Editing 1937 (section)

===May===
{{Main|May 1937}}
[[File:Hindenburg burning.jpg|thumb|right|[[May 6]]: The [[Hindenburg disaster|''Hindenburg'' disaster]] occurs.]]
[[File:Golden Gate Bridge 0002.jpg|thumb|[[May 27]]: The [[Golden Gate Bridge]] opens.]]
* [[May 6]] – [[Hindenburg disaster|''Hindenburg'' disaster]]: In the United States, the German [[LZ 129 Hindenburg|airship ''Hindenburg'']] bursts into flame when mooring to a mast in [[Lakehurst, New Jersey]]. Of the 36 passengers and 61 crew on board, 13 passengers and 22 crew die, as well as one member of the ground crew.
* [[May 7]] – [[Spanish Civil War]]: The German [[Condor Legion|Condor Legion Fighter Group]], equipped with [[Heinkel He 51]] biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist [[Francisco Franco]]'s forces.
* [[May 8]] – [[Wydad Athletic Club (Football)|Wydad Athletic Club]] (WAC)(Arabic: نادي الوداد الرياضي; Berber: ''Wydad Dar al-Beida''; commonly: ''Wydad al ouma'') is established in [[Casablanca]], Morocco; it will be best known for its Casablanca [[Association football]] team.
* [[May 12]] – [[coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth|George VI and Elizabeth are crowned]] King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor and Empress of India at [[Westminster Abbey]], London.
* [[May 21]]
** A [[Soviet and Russian manned drifting ice stations|Russian manned ice station]] becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the [[drift ice]] of the Arctic Ocean.
** As one of the reprisals for the attempted assassination of Italian viceroy [[Rodolfo Graziani]], a detachment of Italian troops massacres the entire community of [[Debre Libanos]] in Ethiopia, killing 297 monks and 23 laymen.
* [[May 28]] – [[Neville Chamberlain]] becomes [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], following the retirement of [[Stanley Baldwin]].
* [[May 30]]
** [[Spanish Civil War]]: Spanish ship ''Ciudad de Barcelona'' is torpedoed.
** [[Memorial Day massacre of 1937]]: The [[Chicago Police Department]] shoot and kill 10 unarmed demonstrators in Chicago.