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Adolf Hitler's rearmament programme begins to reduce German unemployment, and by 1938 eliminates it entirely
Elias Canetti publishes the novel later translated into English as Auto da Fé
Adolf Hitler promulgates a law prohibiting any sexual relationship between Jews and 'Aryans'
US industrialist Howard Hughes sets a new speed record of 352 mph, flying a plane designed by himself
The Italian forces invading Ethiopia reach Addis Ababa, and Haile Selassie flees into exile
In response to the gang violence of Oswald Mosley's black-shirted thugs, a Public Order Act in the UK bans political uniforms
Edward VIII informs Baldwin, the UK prime minister, that he intends to marry the American divorcée Wallis Simpson
Pope Pius XI issues an encyclical, Mit Brennender Sorge, condemning the Nazi ideology of racism
The German airship Hindenburg bursts into flames over New Jersey, bringing to an end the era of rigid airships
German-born British scientist Hans Krebs discovers the biochemical cycle that becomes known by his name
Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller is arrested for defying the Nazis and spends the next eight years in concentration camps
Amelia Earhart and her navigator vanish somewhere over the Pacific four weeks into their attempt to fly round the world
Thornton Wilder's play Our Town opens on Broadway
A dramatized version of H. G. Wells's War of the Worlds, broadcast on US radio, terrifies listeners who think Martians are invading
Adolf Hitler, following his troops into Austria, announces the Anschluss (union of Germany and Austria)
The Sudeten German National Socialist Party demands secession from Czechoslovakia, in keeping with Hitler's plans for the Sudetenland
Voters in both Germany and Austria give massive approval for Hitler's annexation of Austria
The Sudetenland is transferred from Czechoslovakia to Germany, in accordance with the Munich agreement
Adolf Hitler makes unacceptable demands upon Poland, including the transfer of the free port of Danzig to Germany
James Joyce's Finnegans Wake is published after 17 years in the making
Eugenio Pacelli is elected pope and takes the name Pius XII
British racing driver Malcolm Campbell sets a new water speed record of 141 mph
A secret protocol, attached to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, divides Poland and the Baltic states between Germany and Russia
The He-178, designed by Hans von Ohain, becomes the first jet engine to fly, with a test flight lasting five minutes
Britain and France, receiving no answer from Hitler to their ultimatum over his attack on Poland, declare war on Germany
