People in New York City panicked on January 24th when the city was totally darkened by a full solar eclipse.
689 people died when a mile-wide tornado ripped through Indiana, Illinois and Missouri.
Jimmy Walker was elected mayor of New York City. Walker was a charismatic and colorful character, but a questionable administrator.
14 persons died when the dirigible Shenandoah was ripped apart by a storm over Ohio.
Nellie Ross of Wyoming and Miriam "Ma" Ferguson of Texas were inaugurated as America's first two female governors.
Reader's Digest and The New Yorker magazines were first published.
German Shepherds, called "police dogs" at the time, became popular pets. Shepherd Rin Tin Tin starred in the year's most popular movie. In addition to the traditional live piano accompaniment, the movie was enhanced with a phonograph recording of the canine star's bark.
The Marx Brothers and their favorite foil, Margaret Dumont, opened at New York's Lyric Theater in The Cocoanuts.
