- Oct 4 Dick Tracy comic strip by Chester Gould debuts
- Oct 4 Juan Esteban Montero becomes President of Chile
- Oct 5 1st nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Wash (Herndon & Pangborn)
- Oct 5 Paul Green's "House of Connelly" premieres in NYC
- Oct 6 Joris van Severen forms Verdinaso (Union of Flemish National Solidarists)
- Oct 7 1st infra-red photograph, Rochester, NY
- Oct 10 A J Bennett hits H Garbarino for 1st scoring pass in Canada's Big 4
- Oct 10 Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals beat Philadelphia A's, 4-2 at Sportsman's Park for a 4 games to 3 series win
- Oct 10 William Waltons "Belshazzar's Feast" premieres in Leeds
- Oct 11 100,000 extreme-right Germans form "Harzburger Front"
- Oct 12 1st International Conference on Calendar Reform
Christ the Redeemer
Oct 12 Christ the Redeemer statue opens standing 30 meters high (98 ft) on top of Mount Corcovado overlooking Rio de Janeiro, built by engineer Heitor da Silva Costa
- Oct 13 Musical "Everybody's Welcome" with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey premieres in NYC
Music History
Oct 13 Noël Coward's "Cavalcade" premieres in London
Theater Premiere
Oct 26 Eugene O'Neill's play cycle "Mourning Becomes Electra" premieres in NYC
- Oct 27 Chuhei Numbu of Japan, sets then long jump record at 26' 2½"
- Oct 29 Lefty Grove, A's pitcher who won 31 games, is named the AL's MVP
- Oct 30 W2XB TV channel 1 in NYC, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 30 Eugene Ormandy makes his debut leading the Philadelphia Orchestra, substituting for an ailing Arturo Toscanini
- Nov 1 Dupont introduces synthetic rubber
- Nov 2 Warren, Dixon and Young's musical "Laugh Parade" premieres in NYC
- Nov 3 First commercially produced synthetic rubber manufactured
Theater Premiere
Nov 4 Jean Genet's play "Judith" premieres in Paris
Historic Event
Nov 7 Chinese People's Republic proclaimed by Mao Zedong
Academy Awards
Nov 10 4th Academy Awards: "Cimarron", Lionel Barrymore & Marie Dressler win
Music History
Nov 12 Jean Sibelius and Ashton's ballet "Lady of Shalott" premieres in London
Historic Event
Nov 17 Charles Lindbergh inaugurates Pan Am service from Cuba to South America in the Sikorsky flying boat "American Clipper"
- Nov 20 Commercial teletype service begins (AT&T)
Historic Event
Nov 20 Rolls Royce acquisition of Bentley Motors is announced
Film Release
Nov 21 Horror film "Frankenstein" is released, starring Boris Karloff as the monster, directed by James Whale and based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus"
- Nov 30 His Master's Voice and Columbia Records merge into EMI
- Dec 1 Ottawa branch of Royal Mint begins operation as Royal Canadian Mint
- Dec 3 Alka Seltzer goes on sale
- Dec 5 CFL Grey Cup, Molson Stadium, Montreal: Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers shutout Regina Roughriders, 22-0 for their first title
- Dec 7 After scoring 226 in 1st Test in Brisbane, Don Bradman belts 219 for NSW against the visiting South Africa at the Sydney Cricket Ground
- Dec 8 Coaxial cable patented
- Dec 9 Benn W Levy's "Springtime for Henry" premieres in NYC
- Dec 9 Japanese army attacks Chinese province of Jehol
- Dec 9 Spain becomes a republic
- Dec 9 Baseball cuts squad from 25 to 23 players & NL continues to prohibit uniform numbers
Nobel Prize
Dec 10 Jane Addams named co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize; 1st American woman Nobel laureate [1]
Election of Interest
Dec 10 Manuel Azaña becomes Prime Minister of Spain with Niceto Zamora as President
- Dec 11 Japan leaves the Gold Standard
- Dec 11 Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland (Free State), and Newfoundland (not then part of Canada)
- Dec 12 Japanese government of Imukai forms
- Dec 13 National Football League Championship: Green Bay Packers (12-2-0) win 3rd straight first past the post title
- Dec 14 1st assembly of Anton Musserts NSB in Utrecht
- Dec 16 German SPD begins Iron Front against fascism
Historic Event
Dec 17 First meeting of the Indian Statistical Institute organized by Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in Calcutta
- Dec 19 Joseph A Lyons (C) becomes premier of Australia
Historic Event
Dec 22 Retrospective show of Mexican artist Diego Rivera opens at The Museum of Modern Art in New York
Historic Event
Dec 28 Lin-Sen succeeds Chiang Kai-shek as President of Nanjing-China
