Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
The American drama movie 'Of Mice and Men' was released in the US.
Between 20,000 and 40,000 people died in a magnitude eight earthquake in Erzincan, Turkey.
Gone with the Wind, the drama film directed by Victor Fleming, premiered in Atlanta, Georgia.
After invading Finland, the Soviet Union was kicked out of the League of Nations.
DC Comics released Flash Comics Issue 1, featuring Flash Gordon.
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt received a letter from Albert Einstein detailing the possibility of atomic weapons.
The NBC broadcasted the first live American football game.
Finnish long-distance runner Taisto Mäki broke the 10,000-meter world record in 29:52:06.
The Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 became the first successful helicopter to fly.
Germany invaded Poland in the free city of Danzig, which started World War II.
The world's first jet-powered aircraft, the Heinkel He 178, completed its first flight.
Legend Frank Sinatra recorded his debut single with the Harry James band.
Siam changed its name to Thailand.
In Atlanta, Georgia, legislation passed that made pinball machines illegal in the city.
France carried out its last public execution.
Queen Elizabeth I and George VI became the first king and queen of Great Britain to travel to the US.
The 'Pact of Steel' was signed, an agreement between Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany.
The first televised baseball game was broadcasted on NBC, featuring Princeton defeating Colombia 2-1.
Robert Menzies, Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister, was elected.
The Heinkel He 100 fighter set a world airspeed record of 463 mph (745 km/h).
The erroneous word 'Dord' was added to Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition.
Chillán earthquake killed approximately 28,000 people.
