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.)