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| Birth of Powell, Colin Powell, Colin |  |
| 5th April New York Birth of Colin Powell |
| Composition of Ellington Ellington, Duke | |
| 14th May Duke Ellington & his band recorded the classic, "Caravan", for Brunswick Records |
| Diplomacy Chamberlain, Neville |  |
| London USA has "a long way to go yet before they become helpful partners in world affairs" |
| Diplomacy Simpson, Wallis | |
| The Duke & Duchess of Windsor begin their visit to Germany & meet Hitler |
| Discovery of Meson Particles Anderson, Carl David | |
| Discovers the meson muon particle |
| District Attorney New York Dewey Dewey, Thomas Edmund | |
| New York Appointed District Attorney of New York |
| Education of Nixon Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Duke University Graduates from Duke University, in law, 3rd in class |
| Government Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | |
| 20th Jan Wins all States except for Maine & Vermont in a landslide, success of his "new deal" |
| 20th Jan Washington Appointed President of the USA, 26th President, 2nd term |
| 24th May Washington Congress Approves Roosevelt's Social Security Act |
| Marriage of Simpson, Wallis Simpson, Wallis | |
| 3rd June Wallis Simpson marries Edward VIII in France |
| Publication of Steinbeck Steinbeck, John Ernst | |
| Publication of, "Of Mice & Men" |
| San Francisco Bar Nixon Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 9th Nov San Francisco Sworn in as Member of the San Francis co Bar |
| World Champion Louis, Joe | |
| "The Brown Bomber", world heavyweight champion 1937-1949 |
