Spain becomes a republic with overthrow of King Alfonso XIII.

German industrialists finance 800,000-strong Nazi party.

British parliament enacts statute of Westminster, legalizing dominion equality with Britain.

Mukden Incident begins Japanese occupation of Manchuria.

In U.S., Hoover proposes one-year moratorium of war debts.

Harold C. Urey discovers heavy hydrogen.

Gangster Al Capone sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion (freed in 1939; dies in 1947).

Notorious Scottsboro trial begins, exposing depth of Southern racism.

“The Star Spangled Banner” officially becomes national anthem.

Fred S Duesenberg killed in car crash (in his own Duesenberg.)