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World Events
U.S. Events
- The Jones-White Merchant Marine Act passed by Congress (May 22) provides funds to help make the U.S. commercial shipping industry more competitive in the world.
- Former Chicago city council member Oscar DePriest is elected to the 71st U.S. Congress (Nov. 6). He is the first black Representative to be elected in a northern state.
- U.S. voters elect Herbert Hoover president (Nov. 6) over Alfred E. Smith, governor of New York.
Economics
Federal spending: $2.96 billion
Consumer Price Index: 17.1
Unemployment: 4.2%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.02
Sports
World SeriesNY Yankees d. St. Louis Cardinals (4-0)Stanley CupNY Rangers d. Montreal Maroons (3-2)WimbledonWomen: Helen Wills d. L. de Alvarez (6-2 6-3)
Men: Rene Lacoste d. H. Cochet (6-1 4-6 6-4 6-2)Kentucky Derby ChampionReigh CountNCAA Football ChampionsGeorgia Tech (CFRA, NCF, HF) (10-0-0) & USC (DS) (9-0-1)
Entertainment
Entertainment Awards
Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction: The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Thornton Wilder
Drama: Strange Interlude, Eugene O'Neill Nobel Prize for Literature: Sigrid Undset (Norway) More Entertainment Awards...
Events- John Baird beams a television image from England to the United States.
- GE introduces a television set with a 3" X 4" screen.
- The first television is sold -- a Daven for $75.
- Walt Disney introduces Galloping Gaucho and Steamboat Willie, the first cartoons with sound.
- The Academy Awards are handed out for the first time. Wings wins Best Picture.
Science
Nobel Prizes in Science
Chemistry: Adolf Windaus (Germany), for investigations on constitution of the sterols and their connection with vitamins Physics: In 1929, the 1928 prize was awarded to Sir Owen Richardson (UK), for work on the phenomenon of thermionics and discovery of the Richardson Law Physiology or Medicine: Charles Nicolle (France), for work on typhus exanthematicus
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