| 1927 | Europe | First trans-Atlantic telephone call |
| 1927 | North America • USA | The first talking picture The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson is released. |
| 1928 | North America • USA | Mickey Mouse is shown for the first time by Walt Disney |
| 1928 | Europe • Spain | Luis Buñuel (1900–1983) and Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) makes Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog), |
| 1929 | North America • USA | Museum of Modern Art opens in New York. |
| 1931 | Europe • Spain | Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) paints The Persistence of Memory |
| 1932 | North America • USA | Amelia Earhart (1897–1937) flies solo across the Atlantic. |
| 1934 | Europe • Germany
| Nuremberg Nazi Party rally headed by Adolf Hitler. Leni Riefenstahl films the rally and makes it into the propaganda film Triumph of the Will (Triumph des Willens) which comes out in 1935. (9 May 1934) |
| 1937 | Europe • Spain | Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) paints Guernica that commemorates the German bombing of the Basque town during the Spanish Civil War. |
| 1938 | North America • USA | The full length cartoon Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is shown. |
| 1938 | Europe • Spain | George Orwell publishes Homage to Catalonia |
| 1939 | North America • USA | The film The Wizard of Oz is released. |
| 1939 | North America • USA | John Steinbeck publishes The Grapes of Wrath |
| 1939 | North America • USA | The film Gone with the Wind is released. |
| 1942 | North America • USA | Edward Hopper paints Nighthawks |
| 1943 | North America • USA | The film Casablanca is released. |
| 1945 | Europe • Great Britain | George Orwell publishes Animal Farm. |
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