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Lewis Milestone makes a powerful film of Erich Maria Remarque's anti-war novel All Quiet on the Western Front, published in the previous year
Edward G. Robinson gives a chilling portrayal of a gangster loosely based on Al Capone in the film Little Caesar
The Nazis become the second largest party in the Reichstag, winning 107 seats
The steel-band tradition begins to develop in Trinidad, with adapted metal objects taking the place of traditional skin drums
A pregnant female hamster, captured in Syria, becomes the ancestor of every pet hamster in the world
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple makes her first appearance, in Murder at the Vicarage
The airship R101, designed by a UK Air Ministry team, explodes on its maiden vogage, killing all but four of those on board
'Garbo talks' and breaks box office records in her first sound film, Anna Christie, directed by Clarence Brown
In his novel As I Lay Dying William Faulkner follows the journey of a coffin in a mule-drawn wagon
The Camargo Society, founded to promote British dancers and choreographers, presents its first evening of ballet in London
The New Zealand racehorse Phar Lap wins huge popularity after an easy victory in the Melbourne Cup
The Rastafarian cult evolves in Jamaica, viewing Ras Tafari, the emperor of Ethiopia, as the black Messiah
English composer John Ireland's Piano Concerto has its first performance
US inventor Richard Drew develops Scotch Brand Cellulose Tape, the world's first transparent tape
Wallace D. Fard founds the Nation of Islam as a black separatist movement in the USA
Australian-born composer Percy Grainger writes variations on Handel's tune The Harmonious Blacksmith
US author John Dos Passos publishes the first novel of his trilogy The 42nd Parallel
US choreographer Busby Berkeley moves to Hollywood to provide the first of his famous dance spectaculars, in Whoopee
Starting in 1930, the fourth Hampton Court Bridge is constucted, slightly downstream from the previous bridge, of ferro-concrete faced with red brick and portland stone in the Wren style
A spoof history text book, 1066 and all that, is justifiably described by its authors, Walter Sellar and Robert Yeatman, as a Memorable History of England
The British Broadcasting Corporation forms a Symphony Orchestra with Adrian Boult as the first music director
Harold Macmillan recovers the parliamentary seat of Stockton-on-Tees
The Statute of Westminster defines and formalizes the concept of the British Commonwealth
US gangster Al Capone, never convicted of murder, begins an 8-year-spell in jail for tax evasion
US actress Bette Davis moves to Hollywood and appears in her first film, The Bad Sister
