Mexican revolutionary "Pancho" Villa (1878-1923) is assassinated
1928
Europe - Great Britain
The Equal Franchise Act in Great Britain grants voting rights to women and men over twenty-one.
1929
North America - USA
The Great Depression in the US
1929
North America - USA
Stock Market Crash (USA)
1933
Europe - Germany
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
1935
Africa
Second Italo-Abyssinian War
1936
Europe - Spain
Spanish Civil War
1936
Europe - Russia
Purges ordered by Stalin in Russia
1937
Asia - China
The Rape of Nanjing is carried out with hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians and troops massacred by the Japanese forces. In December 1937 Japanese bombers sink the gunboat U.S.S. Panay near Nanking as they bomb the city.