It is the last time Inauguration Day in the United States occurs on March 4. In reference to the Great Depression, he proclaims "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself" in his inauguration speech. Roosevelt (FDR) is sworn in as the 32nd President of the United States. A powerful earthquake and tsunami hit Honshū, Japan, killing approximately 3,000 people.
February 6 – The Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution goes into effect.After 6 days, it is bombed by a Dutch aircraft, killing 23 men, and the remaining mutineers surrender. February 5 – A mutiny starts on the Royal Netherlands Navy coastal defence ship De Zeven Provinciën in the Dutch East Indies.February 3 – Adolf Hitler gives a secret speech to his military leaders, outlining his plans to rearm Germany in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles, and to adopt a policy of Lebensraum in eastern Europe.It tries to limit the army sizes of the major powers, while Germany is entitled to 200,000 Germany leaves the conference, because a plan postpones the limitations for 4 years. February 2 – A second international conference on disarmament ends without results.February 1 – Adolf Hitler gives his "Proclamation to the German People" in Berlin.The Lone Ranger debuts on American radio.He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour.Nazi leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg.January 28 – " Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, England) a pamphlet entitled Now or Never Are We to Live or Perish Forever?, in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls " Pakstan", which is influential on the Pakistan Movement.January 23 – The Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing Inauguration Day from March 4 to January 20, starting in 1937.January 17 – The United States Congress votes favorably for Philippines independence, against the view of U.S.January 15 – Political violence causes almost 100 deaths in Spain.January 15– March 2 – A teenage girl in Banneux, Belgium, reports eight Marian apparitions, which become known as Our Lady of Banneux.January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.January 5 – Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.يناير – The London Underground diagram (designed by Harry Beck) is introduced to the public.