January 1 1st Sugar Bowl and 1st Orange Bowl January 1 Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto January 1 Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as General Manager January 1 President Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Ataturk: Father of Turkey" January 2 Bruno Hauptmann trial begins for kidnap and murder of Lindbergh baby January 4 Bob Hope 1st heard on network radio as part of "The Intimate Revue" January 4 Fort Jefferson National Monument in Florida established January 7 Zoe Akins' "Old Maid," premieres in New York City January 8 Spectrophotometer patented, AC Hardy January 10 Actress Mary Pickford marries actor Douglas Fairbanks January 11 Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu to Oakland California (non-stop, of course) January 13 Plebiscite in Saar, indicates a desire (90.3%) to join Nazi Germany January 14 Oil pipeline Iraq-Mediterranean goes into use January 15 300 Dutch ice cream salesmen protest against Italian competition January 15 Clifford Odets' "Waiting for Lefty," premieres in New York City January 19 KLM begins flight path between Curaeao and Aruba January 21 12.0" (30.5 cm) of rain falls, Quinault RS, Washington (state record) January 21 WFI-AM in Philadelphia Penn merges with WLIT as WFIL (now WEAZ) January 21 Wilderness Society forms January 24 1st canned beer, "Krueger Cream Ale," is sold by Kruger Brewing Co January 28 Iceland becomes 1st country to legalize abortion January 30 Ezra Pound meets Mussolini, reads from a draft of "Cantos" February 1 1st "March of Time" newsreel premieres at the Capitol February 1 James T Farrell finishes his "Studs Lonigan" trilogy February 2 Lie detector 1st used in court, Portage, Wisconsin February 6 1st election to allow women to vote in Turkey February 6 Monopoly board game goes on sale for 1st time February 7 Monopoly invented by Charles Darrow symbol Rich Uncle Pennybags February 8 1st NFL draft; Jay Berwanger of U Chicago is 1st pick (by Eagles) He never plays in NFL February 9 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson February 9 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee February 10 1st U.S. streamlined electric RR engine begins service February 10 Pennsylvania Rail Road begins passenger service on new electric locomotive February 11 -11 degrees F (-24 degrees C), Ifrane, Morocco (African record low) February 11 1st U.S. airplane flight with auto slung beneath fuselage, New York February 12 Great airship, USS Macon, crashes into Pacific Ocean February 13 1st U.S. surgical operation for relief of angina pectoris, Cleveland February 13 Bruno Hauptmann found guilty of kidnap and murder of Lindbergh's infant February 19 Clifford Odets' "Awake and Sing," premieres in New York City February 20 Karoline Mikkelson is 1st woman on Antarctica February 22 Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House February 26 Germany begin Luftwaffe operation, under Reichsmarshall H Goering February 26 New York Yankees release Babe Ruth, he signs with Boston Braves February 26 RADAR-Radio Detection and Ranging 1st demonstrated (Robert Watson-Watt) February 28 Amsterdam Hotel of the Red Lion gets sidewalk permit February 28 Nylon discovered by Dr. Wallace H. Carothers March 3 Dutch Revolutionary Socialist Worker's party (RSAP), forms March 5 1st premature baby health law in U.S. (Chicago) March 6 Frank Bartell, Czechoslovakia, cycles record 80.584 mph in Los Angeles March 7 Saar incorporated into Germany March 11 Bank of Canada opens March 11 Hermann Goering officially creates German Air Force, the Luftwaffe March 12 England establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns and villages March 13 Driving tests introduced in Great Britain March 14 36-Folsom becomes 1st line to use 1-man streetcars March 15 George Headley completes 270 in cricket vs. England at Kingston March 16 Hitler orders German rearmament, violating Versailles Treaty March 17 KSO-AM in Des Moines Iowa call sign is given to KWCR March 20 "Your Hit Parade" made its debut on radio March 21 Jean Anouilh's "Y avait un presonnier," premieres in Paris March 21 Persia officially renamed Iran March 22 Blood tests authorized as evidence in court cases (New York) March 24 Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network March 25 1st Belgium government of Van Zealand resigns March 26 "RvJ" Mitchell and Major Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire March 28 Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket March 29 French liner Normandie begins its maiden voyage March 