- 3 November. Runner Sohn Kee-chung becomes the first Korean to win an Olympic gold medal, and sets a world record time. However, Sohn begrudgingly competed as an athlete of the Empire of Japan. The Dong-A Ilbo removes the Japanese flag from his uniform in an image, which leads to retaliation from the colonial government.
- 민족 혁명당 창당KO
- 19361936 Jirisan earthquake
- 1936베를린 올림픽에서 손기정이 금메달, 남승룡이 동메달 수상, 일장기 말소사건 발생, 동북항일연군 조직
- 1937Battle of Pochonbo
- 1937보천보 전투
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- February — First Encirclement Campaign against Hubei–Henan–Shaanxi Soviet: Red Army forces forced the retreat of a KMT army attempting to encircle the soviet of Hubei, Henan and Shaanxi.
- 中共举行遵義會議(毛澤東逐渐进入中共核心)。夏鼐等發掘殷墟。《为抗日救国告全体同胞书》发表。一二·九运动。ZH
- 1933Defense of the Great Wall
- 1933Battle of Rehe
- 1933Battle of Kashgar (1933)
- 19331933 Diexi earthquake
- 1933Kizil massacre
- 1933Battle of Ürümqi
- 1933长城抗战。巴金在成都著《家》、《春》、《秋》三部曲。中央將北平故宮博物院重要古物南遷。國聯十九國委員會反對承認滿洲國,日本抨擊國聯。福州發生閩變事件,成立「中華共和國」(1933-1934)。四川茂县叠溪镇发生了7.5级大地震,近10,000人死亡。
- 1934Long March
- 1934Battle of Kashgar (1934)
- 1934February — Chiang and his wife Soong Mei-ling established the quasi-fascist New Life Movement.
- 1934推行新生活運動。中国工农紅軍放弃瑞金及井冈山根据地,長征開始。沈從文著《邊城》。考古學家黃文弼著《高昌陶集》
- 1936Xi'an Incident
- 1936Japan opened a biological warfare operation called Unit 731 in Manchukuo.
- 1936两广事变。张学良与楊虎成发动西安事變,兵谏蒋中正以求共同抗日,事变后張學良遭蒋中正軟禁直至晚年。魯迅逝,章炳麟逝,胡漢民逝。
- 1937Nanjing Massacre
- 1937Marco Polo Bridge incident
- 1937Battle of Shanghai
- 1937Battle of Nanking
- 1937Battle of Taiyuan
- 1937Battle of Xinkou
- 1937Battle of Pingxingguan
- 1937Defense of Sihang Warehouse
- 1937Tongzhou mutiny
- 1937Guanganmen incident
- 1937Langfang Incident
- 1937September — The KMT and CCP joined to establish the Second United Front, which led to the Communists recognizing at least for the moment Chiang Kai-shek as China's leader and the official dissolution of the Chinese Soviet Republic. The Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route and New Fourth Armies, which were nominally part of the NRA chain of command.
- 19377月7日盧溝橋事變,抗日戰爭全面爆發。國共第二次合作,成立「抗日民族統一戰線」。淞滬會戰,8月14日中日首次空戰,獲814空軍大捷。南京保卫战国军大败,随后日军发动南京大屠殺杀害约30万平民,十年建設(1928-1937)結束。
| - 1934Teijin Incident
- 1936Anti-Comintern Pact
- 1936to 28 February — Prime Minister Keisuke Okada survives the February 26 incident. However, he left office one month later.
- 1937Battle of Shanghai
- 1937Battle of Pochonbo
- 1937Kanchazu Island incident
- 1937Guanganmen incident
- 1937Langfang Incident
- 1937Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition
- 1937July — Second Sino-Japanese War begins.
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- Alcoholics Anonymous founded
- Social Security Act
- Works Progress Administration
- The F.B.I. is established with J. Edgar Hoover as its first director.
- Huey Long assassinated
- Congress of Industrial Organizations formed
- Motor Carrier Act
- Middletown is published
- Neutrality Act
- National Labor Relations Act
- Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States
- Revenue Act of 1935
- 1933President Roosevelt establishes the New Deal, a response to the Great Depression, and focusing on what historians call the "3 Rs": relief, recovery and reform
- 1933United States government recognizes the Soviet Union
- 1933Agricultural Adjustment Act
- 1933Kansas City massacre
- 19331933 Long Beach earthquake
- 1933Frances Perkins appointed United States Secretary of Labor
- 1933San Francisco Ballet founded
- 1933Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak killed during a failed assassination attempt on President-elect Roosevelt by Giuseppe Zangara; the intended target was not wounded.
- 1933Over 12 million or 25% of Americans were unemployed
- 1933Emergency Banking Act
- 1933March 4, 1933 – Roosevelt becomes the 32nd president. He is the last president to be inaugurated on March 4. It also began his "Hundred Days". Garner becomes the 32nd vice president. He is the last vice president to be inaugurated on March 4.
- 193320th Amendment, establishing the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices.
- 193321st Amendment, ending Prohibition
- 1934Dust Bowl begins, causing major ecological and agricultural damage to the Great Plains states; severe drought, heat waves and other factors were contributors.
- 1934Tydings–McDuffie Act
- 1934Indian Reorganization Act
- 1934John Dillinger killed
- 1934Share the Wealth society founded by Huey Long
- 1934Federal Housing Administration
- 1934U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission established
- 1934Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act
- 1934Glass–Steagall Act
- 1934The first federal prisoners arrived at Alcatraz
- 1934Philippine Commonwealth established
- 1934Johnson Act
- 1936Hoover Dam
- 1936Second London Naval Treaty
- 1936Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals at the Olympics in Berlin, Germany
- 1936U.S. presidential election, 1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt reelected president, John N. Garner reelected vice president
- 1936Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb named to baseball's Hall of Fame
- 1936Robinson-Patman Act
- 1936Life magazine publishes first issue
- 19361936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak
- 1936United States v. Butler, which ruled that the processing taxes instituted under the 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act were unconstitutional
- 1937Golden Gate Bridge completed in San Francisco
- 1937Hindenburg disaster
- 1937Ponce massacre
- 19371937 Memorial Day massacre
- 1937Battle of the Overpass
- 1937Neutrality Acts
- 1937Look magazine publishes first issue
- 1937Panay incident, a Japanese attack on the United States Navy gunboat USS Panay while anchored in the Yangtze River outside of Nanjing
- 1937January 20, 1937 – President Roosevelt and Vice President Garner begin second terms.
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