- Jan 1 Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto
- Jan 1 Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as GM
- Jan 1 President Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Ataturk: Father of Turkey"
- Jan 1 21st Rose Bowl: Alabama beats Stanford, 29-13
- Jan 1 1st Sugar Bowl: Tulane beats Temple, 20-14
- Jan 1 1st Orange Bowl: Bucknell beats Miami (FL), 26-0
Murder of Interest
Jan 2 Bruno Hauptmann trial begins for kidnap-murder of Charles Lindbergh's baby
Charles Lindbergh
Agreement of Interest
Jan 7 French Foreign minister Pierre Laval and Benito Mussolini sign the Franco-Italian Agreement
Benito Mussolini
Pierre Laval
- Jan 8 Spectrophotometer patented, AC Hardy
Event of Interest
Jan 11 Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu to Oakland Ca (non-stop, of course)
Amelia Earhart
- Jan 13 Plebiscite in Saar indicates a desire (90.3%) to join Nazi Germany
- Jan 14 Iraq-Mediterranean oil pipeline goes into use
- Jan 14 28th Women's Australian Championships: Dorothy Round Little beats Nancy Lyle (1-6, 6-1, 6-3)
- Jan 14 28th Men's Australian Championships: Jack Crawford beats Fred Perry (2-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4)
- Jan 15 300 Dutch ice cream salesmen protest against Italian competition
- Jan 15 Clifford Odets' "Waiting for Lefty" premieres in NYC
- Jan 19 KLM begins flight path between Curacao & Aruba
- Jan 19 Coopers Inc. sells the world's first men's briefs in Chicago, calls it the "Jockey"
- Jan 21 12.0" (30.5 cm) of rain falls, Quinault RS, Washington (state record)
- Jan 21 WFI-AM in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania merges with WLIT as WFIL (now WEAZ)
- Jan 21 The Wilderness Society is founded by conservationists
Beer in a Can
Jan 24 1st canned beer, "Krueger's Cream Ale," is sold by American company Krueger Brewing Co.
- Jan 28 Iceland becomes 1st western country to legalize abortion
Meeting of Interest
Jan 30 Ezra Pound meets Benito Mussolini, reads from a draft of "Cantos"
Ezra Pound