July 1937

Friday 02:

Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappear over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight at the equator.

Monday 05:

Highest recorded temperature in Canada, at Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan: 45 °C.

Wednesday 07:

Japanese forces invade Beijing, China.

Thursday 22:

New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Saturday 24:

Alabama drops rape charges against the so-called "Scottsboro Boys."