| January 2 | Bradman scores 103* against the Bodyline attack in the 2nd Test |
| January 2 | Ijmuider fishing strike begins (till July 11th) |
| January 2 | U.S. troops leave Nicaragua |
| January 5 | Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side |
| January 7 | 1st edition of People and Fatherland published in Netherlands |
| January 9 | Amsterdam confectionery worker go on strike against wage reduction |
| January 12 | U.S. Congress recognize independence Philippines |
| January 12 | Uprising of Guardia Civil in Spain, 25 dies |
| January 16 | Bert Oldfield flattened by Larwood delivery in Adelaide Test |
| January 17 | Bradman takes second Test wicket, Hammond, bowled |
| January 18 | White Sands National Monument, New Mexico established |
| January 23 | 20th amendment changes date of presidential inaugurations to 1/20 |
| January 24 | Noel Coward's "Design for Living," premieres in New York City |
| January 27 | Otto Meisnner dines with British ambassador Rumbold |
| January 28 | French government of Paul Boncour falls |
| January 28 | German government of Von Schleicher falls |
| January 29 | German president von Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor |
| January 30 | Adolph Hitler named German Chancellor, forms government with Von Papen |
| January 30 | Grimmett takes 7-86 for SA in Qld 2nd inn, 13-135 for match |
| January 30 | "Lone Ranger" begins a 21-year run on ABC radio |
| January 31 | French government of Daladier takes power |
| January 31 | Hitler promises parliamentary democracy |
| February 1 | Colonial government arrests Anton de Kom in Paramaribo Suriname |
| February 1 | Dutch bishops forbid membership in non-catholic unions |
| February 1 | German Parliament disolves, General Ludendorf predicts catastrophe |
| February 2 | 2 days after becoming chancellor, Adolf Hitler dissolves Parliament |
| February 2 | Goring bans communist meetings/demonstrations in Germany |
| February 2 | Ucicky's "Rotten Morning," premieres in Berlin |
| February 3 | 1st interstate legislative conference in U.S. opens, Washington, D.C. |
| February 3 | German minister Goering bans social-democratic newspaper Vorwarts |
| February 3 | Marinus van der Lubbe departs to Berlin |
| February 4 | German President Von Hindenburg limits freedom of the press |
| February 5 | Marinus van der Lubbe passes Dutch/German boundary |
| February 6 | 112 foot ocean wave observed near Manila |
| February 6 | 20th Amendment goes into effect: President term begins in Jan not March |
| February 6 | -90 degrees F (-68 degrees C), Oymyakon, U.S.S.R. (Asian record) |
| February 6 | Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 34 m, in Pacific hurricane |
| February 6 | President von Hindenburg and von Papen end Prussian parliament |
| February 7 | Colonial troops in Suriname kill 2 demonstrators |
| February 7 | Social-Dem meeting in Berlin "As thousands cheer" Marxism is dead |
| February 8 | 1st flight of all-metal Boeing 247 |
| February 8 | -23 degrees F (-31 degrees C), Seminole, Texas (state record) |
| February 9 | -63 degrees F (-53 degrees C), Moran, Wyoming (state record) |
| February 10 | -54 degrees F (-48 degrees C), Seneca, Oregon (state record) |
| February 10 | Delivery of 1st singing telegram (Postal Telegram Co New York City) |
| February 10 | Dutch seaplane bombs Dutch ship |
| February 10 | Hitler proclaims end of Marxism |
| February 10 | Mutiny on "7 Provinces" ends (began Feb 4th), 23 killed |
| February 12 | German vice-chancellor von Papen demands Catholic aid for Nazis |
| February 15 | Karl Radek praises invincible force of German Communist Party |
| February 15 | President-elect Franklin Roosevelt survives assassination attempt |
| February 15 | Social-democratic newspaper "Vorwarts" banned again in Berlin |
| February 16 | Catholic newspaper Germania warns against nazis/communists |
| February 16 | England regains the Ashes, thanks to bodyline tactics |
| February 17 | 1st issue of Newsweek magazine published |
| February 17 | Blondie Boopadoop married Dagwood Bumstead in the comic Blondie |
| February 17 | Marinus van der Lubbe arrives in Glindow, at Potsdam |
| February 17 | U.S. Senate accept Blaine Act: ending prohibition |
