| 1930 |
Federal Bureau of Narcotics formed
Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes stories, died
Bobby Jones won the grand slam in golf, capturing the
British Open, U.S. Amateur, British Amateur, and U.S. Open titles. |
| 1931 |
Depression sweeps worldwide, leading to closing of all German banks
Al "Scarface" Capone jailed for income tax evasion
the Benguella-Katanga, Africa's first cross-continental railroad line, completed
Empire State Building, then tallest in the world, completed.
|
| 1932 |
Franklin Roosevelt has landslide victory in presidential elections
Stalin announces Second Five Year Plan in Soviet Union
Hindenburg defeats Hitler in German presidential elections, but Nazis take control of the Parliament
17,000 impoverished veterans march on Washington, seeking promised government bonuses - current soldiers are used to drive them out.
|
| 1933 |
U.S.
Court allows James Joyce's controversial "Ulysses"
to be sold in the United States
Hitler
becomes chancellor of Germany
Frances
Perkins, new U.S. Secretary of Labor, becomes first
female cabinet member
Boycott
of Jews begins in Germany.
|
| 1934 |
Stalin
begins purge of Communist Party
Sophia Loren born
Future
heavyweight champ Joe Louis, the Bronx Bomber, wins
his first fight.
|
| 1935 |
Colorful,
controversial Louisiana politician Huey "Kingfish"
Long assassinated
longest bridge in the world opened over the Zambesi
River
Alcoholics
Anonymous organized in New York
First
practical radar invented by Robert Watson Watt of
England
George Gershwin writes his folk opera "Porgy
and Bess."
|
| 1936 |
King
George V of England dies, and is succeeded by his
son, Edward VIII, who abdicates for "the woman
I love" and is succeeded by his brother, George
VI
Bruno
Richard Hauptman convicted of kidnapping and killing
Lindbergh baby
China
declares war on Japan
The
Queen Mary crosses the Atlantic in three days,
23 hours and 57 minutes
U.S.
population: 127 million.
|
| 1937 |
Radio
broadcast of King George VI's coronation is the
first worldwide program heard in the U.S.
Japanese troops seize Beijing and other major Chinese
cities
Amelia
Earhart disappears over the Pacific
New
York Yankees win the "Subway Series,"
defeating the Brooklyn Dodgers four games to one.
|
| 1938 |
German
troops enter Austria and Czechoslovakia
20,000 television sets reported in service, all
around New York City
40-hour
work week becomes norm in U.S.
Tennis
star Don Budge wins Grand Slam, capturing all four
major titles. |
| 1939 |
Germany
invades Poland
World
War II begins as France and England declare war
on Germany
U.S.
economy booms from orders for military supplies
from other nations
First
televised baseball game
"Gone
With The Wind" wins Academy Award
"Wizard of Oz" starring Judy Garland released
John
Steinbeck writes The Grapes of Wrath.
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