In breach of the Treaty of Versailles, Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-established.

Four thousand defenders of Pil?nai commit mass suicide rather than be taken prisoner by the Teutonic Knights.

A false alarm led to an anti-aircraft barrage over Los Angeles that lasted into next day

The Tootsie Roll is first invented.

Lee Petty wins the very first Daytona 500.

The first telephone directory is published in New Haven, Connecticut.

Leonid Brezhnev is awarded the Order of Victory.

The Mars Odyssey space probe starts mapping the surface of Mars using the thermal emission imaging system.

The first Church of Scientology is opened in Los Angeles.

Newsweek magazine is published for the first time.