| February 19 | Prussian minister Goering bans all Catholic newspapers |
| February 20 | Curom, Curacaose Broadcast System starts: Princess Juliana's speech |
| February 20 | House of Representatives completes congressional action to repeal Prohibition |
| February 20 | Sidney Howard's "Alien Corn," premieres in New York City |
| February 22 | Goering forms SA/SS-police, shoots 40-50 |
| February 24 | Final demonstration of German Communist Party in Berlin |
| February 24 | League of Nations tells Japanese to pull out of Manchuria |
| February 25 | 1st genuine aircraft carrier christened, USS Ranger |
| February 25 | Major NFL rule changes (hash mark 10 yards in, posts on goal line) |
| February 25 | Thomas Yawkey purchases Boston Red Sox |
| February 26 | Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field |
| February 26 | Marinus van der Lubbe kept overnight in a police cell |
| February 27 | Jean Genet's "Intermezzo," premieres in Paris |
| February 27 | Nazis set fire to German parliament building, Reichstag, blame it on Communists |
| February 28 | 1st female in cabinet: Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor |
| February 28 | German President Von Hindenburg abolishes free expression of opinion |
| February 28 | Hitler disallows German Communist Party (KPD) |
| March 1 | Bank holidays declared in 6 states, to prevent run on banks |
| March 2 | "King Kong," premieres at Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy New York City |
| March 2 | Most powerful earthquake in 180 years hit Japan |
| March 3 | German presidential candidate Earnest Thalmann (KPD) arrested |
| March 3 | Mount Rushmore dedicated |
| March 3 | New York City premiere of "King Kong" |
| March 4 | Chancellor Dollfuss disdolves Austrian parliament |
| March 4 | Frances Perkins becomes sec of labor, 1st U.S. woman cabinet member |
| March 4 | Franklin D. Roosevelt inaugrated as 32nd president, pledges to pull U.S. out of Depression and says "We have nothing to fear but fear itself." |
| March 4 | Henderson, DeSylva and Brown's "Strike Me Pink," premieres in New York City |
| March 4 | Noordwijk soccer team forms |
| March 5 | Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims 10-day bank holiday |
| March 5 | Germany's Nazi Party wins majority in parliament (43.9%-17.2M votes) |
| March 6 | Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a nationwide bank holiday |
| March 6 | Maxwell Anderson's "Both your Houses," premieres in New York City |
| March 6 | Poland occupies free city Danzig (Gdansk) |
| March 7 | Game of "Monopoly" invented |
| March 9 | Bulgarian communists Dimitrov, Popov and Vassili arrested in Berlin |
| March 9 | Congress is called into special session by FDR, and began its "100 days" |
| March 10 | Major earthquake in Long Beach, California |
| March 10 | Nevada becomes 1st U.S. state to regulate narcotics |
| March 12 | Franklin D. Roosevelt conducts his 1st fireside chat |
| March 13 | Josef Gobbels becomes German minister of Information and Propaganda |
| March 14 | Civilian Conservation Corp, begins tree conservation |
| March 14 | Winston Churchill wants to boost air defense |
| March 15 | NAACP begins coordinated attack on segregation and discrimination |
| March 16 | Hitler names Hjalmar Shaft, president of Bank of Germany |
| March 18 | Radio Clube de Mocambique's, 1st radio transmission |
| March 18 | U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson |
| March 18 | U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner |
| March 20 | Dachau, 1st concentration camp, completed |
| March 21 | Hitler, Goring, Prince Ruprecht, Bruning and top army meet in Berlin |
| March 22 | Franklin D. Roosevelt makes wine and beer with up to 3.2% alcohol legal |
| March 23 | Enabling Act: German Reichstag grants Adolph Hitler dictatorial powers |
| March 23 | Kroll Opera in Berlin opens |
| March 24 | Peter I Island incorporated as a Norwegian dependency |
| March 27 | Japan leaves League of Nations |
| March 27 | Polythene discovered by Reginald Gibson and Eric William Fawcett |
| March 27 | U.S. Farm Credit Administration authorized |
| March 28 | German Reichstag confers dictatorial powers on Hitler |
| March 31 | 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper, "Soperton News" (Georgia) |
