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| Composition of Armstrong Armstrong, Louis | |
| 13th May New Orleans Louis Armstrong & his orchestra record the New Orleans jazz standard, "When the Saints Go Marching In", on Decca Records |
| Emigration Kissinger Kissinger, Henry Alfred | |
| Enters the USA |
| Exile of Kissinger Kissinger, Henry Alfred | |
| Leaves Germany with his parents for the United States |
| Government Hopkins, Harry Llloyd | |
| Washington Appointed Secretary of Commerce |
| Government Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | |
| 10th Nov Berlin The USAAmbassador is withdrawn from Berlin after "crystal night" |
| 10th Nov Washington Criticises the German Government at a press conference |
| Nobel Prize Fermi, Enrico | |
| Awarded for the discovery of neutron inducedNuclear reactions |
| Partition Czech Welles, Sumner | |
| Declines a request from Czech to attend a conference hosted by Russia |
| Publication of Hoover Hoover, John Edgar | |
| Publication of, "Persons in Hiding" |
| World Record Hughes, Howard | |
| Cuts Lindbergh's New York to Paris record in half, & finishes the world trip in 3 days 19 hrs |