Bruno Hauptman is convicted of kidnaping and killing the Lindbergh baby. Pa. The Baseball Hall of Fame is founded. He abdicates the throne in December to continue his love affair with twice-divorced Wallis Simpson. George VI succeeds him. Germany produces the first Volkswagen.
Civil war erupts in Spain.
The Olentangy Park amusement center closes. Amelia Earhart disappears over the South Pacific. The Hindenburg dirigible explodes in New Jersey, killing 36. Hemingway's To Have and Have Not and Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men are published. Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is released.