Boeing B-29 Superfortress flies for the first time.
Industrialist Henry Ford's method to construct auto bodies from plastic was patented.
Pan American Airlines completed its first round the world commercial trip.
Washington National Airport became the US first federal airport.
Pioneering English pilot Amy Johnson went missing after bailing out of her plane over the Thames River.
California's first freeway, Arroyo Seco Parkway, officially opened to traffic.
The Blitz bombing of London's Balham Tube Station was bombed, killing over 60 people.
Igor Sikorsky pilots his VS-300 helicopter's maiden flight.
The first US telecast was made from an airplane flying over New York City.
LaGuardia Airport in New York City opens its doors.
The Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 became the first successful helicopter to fly.
The world's first jet-powered aircraft, the Heinkel He 178, completed its first flight.
The world's first scheduled transatlantic flight takes off.
The Heinkel He 100 fighter set a world airspeed record of 463 mph (745 km/h).
Aviator Howard Hughes started his around-the-world flight.
The world's fastest steam locomotive is built.
The Lincoln Tunnel opened to traffic.
Toyota Motor Corporation was founded after operating as a division of Toyoda Automatic Looms for six years.
American aviator Amelia Earhart disappeared.
The German automobile manufacturer, Volkswagen, was founded.
The Hindenburg zeppelin caught fire and was destroyed while attempting to dock in New Jersey.
The first aircraft jet engine is successfully tested.
The Pedaliante, a human-powered aircraft, successfully flew 0.62 miles (1 km) in Milan, Italy.
The world's first practical helicopter lifts off.
Adolf Hitler announced the construction of the Volkswagen Beetle.
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.
Oklahoma City, USA, installed the world's first parking meter.
The Moscow Metro was opened to the public.
Planes were banned from passing over the White House.
Amelia Earhart flies solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland.
Driving tests were introduced in the UK for the first time.
United Airlines Boeing 247 explosion.
American aviator Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly solo around the Earth.
An Imperial Airways passenger aircraft crashed in Belgium, killing all fifteen on board.
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.
Duo Wiley Post and Harold Catty started their 15,474-mile around the world flight from Long Island, New York.
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.
Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte successfully flew the first non-stop transatlantic flight from east to west when they landed in New York City.
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.
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.
The ''LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin” returned to Lakehurst, New Jersey, after being the first airship to circumference the earth in one journey.
The first non-stop flight from America to Asia took place.
American pioneer aviator Noel Wien founded Alaska's first airline, Wien Alaska Airlines Inc.
Newark Liberty International Airport opened, becoming the first airport in the New York City metropolitan area.
Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic.
