사건 발생, 동북항일연군 조직 1938March. Samsung is established in Daegu. 1938국가 총동원법 시행, 지원병제 제정, 조선 의용대 창설 1939국민 징용령 제정	Nanjing Massacre Marco Polo Bridge incident Battle of Shanghai Battle of Nanking Battle of Taiyuan Battle of Xinkou Battle of Pingxingguan Defense of Sihang Warehouse Tongzhou mutiny Guanganmen incident Langfang Incident September — The KMT and CCP joined to establish the Second United Front, which led to the Communists recognizing at least for the moment Chiang Kai-shek as China's leader and the official dissolution of the Chinese Soviet Republic. The Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route and New Fourth Armies, which were nominally part of the NRA chain of command. 7月7日盧溝橋事變，抗日戰爭全面爆發。國共第二次合作，成立「抗日民族統一戰線」。淞滬會戰，8月14日中日首次空戰，獲814空軍大捷。南京保卫战国军大败，随后日军发动南京大屠殺杀害约30万平民，十年建設（1928-1937）結束。ZH 1935December 9th Movement 1935February — First Encirclement Campaign against Hubei–Henan–Shaanxi Soviet: Red Army forces forced the retreat of a KMT army attempting to encircle the soviet of Hubei, Henan and Shaanxi. 1935中共举行遵義會議（毛澤東逐渐进入中共核心）。夏鼐等發掘殷墟。《为抗日救国告全体同胞书》发表。一二·九运动。 1936Xi'an Incident 1936Japan opened a biological warfare operation called Unit 731 in Manchukuo. 1936两广事变。张学良与楊虎成发动西安事變，兵谏蒋中正以求共同抗日，事变后張學良遭蒋中正軟禁直至晚年。魯迅逝，章炳麟逝，胡漢民逝。 19381938 Yellow River flood 1938Battle of Wuhan 1938Battle of Taierzhuang 1938Battle of Xuzhou 1938Bombing of Chongqing 1939Battle of Nanchang 1939Battle of Kunlun Pass 1939Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang 1939September — The nominally independent Mengjiang was established on the Mongol territories of the Japanese-occupied Chahar and Suiyuan provinces. 1939September — Battle of Changsha: The Japanese army attacked Changsha. 1939日軍轰炸重慶、潼關、洛陽、襄陽、西安、宜昌、泉州、成都等地。裴文中发现北京人头盖骨化石。9月，為紀念淞滬會戰中日首次空戰814空軍大捷，國民政府正式下令8月14日為空軍節。天津发生大水灾。	Battle of Shanghai Battle of Pochonbo Kanchazu Island incident Guanganmen incident Langfang Incident Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition July — Second Sino-Japanese War begins. 1935天皇機関説問題、相沢事件。 1936Anti-Comintern Pact 1936to 28 February — Prime Minister Keisuke Okada survives the February 26 incident. However, he left office one month later. 1938Tsuyama massacre 1939September to 8 October — Battle of Changsha begins in Hunan Province, China.	Golden Gate Bridge completed in San Francisco Hindenburg disaster Ponce massacre 1937 Memorial Day massacre Battle of the Overpass Neutrality Acts Look magazine publishes first issue Panay incident, a Japanese attack on the United States Navy gunboat USS Panay while anchored in the Yangtze River outside of Nanjing January 20, 1937 – President Roosevelt and Vice President Garner begin second terms. 1935Roerich Pact 1935Alcoholics Anonymous founded 1935Social Security Act 1935Works Progress Administration 1935The F.B.I. is established with J. Edgar Hoover as its first director. 1935Huey Long assassinated 1935Congress of Industrial Organizations formed 1935Motor Carrier Act 1935Middletown is published 1935Neutrality Act 1935National Labor Relations Act 1935Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States 1935Revenue Act of 1935 1936Hoover Dam 1936Second London Naval Treaty 1936Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals at the Olympics in Berlin, Germany 1936U.S. presidential election, 1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt reelected president, John N. Garner reelected vice president 1936Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb named to baseball's Hall of Fame 1936Robinson-Patman Act 1936Life magazine publishes first issue 19361936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak 1936United States v. Butler, which ruled that the processing taxes instituted under the 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act were unconstitutional 1938The comic book superhero Superman debuts in Action Comics #1 (June 1938) 1938Orson Welles' The War of the Worlds broadcast 1938Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town wins Pulitzer Prize 1938Fair Labor Standards Act 1938Wheeler-Lea Act 1939President Roosevelt, appearing at the opening of the 1939 New York World's Fair, becomes the first president to give a speech that is broadcast on television. Semi-regular broadcasts air during the next two years 1939Golden Gate International Exposition 1939Cash and carry proposed to replace the Neutrality Acts 1939Hatch Act, aimed at corrupt political practices and prevented federal civil servants from campaigning 1939Nazi Germany invades Poland; World War II begins