| March 31 | Congress authorizes Civilian Conservation Corps |
| March 31 | German Republic gives power to Hitler |
| April 1 | Hammond scores 336* vs. New Zealand at Auckland, 47 fours 10 sixes |
| April 1 | Heinrich Himmler becomes Police Commander of Germany |
| April 1 | Nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews boycotting Jewish businesses |
| April 3 | 1st airplane flight over Mount Everest |
| April 4 | U.S. Dirigible Akron crashes off coast of New Jersey, 73 die |
| April 7 | 1st 2 Nazi anti-Jewish laws, bars Jews from legal and public service |
| April 7 | University Bridge, Seattle opens for traffic |
| April 8 | Manchester Guardian warns of unknown nazi terror |
| April 11 | Hermann Goering becomes premier of Prussia |
| April 12 | Moffatt Field commissioned |
| April 13 | 1st flight over Mount Everest by Lord Clydesdale |
| April 13 | Stanley Cup: New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1 |
| April 17 | Chicago Bears win their 1st NFL Game beating New York Giants 23-21 |
| April 19 | 37th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:31:01.6 |
| April 19 | Franklin D. Roosevelt announces U.S. will leave gold standard |
| April 22 | Dutch government forbids leftwing radio address |
| April 23 | Dovo soccer team forms in Veenendaal |
| April 24 | 1st major league to get 4 consecutive doubles in 9 inn (Dick Bartell) |
| April 25 | New York Yankee Russ Van Atta shuts out Washington Senators 16-0 |
| April 25 | U.S. and Canada drop Gold Standard |
| April 26 | Jewish students are barred from school in Germany |
| April 27 | Karl Jansky reports reception of cosmic radio signal in Washington D.C. |
| May 2 | In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions |
| May 3 | 1st female director (Nellie T Ross) of U.S. Mint takes office |
| May 4 | Pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (Conquistador) |
| May 6 | 59th Kentucky Derby: Don Meade aboard Brokers Tip wins in 2:06.8 |
| May 6 | Italy and U.S.S.R. sign trade agreement |
| May 9 | Spanish anarchists call for general strike |
| May 10 | Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) forms |
| May 10 | Nazis stage public book burnings in Germany |
| May 10 | Paraguay declares war on Bolivia |
| May 10 | Suriname worker's union leader A de Come banish to Netherlands |
| May 12 | Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy and farmers |
| May 13 | 59th Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard Head Play wins in 2:02 |
| May 15 | 1st voice amplification system to be used in U.S. Senate |
| May 16 | Cecil Travis becomes 1st player to get 5 hits in his 1st game |
| May 18 | 1st major league All-Star Game announced for July 6 at Comiskey Park It will be played as part of the Chicago World's Fair |
| May 18 | Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams |
| May 21 | Mount Davidson Cross lit by Franklin D. Roosevelt via telegraph |
| May 22 | Loch Ness Monster is 1st reportedly sighted by John Mackay |
| May 22 | World Trade Day/National Maritime Day 1st celebrated |
| May 24 | Dmitri Shostakovich's Preludes, premieres in Moscow |
| May 26 | 2nd emergency Dutch government of Colijn forms |
| May 26 | Phillies Chuck Klein hits for cycle vs St. Louis Cardinals |
| May 27 | Austrian Communist Party banned |
| May 27 | Century of Progress Exposition opens in Chicago |
| May 27 | Federal Securities Act signed |
| May 27 | Trailing 11-3, Yankees score 12 runs in 8th and beat White Sox 15-11 |
| May 27 | Walt Disney's "3 Little Pigs" released |
| May 30 | Patent on invisible glass installation |
| June 1 | Century of Progress world's fair opens in Chicago |
| June 1 | Charlie Chaplin weds Paulette Goddard |
| June 2 | Franklin D. Roosevelt authorizes 1st swimming pool built inside the White House |
| June 2 | WNJ-AM in Newark New Jersey goes off the air |
| June 3 | A's score 11 runs in 2nd, Yankees score 10 in 5th and win 17-11 |
| June 3 | Pope Pius XI encyclical "On oppression of the Church in Spain" |
| June 5 | Gold standard abolished |
| June 6 | 1st drive-in theater opens, Camden, New Jersey |
| June 6 | U.S. Employment Service created |
| June 7 | Balanchine/Weills "7 Deadly Sins," premiers in Paris |
