1937

From top to bottom, left to right: the Second Sino-Japanese War erupts after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, as Japan invades China and commits atrocities including the Nanjing Massacre; the Hindenburg disaster shocks the world when the German airship bursts into flames in New Jersey, killing 36 and ending the airship era; the New London School explosion in Texas kills nearly 300, prompting gas safety reforms; aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan vanish over the Pacific while attempting a global flight; the Ohio River flood of 1937 displaces over a million across multiple states; and Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premieres as the first full-length cel-animated feature film.