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| Barmitzvah Kissinger, Henry Alfred |  |
| 27th May Furth Celebrates his Jewish coming of age under the Nazi regime |
| Composition Copland, Aaron | |
Aaron Copland composes El Salon Mexico  , major orchestral work; uses jazz, American folk music to create American-sounding music for ballet, film, symphony orchestra |
| Discovery of Cosmic Rays Hess, Victor Francis | |
| Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics for the discovery of cosmic rays |
| Education Abrams, Creighton | |
| West Point Graduates from West Point |
| Election Lodge, Henry Cabot | |
| Massachusetts Elected as a Republican to the USA Senate |
| Government Hull, Cordell | |
| 7th Sep Issues a public warning that a general war would "shatter our civilization" |
| Government Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | |
| Opens the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River |
| Passes the Soil Conservation Act which controls farm surpluses |
| 3rd Nov Wins 60% of the vote during the Presidential elections, 27 million of the poll |
| 3rd Nov Wins every state except for 2 |
| 31st Dec The Neutrality Laws are strengthened |
| Nobel Prize Anderson, Carl David | |
| The Winner of the Nobel Prize for physics |
| Nobel Prize Hess, Victor Francis | |
| Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics for the discovery of cosmic rays |
| Olympic Gold Medal Owens, James Cleveland "Jesse" | |
| Aug Berlin Wins 4 Olympic gold medals, challenges the myth of Hitler's Aryan superiority |
| 3rd Aug Berlin Winner of the 100m Olympic Gold Medal |
| 4th Aug Berlin Winner of the long jump Olympic Gold Medal |
| 5th Aug Berlin Winner of the 200m Olympic Gold Medal |
| 9th Aug Berlin Winner of the the 4 x 100m relay team Olympic Gold Medal |
| Publication Ardrey, Robert | |
| Publication of, "Brotherhood of Fear" |
| Publication Cain, James | |
| Publication of, "Double Indemnity" |
| Publication Gelhorn, Martha | |
| Publication of, "The Trouble I've Seen", depicts poverty & child prostitution |
