Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)
Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s - 1930s - 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years: 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 - 1933 - 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938
Births
- May 20 - Danny Aiello, American actor
Deaths
- Blind Blake, influential blues singer
Events:
- January 30 - Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
- May - Karl Jansky announces the detection of radio waves from the centre of the galaxy.
- Change of US presidency from Herbert Hoover (1929-1933) to Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1945)
- Physics - Erwin Schrödinger, Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac
- Chemistry - not awarded
- Medicine - Thomas Hunt Morgan
- Literature - Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin
- Peace - Sir Norman Angell (Ralph Lane)