Editing 1937 (section)

===October===
{{Main|October 1937}}
* [[October 1]] – The [[Marihuana Tax Act of 1937|Marihuana Tax Act]] becomes law in the United States.
* [[October 2]]–[[October 8|8]] – [[Parsley Massacre]]: Under the orders of President [[Rafael Trujillo]], Dominican troops kill thousands of [[Haitians]] living in the [[Dominican Republic]].
* [[October 3]] – [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]: Japanese troops advance toward [[Nanjing]], capital of the [[Republic of China (1912–49)|Republic of China]].
* [[October 5]] – [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Roosevelt]] gives his famous ''[[Quarantine Speech]]'' in Chicago.
* [[October 9]] – [[Jimmie Angel]] lands his plane on top of Devil's Mountain; however, the plane gets damaged, and he has to trek through the rainforest for help.
* [[October 11]] – [[Duke and Duchess of Windsor's 1937 tour of Germany]]: The [[Edward VIII|Duke]] and [[Wallis Simpson|Duchess]] of Windsor arrive in Berlin to begin a 12-day tour of Nazi Germany, meeting Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.
* [[October 13]] – Germany, in a note to [[Brussels]], guarantees the inviolability and integrity of Belgium, so long as the latter abstains from military action against Germany.
* [[October 15]] – [[Ernest Hemingway]]'s novel ''[[To Have and Have Not]]'' is first published, in the United States.
* [[October 18]]–[[October 21|21]] – [[Spanish Civil War]]: The whole Spanish northern seaboard falls into the Falangists' hands; [[Second Spanish Republic|Republic]]an forces in [[Gijón]], Spain, set fire to petrol reserves, prior to retreating before the advancing [[Falangists]].
* [[October 23]] – [[1937 Australian federal election]]: [[Joseph Lyons]]' [[United Australia Party|UAP]]/[[National Party of Australia|Country]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] [[Lyons government|government]] is re-elected with a slightly increased majority, defeating the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] led by [[John Curtin]].
* [[October 25]] – [[Celâl Bayar]] forms the new (ninth) government of Turkey.