- Alcatraz became a prison.
- The German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact was signed. (It was for a 10-year period, and lasted until Germany invaded Poland in 1939.)
- Manchuria was invaded by the Japanese.
- Bonnie and Clyde, John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Baby Face Nelson were all killed by various lawmen.
- The Dione quintuplets were born in Canada.
- FDR signed a bill creating the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- Donald Duck and Lil' Abner made their debuts.
- The Nazis purge the SS in Night of the Long Knives.
- The Long March of Chinese Communists begins.
- Sergie Kirov was shot in Leningrad, giving Stalin an excuse for purges of the Party that terrorized millions and lasted for years.
- Persia became Iran.
- Lionel Barrymore started his tradition of annual radio readings of Dicken's A Christmas Carol, which continued until shortly before his death in 1964.
- Hitler becomes Fuhrer of Germany.
- Marie Curie and Alice Liddell (the inspiration for Alice in Wonderland) die.
Random notable births:
- Hank Aaron
- Ralph Nadar
- Yuri Gagarin (first man in space)
- Gloria Steinheim
- Shirley MacLaine (one of her births, that is)
- Jane Goodall
- Bill Moyers
- Van Cliburn
- Norman Schwarzkopf
- Charles Kuralt
- Carl Sagan
- Sophia Loren
- Ahmad Shah Khan
And Oakley Glynn Baker. Happy Birthday, Daddy!
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