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US actress Katherine Hepburn wins the first of four Oscars in only her second film, Morning Glory
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is the largest project launched in the first hundred days of Roosevelt's New Deal
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dance together for the first time on film, in Flying Down to Rio
Unknown American blues singer Huddie Ledbetter, or Leadbelly, is first recorded singing in the Louisiana State Penitentiary
Gertrude Stein publishes a best-selling account of her own life under the title The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
The Pylon group of British poets get their name from Stephen Spender's poem 'The Pylons'
King Kong, an enduringly successful horror film, is based on a story by Edgar Wallace
Draughtsman Harry Beck, inspired by electrical circuits, produces a classic map of London's underground
Fine Gael is the name given to a new political party in Ireland, formed by the merger of several smaller groups
The Hutus and Tutsis of Ruanda-Urundi are issued with racial identity cards by the Belgians
English author Antonia White publishes an autobiographical first novel, Frost in May
Erskine Caldwell publishes a novel, God's Little Acre, about a farmer obsessed with finding gold on his farm
George Balanchine, Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht collaborate in Paris on Seven Deadly Sins, a ballet with songs
The Nazi government dismisses Konrad Adenauer from all his appointments, included that of Lord Mayor of Cologne
Arabella, by Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal, is first performed four years after von Hofmannsthal's death left it incomplete
The Marx Brothers make their last film as a foursome, Duck Soup, with Zeppo still in the team
Germany becomes a one-party state, with only the Nazis allowed to engage in political activity
García Lorca writes his play Blood Wedding while he is director of a company touring in rural Spain
Thomas Mann leaves Germany and moves to Switzerland, where he engages in a steady polemic against the Nazis
Mae West gives Cary Grant his big break, choosing him as her co-star in She Done Him Wrong
Adolf Hitler, the new German chancellor, pulls Germany out of the League of Nations and its disarmament conference
Adolf Hitler wins massive referendum support for his withdrawal of Germany from the Disarmament Conference and the League of Nations
Fritz Lang's film The Testament of Dr Mabuse is banned in Germany because of implicit criticism of Nazi thugs
19-year-old Mexican poet Octavio Paz publishes his first collection, Wild Moon
J. Arthur Rank founds the Religious Film Society to make films in Britain that will bring people to Christianity
