Suffrage pioneer Susan B. Anthony's portrait was featured on the 3˘ U.S. stamp.
Cleveland, Ohio celebrated its centennial.
The Boulder Dam was completed. It would later be renamed for Herbert Hoover.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-elected in a landslide over Republican Alfred Landon.
Bruno Hauptmann, who had been convicted of kidnaping and killing the 19-month-old son of aviator Charles Lindbergh, was executed. Meanwhile, Lindbergh, now a colonel, warned that the Nazis were developing powerful air war machinery.
Life Magazine was founded in New York City.
Auto makers found radio to be a very effective advertising medium, with Chevrolet, Ford, Buick and Dodge sponsoring major network programs.
Composer Arturo Toscanini became the conductor of the NBC Symphony Orchestra.