30 Newfoundland changes time to 3 hours W of Greenwich, repeats 44 sec March 31 Fusahige Suzuki runs world record marathon (2:27:49) April 1 1st radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, New York April 2 Mary Hirsch, becomes 1st woman licensed as a horse trainer April 2 Sir Watson-Watt patents RADAR April 3 Yasuo Ikenada runs world record marathon (2:26:44) April 5 Croatian Farmers Party wins Yugoslavian election April 6 H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses and sinks 371 more April 8 2nd Golf Masters Championship: Gene Sarazen wins, shooting a 282 April 8 Bartoks 5th String quartet premieres in Washington D.C. April 8 Works Progress Administration, WPA, approved by Congress April 9 Stanley Cup: Montreal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 games April 10 Vaughan Williams' 4th Symphony premieres in London April 12 Germany prohibits publishing "not-Arian" writers April 12 Royal Proclamation sets design of Canada's new Jubilee Silver Dollar April 12 "Your Hit Parade," debuts on radio April 14 Sandstorm ravages U.S. midwest (Dust Bowl) April 16 1st radio broadcast of "Fibber McGee and Molly" April 16 Babe Ruth's 1st NL game, for Boston Braves, included a home run April 17 Provincial-National elections (Musserts NSB achieves 7.9%/44 chairs) April 18 General Sarazen's double eagle on 15th, wins him his 2nd Masters April 18 Netherlands election (Musserts NSB wins 8% of vote) April 19 39th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:32:07.4 April 20 "Your Hit Parade" begins broadcasting (becomes #1 quickly) April 21 King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political parties April 26 Frank Boucher is given NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years April 27 Brussel's World Expo opens April 27 Yankees pull a 1st inning triple-play and beat Philadelphia A's 9-8 April 28 Moscow underground opens (81 km long) April 30 World Congress for Women's Rights concludes in Istanbul May 1 Boulder Dam completed May 1 Canada's 1st silver dollar is circulated May 4 61st Kentucky Derby: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:05 May 5 Jessie Owens of U.S., sets then long jump record at 26' 8" May 6 British King George and Queen Mary celebrates silver jubilee May 6 KTM-AM in Los Angeles California changes call letters to KEHE (now KABC) May 6 Pulitzer prize awarded to Audrey Wurdemann (Bright Ambush) May 8 Cincinnati Red Ernie Lombardi doubles in 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th beat Phils 15-4 May 11 61st Preakness: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 1:58.4 May 14 Griffith Planetarium opens in Los Angeles, 3rd in US May 14 Plebiscite in Philippines ratifies independence agreement May 15 Pirates beat Phillies 20-5 May 18 Harold Gimblett scores 123 in 80 minutes on debut for Somerset May 19 NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936 May 23 1st scheduled night game, postponed due to rain (Cincinnati) May 24 1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Phil 1) May 24 Swedish princess Ingrid marries Danish crown prince Frederik (IX) May 25 Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs, Boston Braves vs. Pirates May 25 Jesse Owens equals or breaks 6 world records in one hour May 27 Supreme Court declares FDR's National Recovery Act unconstitutional May 29 Hague local museum opens May 30 Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies May 31 Babe Ruth grounds out in his final at bat May 31 Quake kills 50,000 in Quetta Pakistan June 1 Yankees set solo home run record with 6 beat Boston 7-2 June 2 Babe Ruth, 40, announces his retirement as a player June 3 French Normandie sets Atlantic crossing record of 1,077 hours June 8 39th U.S. Golf Open: Sam Parks, Jr. shoots a 299 at Oakmont CC PA June 8 67th Belmont: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:30.6 June 8 Lou Gehrig collides with Carl Reynolds and leaves the game June 10 Dr. Robert Smith and William Wilson of Akron form Alcoholics Anonymous June 12 Senator Huey Long of Louisiana spoke continually for 15 hours in Senate's longest speech on record (150,000 words) June 12 Weapons pact ends 3 year war of Gran Chaco, Bolivia vs Paraguay June 13 Hammond scores his 100th hundred, 116 for Gloucs vs. Somerset June 13 James J Braddock beats Max Baer in 15 for heavyweight boxing title June 14 Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay ends June 16 U.S. Congress accepts FDR's "New Deal" June 23 Anthony Eden offers Mussolini, Somalian harbor June 25 Joe Louis defeats Primo Carnera at Yankee