Mar 19 "Amos &Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago)
Mar 07 England lowers age of women voters from 30 to 21
Mar 11 Netherlands &Belgium tie 1-1 (soccer match in Amsterdam)
Mar 13 450 die in St Franciso Valley Dam burst (California)
Mar 27 US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner
Mar 09 First telephone call between Vancouver British Columbia, and London, England.
Mar 15 Mussolini modifies Italy electoral system (abolishes right to choose)
Mar 01 Paul Whiteman &his orchestraestra record "Ol' Man River" for Victor Records
Mar 13 Eileen Vollick 1899-1972 gets pilot's licence; first Canadian woman to be a licensed pilot
Mar 07 Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder for (Bridge of San Luis Rey)
Mar 27 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson
Aug 24 A subway wreck occurs under Times Square in New York City.
Aug 10 The birth of James Dean, American film actor
Aug 27 Kellogg-Briand Pact, where 60 nations agree to outlaw war
Aug 27 16 die in a NYC subway's 2nd worst accident
Aug 12 9th Olympic Games close in Amsterdam
Aug 13 Soviet Union Spartacan Games begins
Aug 31 The birth of James Coburn, American film actor
Sep 12 Katharine Hepburn's NY stage debut in "Night Hostess"
Sep 19 Walt Disney's 'Steamboat Willie', with Mickey Mouse, shown for the first time
Sep 28 Juan de la Cierva makes first helicopter flight over English Channel
Sep 17 Hurricane hits Lake Okeechobee Florida drowning 1,800-2500
Sep 19 Mickey Mouse's screen debut (Steamboat Willie at Colony Theater NYC)
Sep 30 Discovery of penicillin announced by Alexander Fleming
Sep 01 Albania becomes a kingdom, with Zogu I as king
