Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland.
We Want Beer! parade was held.
Al Capone went to prison.
Slavery in Ethiopia came to an end thanks to Emperor Haile Selassie.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh's son is kidnapped.
The neutron is discovered.
The Winter Olympics opened in Lake Placid, New York.
The movie 'Frankenstein,' based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel of the same name, was released in the US.
American gangster Al Capone pleaded guilty to tax evasion.
Infamous gangster, Al Capone, was convicted of income tax evasion.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, unveiled its iconic Christ The Redeemer statue.
The first-ever infrared photo was taken in Rochester, New York.
Bing Crosby made his nationwide solo radio debut.
Duo Wiley Post and Harold Catty started their 15,474-mile around the world flight from Long Island, New York.
American gangster Al Capone was charged with conspiracy to violate Prohibition laws between 1922 & 1931.
Robert Goddard was granted a patent for the rocket-powered aircraft.
The first full-scale wind tunnel for airplane testing was built at Langley Field, Virginia. For ten years, it remained the largest wind tunnel in the world.
The Empire State Building opened.
Hawaii recorded its hottest day ever at 100°F.
Porsche was officially added to the commercial register in Germany.
The US state of Nevada legalized gambling after previously banning it in 1909.
The first theater with a movie being projected from the back of the room was opened in New York City.
The electron microscope is invented.
Finland's Parliament House in Helsinki was inaugurated.
The US adopted the national anthem 'Star-Spangled Banner.'
The original 'Dracula' movie premiered in New York City, starring Bela Lugosi.
New Zealand suffered its most fatal natural disaster in history during the Hawke's Bay Earthquake.
Silent romance comedy ''City Lights" by Charlie Chaplin premiered at the Los Angeles Theater.
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 LuÃs 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.
American explorer Richard Byrd became the first person to fly over the South Pole.
Explorer Richard E. Byrd became the first person to fly over the South Pole.
Dubbed 'Black Thursday,' the New York Stock Exchange collapsed.
Canada legally declared women as 'persons.'