| June 8 | A's Jimmie Foxx homers his 1st 3 at bats for 4 consecutive home runs |
| June 9 | Spanish president Zamora takes power |
| June 9 | Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland manager |
| June 10 | 37th U.S. Golf Open: Johnny Goodman shoots a 287 at North Shore Ill |
| June 10 | 65th Belmont: Mack Garner aboard Hurryoff wins in 2:32.6 |
| June 12 | Financial and Economy World conference opens, 66 countries |
| June 13 | 1st sodium vapor lamps installed, Schenectady, New York |
| June 13 | Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation authorized |
| June 13 | German Secret State Police, Gestapo, established |
| June 14 | Lou Gehrig and Joe McCarthy thrown out of game, McCarthy suspended 3 games but Gehrig isn't, so he continues his streak at 1,249 games |
| June 16 | National Industrial Recovery Act becomes law, later struck down |
| June 16 | U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, FDIC, created |
| June 17 | Kansas City Massacre: 1 FBI agent, 4 cops and 1 gangster killed by mob |
| June 19 | Austrian government-Dollfuss bans nazi-organizations |
| June 21 | 1st Great Lakes-to-Gulf of Mexico barge trip completed, New Orleans |
| June 22 | German social-democratic party, SPD, forbidden |
| June 23 | Don McNeill's Pepper Pot (Breakfast Club) begins 35 year run on NBC |
| June 27 | 4th Ryder Cup: Great Britain, 6 -5 at Southport and Ainsdale, England |
| June 29 | Primo Carnera KOs Jack Sharkey in 6 for heavyweight boxing title |
| June 30 | 50,000 demonstrate in Antwerp against fascism/war |
| June 30 | Card's Dizzy Dean strikes out 17 Cubs to win 8-2 |
| June 30 | U.S. Assay Offices in Helena Mon, Boise, Idaho and Salt Lake City, Utah closes |
| July 1 | German nazi regime decides married women shouldn't work |
| July 1 | Strauss and von Hofmannsthal's opera "Arabella," premieres in Dresden |
| July 2 | Carl Hubbell shuts-out Cards 1-0 in 18 innings without a walk |
| July 4 | Work begins on Oakland Bay Bridge |
| July 5 | German party Catholic Center disbands |
| July 6 | 1st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-2 at Comiskey Park, Chicago |
| July 8 | 46th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats D Round (64 68 63) |
| July 8 | Public Works Administration becomes effective |
| July 9 | Frankford Yellowjackets sold, rechristened Philadelphia Eagles |
| July 10 | 1st police radio system operated, Eastchester Township, New York |
| July 12 | Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour) |
| July 14 | Germany began mandatory sterilization of those with hereditary illness |
| July 14 | NSDAP becomes only party in Germany |
| July 14 | Verity bowls out Essex twice in a day, 8-47 and 9-44, at Leyton |
| July 15 | Wiley Post began 1st solo flight around world |
| July 19 | 1st time, brothers on opposite teams homer in the same game. Red Sox |
| July 20 | Vatican state secretary Pacelli (Pius XII) signs accord with Hitler |
| July 21 | Haifa Harbor in Palestine opens |
| July 22 | Wiley Post completes 1st round-the-world solo flight |
| July 24 | #1726 Hoffmeister, #2136 Jugta, #2158, #3957 Sugie and #4589 McDowell |
| July 24 | German judge Vogt signs deed of accusation against Van der Lubbe |
| July 25 | 1st Dutch live radio concert: Duke Ellington |
| July 26 | Joe Dimaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League |
| July 28 | 1st singing telegram delivered (to Rudy Vallee), New York City |
| July 28 | NFL divides into (2) 5 team divisions |
| July 28 | Spain recognizes the U.S.S.R. |
| July 30 | 28th Davis Cup: Great Britain beats France in Paris (3-2) |
| August 1 | Carl Hubbell sets record of consecutive scoreless innings (45 1/3) |
| August 1 | Death penality for anti fascists in Germany |
| August 1 | Dutch colonial regime in Batavia arrest ir Sukarno |
| August 3 | Yankees are shut out for 1st time after 308 games (since Aug 2, 1931) |
| August 11 | Temp reaches 136 degrees F (57.8 degrees C) at San Luis Potosi, Mexico (world record) |
| August 12 | Cuban dictator Machado y Morales flees after military coup |
| August 13 | 16th PGA Championship: Gene Sarazen at Blue Mound CC Milwaukee |
| August 13 | Jacques van Egmond becomes world champion amateur cyclist |
| August 14 | Jimmie Foxx hits for cycle and sets AL record with 9 RBIs |
