Event of Interest
Jul 3 Del Mar Turf Club, with crooner Bing Crosby as president and actor Pat O'Brien as a club officer, opens for racing
Bing Crosby
Event of Interest
Jul 10 Dutch Django Reinhardt's "Quintette, premieres in du Hot Club"
Django Reinhardt
- Nov 13 NBC forms first full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio
Music Premiere
Nov 21 Dmitri Shostakovich's 5th Symphony premieres in Lenningrad, with the ovation lasting over an hour
Dmitri Shostakovich