Oklahoma City, USA, installed the world's first parking meter.
Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron, Ohio.
The Moscow Metro was opened to the public.
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.
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.
Adolf Hitler became Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.
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.
The Dionne quintuplets were born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne, who later became the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
Police killed Bonnie and Clyde.
Bonnie and Clyde shot two highway patrolmen outside Grapevine, Texas.
Driving tests were introduced in the UK for the first time.
The notorious John Dillinger used a wooden pistol to break out of prison.
The Austrian Civil War came to an end after four days of bloodshed.
A record low temperature was recorded and reached a bone-chilling -15°F in Central Park, New York City.
Lady Macbeth by Dmitri Shostakovich was performed for the first time in Leningrad, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Fujifilm is founded.
21st Amendment is ratified; Prohibition ends.
Meat packers began the first modern sit-down strike at the Hormel plant in Austin, Minnesota.
The bank robber John Dillinger and his gang robbed $75,000 from the Central National Bank in Greencastle, Indiana.
Albert Einstein safely arrived in the US after fleeing Nazi Germany.
United Airlines Boeing 247 explosion.
Elizabeth McCombs won the seat of Lyttelton, becoming the first woman in New Zealand to be elected a Member of Parliament.
Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq.
American aviator Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly solo around the Earth.
Robber John Dillinger stole $10,000 in his first robbery at a bank in New Carlisle, Ohio.
The White House opened its first indoor swimming pool.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Tennessee Valley Act to build dams.
Nazis ceremonially burn about 25,000 allegedly 'un-German' books.
Mohandas Gandhi started a 21-day fast.
The official secret police force of Nazi Germany, the Gestapo, was established.
An Imperial Airways passenger aircraft crashed in Belgium, killing all fifteen on board.
The German legislature passed the Enabling Act of 1933, which gave Hitler complete control over Germany.
The original 'King Kong' movie was shown at Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy, New York City, US.
An 8.4 magnitude Sanriku Earthquake and tsunami rocked Japan.
President Hindenburg issued the Reichstag Fire Decree.
The Reichstag, Germany's parliament building, was set on fire by a Dutch communist.
An assassination attempt was made against US President Franklin D. Roosevelt by an Italian immigrant, Giuseppe Zangara.
Hitler gave his first speech as Chancellor explaining why Nazi power should rule.
Asian record where temperatures plummeted to -90° F in Oymyakon, Russia.
The day after being appointed, Adolf Hitler called for new elections to ensure he would win majority votes.
