1 May 1937
- Dunkerque was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Japanese destroyer Kashi was transferred to the Manchukuo Navy and was renamed Haiwei. She would serve as Manchukuo's flag ship. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Remy Van Lierde began his training as a pilot. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Adolf Hitler declared that all German children were to be raised as loyal Nazi Germans. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Rudolf Höss' fourth child Hans-Rudolf Jürgen was born. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
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