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

Adolf Hitler orders that the Luftwaffe to be reformed which violates the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.

Observers in Finland report the first of many thousands of sightings of ghost rockets.

Barings Bank, collapses after a securities broker, Nick Leeson, loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange.

The sister to the RMS Titanic, the  HMHS Britannic, is launched.