16th June

The National Industrial Recovery Act, intended to assist America's recovery from the Great Depression, is signed into law in the USA. "History will probably record the National Industrial Recovery Act as the most important and far-reaching legislation ever enacted by Congress," declares US President Franklin D, Roosevelt. Two months later, Bill Cox will be inspired to celebrate the three R's promised by the NRA - relief, reform, and recovery - in his jaunty NRA Blues.

Al Bowlly, accompanied by the Ray Noble Orchestra, records Something Came And Got Me In The Spring and You're Mine, You, in London for HMV.