Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act. Cincinnati's Crosley Field hosts the first major league night baseball game. Hitler wins 99 percent of the German vote. Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind wins the Pulitzer Prize. Dorethea Lange's Migrant Mother photos are published in the San Francisco News.
Life magazine begins publication.
The Triborough bridge is completed in New York. Jesse Owens wins four gold medals at the Olympics in Berlin. Max Schmeling defeats Joe Louis in heavyweight championship. SWOC organizes a strike against Republic and Little Steel. FDR signs the Neutrality Act.