Stadium June 26 Andrew Sandham's 100th FC hundred, 103 vs. Hants June 26 Lloyd Waner sets record of 18 putouts in center in doubleheader June 26 SDAP and CPH achieve majority in city council in Amsterdam June 26 Work service for recent graduate obligatory in Germany June 27 Danno O'Mahoney beats Jim Londos in Boston, to become wrestling champ June 28 Earl Averill's consecutive-game streak ends at 673 June 28 Franklin D. Roosevelt ordersa federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox Kentucky June 30 Danno O'Mahoney beats Ed George in Boston, to become wrestling champ July 1 General Netherlands Persbureau (ANP) forms in Amsterdam July 2 Great Britain boxers beat U.S. team in 1st International Golden Gloves July 5 1st "Hawaii Calls" radio program is broadcast July 5 1st time brothers on opposing teams hit home runs, Tony and Al Cuccunello July 5 Chicago Cubs are 10 games back in NL, and go on to win the pennant July 5 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs National Labor Relations Act July 6 48th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats H Jacobs (63 36 75) July 6 Rotterdam architect A van de Steurs Museum Boymans opens July 8 3rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland July 12 Belgium recognizes Soviet Union July 13 Richard Strauss resigns as chairman of Reichskulturkammer July 13 U.S. - Russian commerce treaty takes effect July 16 1st automatic parking meter in U.S. installed, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma July 17 Variety's famous headline "Sticks Nix Hick Pix" July 18 Amsterdam city council accept city growth plan through the year 2000 July 20 1st broadcast of "Gang Busters" on NBC-radio July 22 Lester Walton appointed minister to Liberia July 24 1st greeting telegram sent in Britain July 27 Floods at Yangtzee Jiang and Hoangh, kills 200,000 July 28 Belgium's Romain Maes, wins Tour de France July 30 1st Penguin book is published, starting the paperback revolution July 31 3rd Dutch government of Colijn sworn in August 7 60% of voters agrees to nazism in Danzig (Gdansk) August 11 Nazi mass demonstration against German Jews August 12 Babe Ruth's final game at Fenway Park, 41,766 on hand August 13 Transcontinental Roller Derby begins (Chicago Coliseum) August 14 Social Security Act becomes law August 20 Military coup by General Pons and president Ibarra in Ecuador August 26 CCC camp opens in Brecksville Reservation of Cleveland Metroparks August 29 2nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 5, All-Stars 0 (77,450) August 31 1st national skeet championship (Indianapolis) August 31 Chicago White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Cleveland Indians, 5-0 August 31 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act prohibiting export of U.S. arms to belligerents August 31 Russian Aleksei Stachanov digs 6 hours, 105 tons of cabbages August 31 White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Indians 5-0 September 2 A hurricane slams Florida Keys killing 423 September 3 1st automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph) September 3 Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games September 8 Willy de Supervise swims runs world record 200 m freestyle (2:25.2) September 11 49th U.S. Womens Tennis: H H Jacobs beats Sarah H Palfrey Fabyan (62 64) September 11 U.S. captures Davis Cup for 7th straight year September 12 55th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wilmer L Allison beats Sidney B Wood (62 62 63) September 12 Millionaire Howard Hughes flies his own designed plane at 352.46 mph September 15 Nuremberg Laws deprives German Jews of citizenship and makes swastika official symbol of Nazi Germany September 17 Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina chosen 1st president of Philippines September 22 Boston Braves lose NL record 110th game of year en route to 115 September 25 Maxwell Anderson's "Winterset," premieres in New York City September 27 Chicago Cubs win 21st consecutive game and clinch NL pennant September 29 5th Ryder Cup: U.S., 9-3 at Ridgewood Country Club, New Jersey September 30 Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" premieres in Boston October 2 Mussolini's Italian armys attacks Abyssinia (Ethiopia) October 2 NY Hayden Planetarium, 4th in U.S., opens October 3 Italy invades Ethiopia October 6 Italian army occupies Adua Abyssinia October 6 Market Street Railway starts using trackless trolley coaches October 7 Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2 in 32nd World Series October 8 Ozzie Nelson