Mar 11 Hermann Goering officially creates German Air Force, the Luftwaffe
Mar 21 Persia officially renamed Iran
Mar 22 Blood tests authorized as evidence in court cases (New York)
Mar 30 Newfoundland changes time to 3½ hours W of Greenwich, repeats 44 seconds
Mar 29 French liner Normandie begins its maiden voyage
Mar 26 "RvJ" Mitchell &Major Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire fighter aircraft decide on 8 .303 machine guns
Mar 11 Bank of Canada opens
Mar 06 Retired US Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes dies in Washington, DC.
Mar 13 Driving tests introduced in Great Britain
Mar 03 Dutch Revolutionary Socialist Worker's party (RSAP), forms
Mar 28 Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket
Mar 11 Bank of Canada starts operations under Governor Graham Towers; has mandate to issue currency and regulate money supply; government-owned central bank
Mar 24 Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network
Mar 16 Hitler orders German rearmament, violating Versailles Treaty
Mar 16 In Germany Hitler introduces conscription, renouncing the Treaty of Versailles
Mar 30 Trust the Newfie's, Newfoundland changes its time to 3 hours west of Greenwich, and repeats 44 seconds.
Mar 07 Saar incorporated into Germany
Mar 20 "Your Hit Parade" made its debut on radio
Mar 12 England establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns &villages
Mar 15 George Headley completes 270 in cricket vs England at Kingston
Aug 12 Babe Ruth's final game at Fenway Park, 41,766 on hand
Aug 13 Transcontinental Roller Derby begins (Chicago Coliseum)
Aug 29 Queen Astrid of Belgium is killed in car accident in Switzerland
Aug 31 FDR signs an act prohibiting export of US arms to belligerents
Aug 14 Social Security Act became law
