• Japan, China, the Dutch East Indies, and Siam formed the Great Asia Association. It was under Japanese leadership.
• Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. He withdrew Germany from the League of Nations.
• President Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated. His speech included, “We have nothing to fear, but fear itself.” Roosevelt’s Fireside Chats began. He also introduced the New Deal (social and economic legislation) from March to June.
• The Civilian Conservation Corps was authorized under the Federal Unemployment Relief Act.
