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World Events
U.S. Events
- St. Valentine's Day gangland massacre in Chicago (Feb. 14).
- Stock market prices plummet (Nov.-Dec.). U.S. securities lose $26 billion, marking the first financial disaster of the Great Depression
Economics
Federal spending: $3.13 billion
Consumer Price Index: 17.1
Unemployment: 3.2%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.02
Sports
World SeriesPhiladelphia A's d. Chicago Cubs (4-1)Stanley CupBoston d. NY Rangers (2-0)WimbledonWomen: Helen Wills d. H. Jacobs (6-1 6-2)
Men: Henri Cochet d. J. Borotra (6-4 6-3 6-4)Kentucky Derby ChampionClyde Van DusenNCAA Football ChampionsNotre Dame (9-0-0)
Entertainment
Entertainment Awards
Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction: Scarlet Sister Mary, Julia Peterkin
Drama: Street Scene, Elmer L. Rice Oscars awarded in 1929
Academy Award, Best Picture: Wings (Paramount Famous Lasky) Nobel Prize for Literature: Thomas Mann (Germany) More Entertainment Awards...
Events
Science
Nobel Prizes in Science
Chemistry: Sir Arthur Harden (UK) and Hans K. A. S. von Euler-Chelpin (Sweden), for research of fermentation of sugars Physics: Prince Louis Victor de Broglie (France), for discovery of the wave character of electrons Physiology or Medicine: Christiaan Eijkman (Netherlands), for discovery of the antineuritic vitamins; and Sir Frederick Hopkins (UK), for discovery of growth-promoting vitamins
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