Adolf Hitler launched the Volkswagen automobile intended to compete with Ford's Model T and boost the German economy 

Robert Watson-Watt gave the first demonstration of Radar at Daventry, England 

Coal miners strike in England (settle on 03/01) 

Royal Oil and Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP) 

US Congress raised their own salaries to $7500 

Richard Gatling, US inventor of the Gatling gun, dies