| August 17 | Lou Gehrig breaks record by playing in his 1,308th straight game |
| August 17 | Lou Gehrig plays record 1,308th consecutive game |
| August 17 | Soviet Union test GIRD-R1 rocket ("Object 09") |
| August 19 | 47th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Helen Moody (86 36 30 ret) |
| August 21 | Ruth's homer leads AL to a 4-2 win in 1st All Star Game |
| August 22 | Bill Veeck, urges midsummer inter-league games and a split season |
| August 22 | International Zionists Congress opens in Prague |
| August 23 | 1st TV boxing match - Archie Sexton and Laurie Raiteri in London |
| August 26 | Jan van Houten bicycles world record time (44,588 km) |
| August 27 | Earl Averill becomes 2nd Cleveland ballplayer to hit for cycle Moody defaults in 3rd set, trailing 3-0 |
| August 30 | Air France forms |
| August 30 | Portuguese dictator Salazar forms secret police (PIDE) |
| September 1 | Soccer team DVS '33 forms |
| September 4 | 1st airplane to exceed 300 mph (483 kph), JR Wendell, Glenview, Il |
| September 4 | Coup on Cuban president De Cespedes by Fulgencio Batista |
| September 8 | Spain's 2nd government of Azana forms |
| September 9 | 53rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats Jack Crawford (63 1113 46 60 61) |
| September 10 | 53rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats J H Crawford (63 11-13 46 60 61) |
| September 11 | Britain's Fred Perry thwarts Australian Jack Crawford's bid for a Grand Slam by defeating him at U.S. Tennis championship |
| September 12 | Alejandro Lerroux forms new Spanish government |
| September 12 | Dutch parliament accepts ban on uniforms |
| September 14 | 2 billion board feet of lumber destroyed in Tillamook Oregon fire |
| September 14 | Schaduwproces-Rijksdagbrand opens in London |
| September 19 | New York Giants clinch the pennant |
| September 20 | Pittsburgh Steelers (as Pirates) play 1st NFL game, lose 23-2 |
| September 21 | Trial against Marinus der Lubbe opens |
| September 23 | Yankees commit 7 errors in 1 game but beat Boston 16-12 |
| September 25 | 1st state poorhouse opens in Smyrna, Georgia |
| September 25 | 5th "extermination campaign" against communists in Nanjing China |
| September 26 | Sidney Kingsley's "Men in White," premieres in New York City |
| September 28 | Greer Garson wed Edward Snelson |
| September 28 | Sally Eilers weds Harry Joe Brown |
| September 29 | Little King, Cartoon Character, by Von Beuren, debut |
| September 30 | Berlin/Hart/Heyman/Myers ballet "As Thousands Cheer," premieres in New York City |
| October 1 | Antwerp Sports arena opens |
| October 1 | Packers make 5 1st downs, Giants make 0, but still win 10-7 |
| October 1 | Washington Senator coach Nick Altrock plays in a game at age 57 |
| October 2 | Eugene O'Neill's comedy "Ah, Wilderness," premieres in New York City |
| October 3 | Gustave "Staf" de Clerq forms Flemish National Covenant |
| October 4 | Esquire magazine is 1st published |
| October 7 | New York Giants beat Washington Senators, 4 games to 1 in 30th World Series |
| October 8 | Coit Tower dedicated in SF, a monument to firefighters |
| October 8 | Martinez Barrios forms new Spanish government |
| October 10 | 1st synthetic detergent, "Dreft" by Procter and Gamble, goes on sale |
| October 12 | Alcatraz becomes a federal prison (unofficially) |
| October 12 | John Dillinger escapes from Allen County, OH, jail |
| October 13 | JDJ Boularan's "Tovarich," premieres in Paris |
| October 13 | Soccer team STEVO forms in Geesteren |
| October 14 | Nazi Germany announces withdrawal from League of Nations |
| October 15 | Philadelphia Eagles play 1st NFL game, lose to New York Giants 56-0 |
| October 17 | Albert Einstein arrives in U.S., a refugee from Nazi Germany |
| October 19 | Berlin Olympic Committee vote to introduce basketball in 1936 |
| October 22 | Primo Carnera beats Paulin in 15 for heavyweight boxing title |
| October 24 | Langston Hughes' "Mulatto," premieres in New York City |
| October 26 | French government of Serraut forms |
| November 4 | Bradman scores 200 NSW vs. Queensland, 184 minutes, 26 fours |
| November 4 | Hermann Goering and Georgi Dimitrov duel |
| November 4 | Young Park (1) in the Bronx named in honor of James Young |
