Three Musketeers, a five cent candy bar, is introduced by Mars, Inc. in early February.

The Zippo lighter designed by Blaisdell Oil Co. owner George Grant Blaisdell, 37, is introduced by Zippo Manufacturing of Bradford, Pa.

The kidnapping of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. on March 1 makes world headlines.

President Roosevelt proclaims a nationwide bank holiday March 6 and forbids gold exports.

In May, Missouri novelist Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote  Little House on the Big Woods. 

Radio comedy The Jack Benny Show on NBC stations with violinist-comedian Benny (née Benjamin Kubelsky), 38, begins a radio show that will continue for 23 years, starting May 5.

English physicist James Chadwick discovered the neutron on May 10.

Frito Corn Chips are made in San Antonio, Texas, by candy maker C. Elmer Doolin who bought the recipe for $100 in late June.

The X Olympic Games at Los Angeles attract 2,403 contestants from 39 countries on July 30.

Polaroid film, invented by Harvard College drop-out Edwin Herbert Land in early August.

Splitting the atom in late August creates many new possible energy sources.

The Family Circle starts publication in early September.

New York’s Independent Subway System opens on September 10.

The New York Yankees win the World Series against the Chicago Cubs, in a four game sweep. One of baseball's most famous moments happened in game three. The score was 4 to 4, with two strikes against him, Babe Ruth points to the flagpole at the right of the scoreboard in center field, letting everyone know he was going to hit the ball there. On the next pitch he put it out of Wrigley Field.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected president on November 8 with more than 15 million Americans out of work. He was chosen as Time Magazine's Man of the Year. 

New York’s Radio City Music Hall opens on December 27 in Rockefeller Center.