Danatbank of Germany goes into bankruptcy.

3 Aug.

A dam bursts on Yangtze River in China, flooding forty thousand square miles, killing hundreds, and precipitating widespread famine.

24 Aug.

Amid disputes over the financial crisis in Great Britain, the Labour government collapses, but Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald is able to assemble a new coalition that governs until 1935.

10 Sept.

Economic austerity measures provoke riots in London, Liverpool, and Glasgow.

15 Sept.

Great Britain devalues the pound sterling.

18 Sept.

Attributing the explosion to Chinese terrorists, Japanese officers bomb a section of the South Manchurian Railway and use the blast as a pretext to attack all of Manchuria.

21 Sept.

In response to a financial panic, the Bank of England suspends the gold convertibility of British currency.

4 Nov.

Jean Giraudoux's play Judith premieres at the Comedie des Champs-Elysees in Paris.

12 Nov.

The republican government of Spain finds King Alfonso XIII guilty of treason in absentia, preventing...