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May 28, 1937
On May 28, 1937, volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer, is founded. Antonio Carluccio, Joseph Estrada, Yoshiro Mori would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · May 28, 1937
Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer, is founded.
Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Established in 1937 by the German Labour Front, it was revived after World War II by British Army officer Ivan Hirst and over the 81 years since grew into the global brand it is today. 9 billion.
Around 1937
The year in brief
1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1937th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 937th year of the 2nd millennium, the 37th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1930s decade.
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On May 28, 1937
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1937 Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer, is founded. German automobile manufacturer
Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Established in 1937 by the German Labour Front, it was revived after World War II by British Army officer Ivan Hirst and over the 81 years since grew into the global brand it is today. 9 billion.
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Other moments from 1937
- April 1 Aden becomes a British crown colony.
- April 1 The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
- April 12 Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
- April 26 Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by the German Condor Legion and the Italian Aviazione Legionaria.
- April 28 South African medical researcher Max Theiler develops the yellow fever vaccine at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York City.
- April 30 The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
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