The Crystal Palace in London caught fire and was destroyed.
Nazi Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation established.
End of the Long March in China.
Hoover Dam began producing electricity and transmitting it to Los Angeles, California.
The Tasmanian Tiger becomes extinct.
The XI Summer Olympics are opened in Berlin by Adolf Hitler.
American mobster Charles Luciano (also known as Lucky Luciano) was trialed and sentenced to 30-50 years in prison.
West Virginia had its hottest day on record at a sweltering 112°F (44°C).
The novel 'Gone with the Wind' is published.
The world's first practical helicopter lifts off.
The Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm is established.
Alan Turing submitted his paper 'On Computable Numbers' for publication, in which he set out the hypothetical basis for modern computers.
New York Yankee, Joe DiMaggio, made his major-league debut.
The Phantom, the world's first superhero, appeared in the self-titled comic strip by Lee Falk.
Adolf Hitler announced the construction of the Volkswagen Beetle.
Dr. John J. Livingood reported the first synthetic production of a natural form of radium.
Stalin and officials walked out of Lady Macbeth opera, calling it a 'muddle,' not music.
Parker Brothers released the Monopoly board game.
Nuremberg laws instituted by the Nazi party are put into force.
Howard Hughes designed and built the world's fastest plane called the H-1 racer, then, on this day, flew it at a new world speed record at 352 miles per hour in Santa Fe, California.
Sir Malcolm Campbell broke the world record speed exceeding 300 mph on the Bonneville Flats, Utah, US.
Rowntree's introduced the famous Kit Kat featuring three layers of wafer cut into finger slices and surrounded by milk chocolate.
Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
Oklahoma City, USA, installed the world's first parking meter.
Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron, Ohio.
20th Century Fox was founded after a merger of Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century Pictures.
The Moscow Metro was opened to the public.
The Eastman Kodak Company launches Kodachrome.
New York became the first US court to allow blood test results to be used as evidence.
Colorado became the birthplace of the cheeseburger.
Nylon is invented.
Robert Watson-Watt demonstrated radar in Slough, England, UK.
Planes were banned from passing over the White House.
Danish-Norwegian explorer Caroline Mikkelsen became the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
A polygraph test was conducted by its inventor, Leonarde Keeler, for the first time.
Law No. 38 in Iceland was approved, making abortion legal.
The first canned beer received instant approval from customers.
Coopers Inc. started selling the world's first men's briefs in Chicago.
Amelia Earhart flies solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland.
American bank robber Charles Arthur Floyd, AKA Pretty Boy Floyd, was shot dead by the FBI.
The Long March.
USSR joins the League of Nations.
With a record time of 2:52:29, Armas Toivonen was the first European to win gold for a marathon at the European Athletics Championships.
Adolf Hitler became Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.
Idaho's hottest day was recorded at a scorching 118°F (48°C).
The Nazi Party killed around 1,000 people, which became known as the 'Night of Long Knives.'
American gangster John Dillinger died from gunshot wounds at age 31.
Donald Duck made its first appearance in 'The Wise Little Hen.'
The Dionne quintuplets were born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne, who later became the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
