The Reichstag, Germany’s parliament building, was set on fire by a Dutch communist.
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The twenty-second amendment to the US Constitution was ratified.
Two scientists from the University of California Radiation Laboratory discovered carbon-14, a new isotope of carbon.
In Sweden, a job interview invitation was accidentally mailed to 61,000 people and caused chaos in their offices.
The first Dutch abortion clinic began to perform artificially-induced abortions.
Henry IV took to the throne as he was crowned the King of France.