KoreaKorea under Japanese rule 1910–1945

ChinaTaiwan 1912–1949

JapanShōwa era 1926–1989

United StatesUnited States 1776–

Battle of Pochonbo
보천보 전투KO

19353 November. Runner Sohn Kee-chung becomes the first Korean to win an Olympic gold medal, and sets a world record time. However, Sohn begrudgingly competed as an athlete of the Empire of Japan. The Dong-A Ilbo removes the Japanese flag from his uniform in an image, which leads to retaliation from the colonial government.
1935민족 혁명당 창당
19361936 Jirisan earthquake
1936베를린 올림픽에서 손기정이 금메달, 남승룡이 동메달 수상, 일장기 말소사건 발생, 동북항일연군 조직
1938March. Samsung is established in Daegu.
1938국가 총동원법 시행, 지원병제 제정, 조선 의용대 창설
1939국민 징용령 제정

Nanjing Massacre
Marco Polo Bridge incident
Battle of Shanghai
Battle of Nanking
Battle of Taiyuan
Battle of Xinkou
Battle of Pingxingguan
Defense of Sihang Warehouse
Tongzhou mutiny
Guanganmen incident
Langfang Incident
September — The KMT and CCP joined to establish the Second United Front, which led to the Communists recognizing at least for the moment Chiang Kai-shek as China's leader and the official dissolution of the Chinese Soviet Republic. The Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route and New Fourth Armies, which were nominally part of the NRA chain of command.
7月7日盧溝橋事變，抗日戰爭全面爆發。國共第二次合作，成立「抗日民族統一戰線」。淞滬會戰，8月14日中日首次空戰，獲814空軍大捷。南京保卫战国军大败，随后日军发动南京大屠殺杀害约30万平民，十年建設（1928-1937）結束。ZH

1935December 9th Movement
1935February — First Encirclement Campaign against Hubei–Henan–Shaanxi Soviet: Red Army forces forced the retreat of a KMT army attempting to encircle the soviet of Hubei, Henan and Shaanxi.
1935中共举行遵義會議（毛澤東逐渐进入中共核心）。夏鼐等發掘殷墟。《为抗日救国告全体同胞书》发表。一二·九运动。
1936Xi'an Incident
1936Japan opened a biological warfare operation called Unit 731 in Manchukuo.
1936两广事变。张学良与楊虎成发动西安事變，兵谏蒋中正以求共同抗日，事变后張學良遭蒋中正軟禁直至晚年。魯迅逝，章炳麟逝，胡漢民逝。
19381938 Yellow River flood
1938Battle of Wuhan
1938Battle of Taierzhuang
1938Battle of Xuzhou
1938Bombing of Chongqing
1939Battle of Nanchang
1939Battle of Kunlun Pass
1939Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang
1939September — The nominally independent Mengjiang was established on the Mongol territories of the Japanese-occupied Chahar and Suiyuan provinces.
1939September — Battle of Changsha: The Japanese army attacked Changsha.
1939日軍轰炸重慶、潼關、洛陽、襄陽、西安、宜昌、泉州、成都等地。裴文中发现北京人头盖骨化石。9月，為紀念淞滬會戰中日首次空戰814空軍大捷，國民政府正式下令8月14日為空軍節。天津发生大水灾。

Battle of Shanghai
Battle of Pochonbo
Kanchazu Island incident
Guanganmen incident
Langfang Incident
Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition
July — Second Sino-Japanese War begins.

1935天皇機関説問題、相沢事件。
1936Anti-Comintern Pact
1936to 28 February — Prime Minister Keisuke Okada survives the February 26 incident. However, he left office one month later.
1938Tsuyama massacre
1939September to 8 October — Battle of Changsha begins in Hunan Province, China.

Golden Gate Bridge completed in San Francisco
Hindenburg disaster
Ponce massacre
1937 Memorial Day massacre
Battle of the Overpass
Neutrality Acts
Look magazine publishes first issue
Panay incident, a Japanese attack on the United States Navy gunboat USS Panay while anchored in the Yangtze River outside of Nanjing
January 20, 1937 – President Roosevelt and Vice President Garner begin second terms.

1935Roerich Pact
1935Alcoholics Anonymous founded
1935Social Security Act
1935Works Progress Administration
1935The F.B.I. is established with J. Edgar Hoover as its first director.
1935Huey Long assassinated
1935Congress of Industrial Organizations formed
1935Motor Carrier Act
1935Middletown is published
1935Neutrality Act
1935National Labor Relations Act
1935Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States
1935Revenue Act of 1935
1936Hoover Dam
1936Second London Naval Treaty
1936Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals at the Olympics in Berlin, Germany
1936U.S. presidential election, 1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt reelected president, John N. Garner reelected vice president
1936Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb named to baseball's Hall of Fame
1936Robinson-Patman Act
1936Life magazine publishes first issue
19361936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak
1936United States v. Butler, which ruled that the processing taxes instituted under the 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act were unconstitutional
1938The comic book superhero Superman debuts in Action Comics #1 (June 1938)
1938Orson Welles' The War of the Worlds broadcast
1938Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town wins Pulitzer Prize
1938Fair Labor Standards Act
1938Wheeler-Lea Act
1939President Roosevelt, appearing at the opening of the 1939 New York World's Fair, becomes the first president to give a speech that is broadcast on television. Semi-regular broadcasts air during the next two years
1939Golden Gate International Exposition
1939Cash and carry proposed to replace the Neutrality Acts
1939Hatch Act, aimed at corrupt political practices and prevented federal civil servants from campaigning
1939Nazi Germany invades Poland; World War II begins