marries Harriet Hilliard (Ozzie and Harriet) October 10 Coup under General Giorgios Kondylis in favor of Greek monarchy October 10 George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" opens on Broadway October 10 League of Nations denounces Italian invasion of Abyssinia October 10 "Porgy and Bess," by George Gershwin, New York premiere October 12 Cole Porters musical "Jubilee," premieres in New York City October 15 NHL's St. Louis Eagles fold October 17 Pacific Assoc of AAU votes not to participate in Berlin Olympics October 19 Mao Tse Tung's army reaches Shanxi October 20 400,000 demonstrators against fascism in Madrid October 20 Anti-fascist People front forms in Brussels October 20 Hank Greenberg is named AL MVP by the BBWAA, Wes Ferrell is runner-up October 20 Mao Tse Tung and his Communist forces ended their "Long March" at Yan'an, in Shaanxi China October 21 Hank Greenberg selected AL MVP unanimously October 22 18th PGA Championship: Johnny Revolta at Twin Hills CC Oklahoma City October 23 Gabby Hartnett selected NL MVP October 23 Johnny Revolta wins PGA golf tournament October 24 Judge Landis fines ump George Moriarty, Cubs manager Charlie Grimm and Chicago players W English, B Jurges and B Herman for actions in World Series October 25 Hurricane-produced floods kill 2,000 in Jeremie and Jacmel Haiti October 27 SDAP and NVV launchs "Plan for Work" in Utrect Netherlands October 28 Sidney Kingsley's "Dead End," premieres in New York City November 1 T. S. Eliot's "Murder in the Cathedral," premieres in London November 3 George II returns to Greece and regains monarchy November 3 Kitei Son runs world record marathon (2:26:42) November 5 Maryland Court of Appeals orders University of M to admit (black) Donald Murray November 5 Parker Brothers launches game of Monopoly November 6 1st test flight of British Hurricane aircraft November 6 English prince Henry (under George V) weds Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott November 6 Maiden flight by Canada's Hawker Hurricane military plane November 7 23rd CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg Winnipegs defeats Hamilton Tigers, 18-12 November 9 Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) labor union forms November 9 Japan invades Shanghai China November 11 Explorer 2 balloon sets altitude record of 72,000 feet over SD November 13 Anti-British riots in Egypt November 14 Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims Philippine Islands a free commonwealth November 14 Nazi's deprive German Jews of their citizenship November 15 Commonwealth of Philippines inaugurated November 16 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "Jumbo," premieres in New York City November 21 1st commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper) November 21 Jean Giraudoux' "La Guerre de Troie n'Aura," premieres in Paris November 22 China Clipper (flying boat) took off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight November 24 King George II returns to Greece after 12 years November 25 Resident Institution for Social History (IISG) forms in Amsterdam November 29 Michael Savage becomes 1st Labour premier of New Zealand December 1 Austria has world's 1st Day of Postage Stamp December 4 1,200 at St. Joseph's College (Philadelphia) enroll in anticommunism class December 5 1st coml hydroponics operation established (Montebello California) December 7 CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat Ham Tigers, 18-12 at Hamilton December 10 A's sell Jimmie Foxx to the Red Sox for $150,000 December 10 White Sox sell Al Simmons to the Tigers for $75,000 December 14 Test Cricket debut of "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith vs. South Africa, Durban December 15 Detroit Lions win NFL championship December 15 Max Euwe becomes world champ chess beating Alexander Aljechin December 18 Bradman scores 117 in his 1st Shield cricket match for South Australia December 18 Edward Benes becomes president of Czechoslovakia December 20 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Ad Catholici Sacerdotii December 22 Yaeko Iwasaki, student of D S Harada Roshi, 1st awakening in Kamakura December 24 Bradman scores 233 in 191 minutes, SA vs. Queensland, 28 fours 1 six December 26 Stalin views Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' opera "Lady Macbeth" December 28 W P A Federal Art Project Gallery opens in New York City December 30 Italian bombers destroy Swedish Red Cross unit in Ethiopia December 31 Charles Darrow patents Monopoly December 31 CPH becomes Dutch Communist Party
