The Battle of George Square occurs in Glasgow, Scotland.

Adolf Hitler become the Chancellor of Germany

The final episode of the British radio comedy programme The Goon Show is broadcast.

Nuclear testing begin at the Nevada Test Site.

The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney. This is first permanent European settlement on the…

The Clementine space probe is launched.

The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.

The first member are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly…

More than 600 people die in Guadalajara, Mexico, after a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.