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Musical revue The Show Is On, starring Beatrice Lillie and Bert Lahr, plays at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 236 performances.
The German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA. Of the 97 people on board, 35 are killed and there is also one death among the ground crew. Lead Belly will be inspired to write his song The Hindenburg Disaster in 1937, and the cover of Led Zeppelin's self-titled debut album will feature an image of the Hindenburg disaster. Other songs about the disaster include Hindenburg by The Williamson Playboys and The Hindenburg Disaster by The Two Man Gentlemen Band.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter is born in Clifton, New Jersey, USA. After finding success as a middleweight boxer, he will be wrongly jailed for murder in 1966 in a controversial case that will inspire the Bob Dylan song Hurricane.
Blues duo Sloke And Ike record Slocum Blues for Decca Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.