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Events relating to america
Edward VIII informs Baldwin, the UK prime minister, that he intends to marry the American divorcée Wallis Simpson
F.D. Roosevelt is elected for a second US presidential term with an increased share of the vote
Anastasio Somoza makes himself president of Nicaragua, beginning four decades of brutal rule by his family
Joe Louis, 'The Brown Bomber', defeats James J. Braddock to become world heavyweight champion
US trombonist Glenn Miller forms his first band, the Glenn Miller Orchestra
The first can of Spam goes on sale, produced by the Hormel company of Austin, Minnesota
The German airship Hindenburg bursts into flames over New Jersey, bringing to an end the era of rigid airships
Congress passes a Neutrality Act, to prevent US aid being given to belligerent nations
Congress rejects President Roosevelt's proposed reform of the US Supreme Court, amid furious accusations that he is trying to pack the Court with his nominees
The Golden Gate Bridge, linking San Francisco and Marin County, is the world's longest suspension bridge with a main span of 4200 feet (1280m)
John Steinbeck publishes Of Mice and Men, a novel about two itinerant farm labourers in California
Amelia Earhart and her navigator vanish somewhere over the Pacific four weeks into their attempt to fly round the world
Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the first animated feature film
US architect Frank Lloyd Wright designs Taliesin West in Arizona as his winter home and studio
Mexico, newly rich from oil, nationalizes the holdings of the foreign oil companies
The House Un-American Activities Committee is formed by US congressmen to investigate politically subversive groups
Thornton Wilder's play Our Town opens on Broadway
The first shipload of oil is exported from Saudi Arabia to the USA after the discovery of commercially viable resources in Dhahran
The Du Pont Corporation begins manufacture of a new synthetic silk yarn, subsequently known as nylon
Delmore Schwartz publishes his first book of poems, In Dreams Begin Responsibilities
American naïve painter Grandma Moses has her first exhibition in a local drug store at the age of 78
Wind erosion makes this the worst year of the Dust Bowl crisis in the midwest USA
A dramatized version of H. G. Wells's War of the Worlds, broadcast on US radio, terrifies listeners who think Martians are invading
US architectural critic Lewis Mumford publishes The Culture of Cities
US tennis player Donald Budge becomes the first person to achieve the grand slam, winning all four majors in the same year
