Morley Callaghan's novel Such Is My Beloved is published.

Isak Dinesen's Seven Gothic Tales is published.

German geographer Karl Haushoker's Macht und Erde (Power and Earth), is published. The Nazis subsequently use this geopolitical study, based on work by British strategist Halfor John Mackinder, to provide a justification for their policy of seeking lebensraum (living space).

Rene Magritte's painting Homage to Mack Sennett is unveiled.

Pablo Picasso paints The Bullfight.

Christina Stead's The Salzburg Tales, a collection of short stories, is published.

P. Pamela Travers's children's book Mary Poppins is published.

T'sao Yu's play Thunderstorm, an attack on Chinese traditionalism, premieres in Peking.

Jean Vigo's movie L'Atalante is released.

Evelyn Waugh's A Handful of Dust is published.

Many European countries and the United States sign the Warsaw Convention, establishing international liabilities in transportation.

The British conduct two Arctic expeditions to Greenland, Baffin Island, and outlying islands.

Australian John Rymill...