| November 5 | Chicago Bears 30 game unbeaten streak ends to Patriots (10-0) |
| November 5 | Spanish Basques vote for autonomy |
| November 7 | Pennsylvania voters overturn blue law, by permitting Sunday sports |
| November 8 | Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Civil Works Administration |
| November 10 | Black Blizzard snowstorm-duststorm rages from SD to Atlantic |
| November 11 | "Great Black Blizzard" 1st great dust storm in Great Plains |
| November 12 | 1st game at NFL Pitts Pirate's Forbes Field, lose to Brooklyn Dodgers 32-0 |
| November 12 | 1st known photo of Loch Ness monster is taken |
| November 12 | 1st Sunday football game in Philadelphia (previously illegal) |
| November 12 | Nazis receive 92% of vote in Germany |
| November 13 | 1st modern sit-down strike, Hormel meat packers, Austin, Minn |
| November 16 | Brazilians president Getulio Vargas names himself dictator |
| November 16 | Roosevelt establishes diplomatic relations with U.S.S.R. |
| November 17 | U.S. recognizes U.S.S.R., opens trade |
| November 19 | Women allowed to vote in Spain (helps right wing) |
| November 21 | 1st U.S. ambassador to U.S.S.R., W.C. Bullitt, begins service |
| November 25 | 1st Soviet liquid fuel rocket attains altitude of 261' (80m) |
| November 26 | Camille Chautemps becomes French premier |
| November 29 | 1st state liquor stores authorized (Pennsylvania) |
| November 29 | Japan begins persecution of communists |
| November 30 | CCC Camps are established in Cleveland Park District |
| December 1 | Rudolf Hess and Earnest Rohm become a minister in Hitler government |
| December 2 | 1st transatlantic telephone wedding (Bertil Clason-Sigrid Carlson) |
| December 2 | Fred Astaire's 1st film, "Dancing Lady," released |
| December 3 | Connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Detroit Tigers for $100,000 |
| December 3 | Joe Lilliard quarterbacks Chicago Cardinals; last NFL black until 1946 |
| December 4 | Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration |
| December 4 | Jack Kirkland's "Tobacco Road," premieres in New York City |
| December 5 | 21st Am ratified, 18th Amendment, Prohibition, repealed |
| December 6 | Ban on James Joyce' "Ulysses" in U.S., lifted |
| December 9 | 21st CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Sarnia Imperials, 4-3 |
| December 9 | Romania disallows fascist Iron Guard |
| December 14 | Josephine Baker performs in Amsterdam |
| December 15 | Baseball owners agree to ban Sunday doubleheaders until after June 15 |
| December 16 | Abe de Vries and Sipke Castelein win Elfstedentocht |
| December 17 | B H Valentine scores 133 on Test Cricket debut, England vs. India at Bombay |
| December 17 | Lala Amarnath scores century on Test Cricket debut (went on to 118) |
| December 17 | NFL starts official stats as Bears beat Giants 23-21 in champ game |
| December 17 | Spain's 2nd Government of Lerroux forms |
| December 19 | Electric Home and Farm Authority Inc, authorized |
| December 20 | Bolivia and Paraguay sign weapon cease fire |
| December 21 | Dried human blood serum 1st prepared, University of Pennsylvania |
| December 21 | Fox signs Shirley Temple, 5, to a studio contract |
| December 21 | Newfoundland reverts to being a crown colony |
| December 23 | Howie Morenz takes over NHL career goal lead at 251 |
| December 23 | Marinus van der Lubbe sentenced to death |
| December 23 | Train crash in Eastern Paris; 230 die |
| December 24 | Paris express train derails and kills 160, injures 300 (France) |
| December 25 | Another Christmas Day five-wicket haul by Clarrie Grimmett |
| December 25 | Belgian Working people's party accept Henry de Mans Plan of Labor |
| December 25 | Stan Smith takes 8-33 for Victoria vs. Tasmania at Hobart |
| December 26 | Bradman scores 187* NSW vs. Victoria, 294 minutes, 13 fours |
| December 26 | U.S. forswears armed intervention in Western Hemisphere |
| December 29 | Yankees refuses to release Babe Ruth so he can manage the Cincinnati Reds |
| December 30 | -50 degrees F (-46 degrees C) in Bloomfield, Vermont (state record) |
| December 30 | Government disallows NSB-membership for civil service |
| December 30 | Jack Badcock scores 274 vs. Victoria, Tasmania's 1st double-ton |
