Nylon is invented.
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.
Coopers Inc. started selling the world's first men's briefs in Chicago.
Amelia Earhart flies solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland.
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.
Donald Duck made its first appearance in 'The Wise Little Hen.'
The first Three Stooges film is released.
The Surgeon's Photograph, the most famous photo of the Loch Ness Monster, was published.
Driving tests were introduced in the UK for the first time.
Fujifilm is founded.
United Airlines Boeing 247 explosion.
American aviator Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly solo around the Earth.
The US celebrated the opening of its very first drive-in cinema.
Walt Disney released a short film, '3 Little Pigs,' which won the Academy Award Best Animated film in 1934.
Nazis ceremonially burn about 25,000 allegedly 'un-German' books.
An Imperial Airways passenger aircraft crashed in Belgium, killing all fifteen on board.
The original 'King Kong' movie was shown at Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy, New York City, US.
Nazi Cabinet minister Hermann Göring banned all Catholic newspapers.
Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City.
The Mummy film, directed by Karl Freund, was released in the US.
The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as Games of the X Olympiad, were held in Los Angeles, United States.
The American horror movie 'White Zombie' was released at New York City's Rivoli Theater.
Amelia Earhart landed near Londonderry in Northern Ireland, completing her solo transatlantic flight, making her the first woman to do so.
Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland.
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.
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.
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.
Porsche was officially added to the commercial register in Germany.
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.
The US adopted the national anthem 'Star-Spangled Banner.'
The original 'Dracula' movie premiered in New York City, starring Bela Lugosi.
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.'
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.
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.
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.
