Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
Sinclair Lewis won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his novel 'Babbitt.'
Haile Selassie I becomes the emperor of Ethiopia.
Britain's R101 airship crashed in France on its maiden voyage.
A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil led to the ousting of President Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, marking the end of the Old Republic.
Johannes Ostermeier patented the flashbulb for cameras.
Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte successfully flew the first non-stop transatlantic flight from east to west when they landed in New York City.
The world's first colored cartoon with synchronized sound was released.
Betty Boop Makes Her Debut.
Host nation Uruguay defeated Argentina 4-2 in Montevideo to win the first FIFA World Cup.
Construction began on the Hoover Dam in Nevada.
Amy Johnson became the first woman to fly solo from the UK to Australia.
Ellen Church became the first female airline stewardess aboard a Boeing Air Transport flight from San Francisco to Chicago.
Pluto was officially named.
Colonel Harland Sanders founded KFC in North Corbin, Kentucky.
Mahatma Gandhi embarks on his Salt March.
Frozen food is sold in retail stores for the first time.
American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto.
Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse comic strip was published for the first time.
