Apr 09 Works Progress Administration approved by Congress

Nov 21 First ommercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper)

Nov 05 Parker Brothers launches game of Monopoly

Nov 03 George II returns to Greece ®ains monarchy

Nov 11 Explorer 2 balloon sets altitude record of 72,000 feet over SD

Nov 08 The birth of Alain Delon, French actor

Nov 22 China Clipper (flying boat) took off from Alameda, CA, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on first trans-Pacific airmail flight

Nov 05 Maryland Court of Appeals orders U of M to admit (black) Donald Murray

Nov 14 FDR proclaims the Philippine Islands a free commonwealth

Nov 21 The first commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper)

Nov 06 The British Hawker Hurrican fighter plane is flowen for the first time, it was a key factor in the air war over Britian in WWII

Dec 01 Woody Allen (Allen Konigsberg) was born this day

Dec 14 The birth of Lee Remick, American actress

Dec 30 Italian bombers destroy Swedish Red Cross unit in Ethiopia

Dec 01 The birth of Woody Allen, American actor, director and producer

Dec 28 W.P.A. Federal Art Project Gallery opens in NYC

Dec 05 At Challander, Ontartio, the infant Dionne quintuplets are filmed for a movie based on their birth

Dec 18 The $1 silver certificate is issued.

Dec 05 Commercial hydroponics operation established (Montebello CA)

Dec 04 1,200 at St Joseph's College (Philadelphia) enroll in anticommunism class

May 24 Swedish princess Ingrid marries Danish crown prince Frederik (IX)

May 01 Canada's first silver dollar is circulated

May 06 British King George & Queen Mary celebrates silver jubilee

May 14 Los Angeles' Griffith Planetarium opens, 3rd in US

May 24 Babe Ruth, in a Boston Braves uniform, hits the 714th and final home run of his career in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates

May 29 Hague local museum opens

May 30 Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies

May 25 Athlete Jesse Owens sets six world records in under an hour, infuriating Hitler

May 14 Plebiscite in the Philippines ratifies independence agreement

May 27 Supreme Court declares FDR's National Recovery Act unconstitutional

May 31 Quake kills 50,000 in Quetta Pakistan

May 05 Jessie Owens of the US, sets then long jump record at 26' 8¼"

May 26 Police kill 10, wound 100 in the "Memorial Day Massacre" in South Chicago.

May 18 T E Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, dies in England from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash

May 25 Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs, Boston Braves vs Pirates

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