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Of Nations Dr. Joseph Goebbels Named Nazi Gauleiter Of Berlin German Ministers Take Office In Czechoslovak Government Hirohito Succeeds His Father Yoshihito As Emperor Of Japan RCA, General Electric and Westinghouse establish NBC, which operates two national radio networks The Book-of-the-Month Club is Founded Martha Graham, the American Pioneer of the Modern-Dance Revolt, Gives Her First Performance Popular Songs: "The Desert Song"; "I Found A Million- Dollar Baby In The Five-And-Ten-Cent Store" Duke Ellington and "Jelly Roll" Morton's First Recordings Of Jazz Appear Harry Houdini, American Escapologist Dies Amundsen, Ellsworth, And Nobile Fly Over North Pole To Alaska In Airship "Norge" Richard E. Byrd And Floyd Bennett Fly From Spitsbergen To North Pole And Back "Electrola," New Electric Recording Technique, Developed Nobel Prize For Medicine: Johannes Fibiger For Cancer Research Robert H. Goddard (U.S.) Fires The First Liquid Fuel Rocket Werner Heisenberg Further Develops Quantum Theory Kodak Produces The First L6mm Movie; Deutsche Lufthansa Airline Founded Gertrude Ederle (U.S.) Becomes The 1st Woman to Swim the English Channel, 14 Hours 34 Minutes Gene Tunney Wins Heavyweight Boxing Championship From Jack Dempsey |
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