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Japan begin takeover of Manchuria, which is later renamed Manchukuo.
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Hindenburg is elected President in Germany defeating Nazi Party candidate Adolph Hitler and another candidate. Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected president of the United States.
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Establishes the line of presidential succession in which the Vice-President becomes president if the President can no longer perform the duties of office.
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In Germany, legislation is passed making the Nazi party the only legal political party. The Law for the Prevention of Hereditary Diseases is also passed, providing for the serilization of unfit parents and the "euthanasia" of "the defective" and "useless eaters."
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In the United States, the first Neutrality Acts are passed authorizing the president to deny American firms the right to sell or ship munitions to belligerent nations. The Neutrality Acts are later expanded in 1936.
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Germany signs military agreement with Japan.
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France and Britain enact a policy of appeasement, agreeing to the German annexation of Sudenten, Czechoslovakia.
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The Jewish refugee ship the St. Louis arrives in Belgium after being denied access to Cuba and the United States. Most of the passengers are eventually murdered by the Nazis.
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British troops enter Belgium. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigns; Winston Churchill becomes new Prime Minister.
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Germany attacks the Soviet Union.
