Millennia:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s - 1930s - 1940s 1950s 1960s
Years:	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Architecture Establishments - Disestablishments

The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. A millennium (pl millennia) is a period of Time equal to one thousand Years (from Latin la mille, thousand and la annum The second millennium is a period of time that commenced on January 1, 1001, and ended on December 31, 2000. A century (from the Latin centum, meaning one hundred is One hundred consecutive Years Centuries are numbered ordinally (e The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The twentieth century of the Common Era began on The 21st century is the current century of the Christian Era or Common Era in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them The 1910s decade ran from January 1 1910 through December 31 1919 The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In East Asia, the rise of militarism occurred. Militarism is the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or

In Western Europe, Australia and the United States, more progressive reforms occurred as opposed to the extreme measures sought elsewhere. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Roosevelt's New Deal attempted to use government spending to combat large-scale unemployment and severely negative growth. The New Deal was the name that United States President Franklin D Ultimately, it would be the beginning of World War II in 1939 that would end the depression, although the worst years were the early 30s and by the later part of the decade much was already on the road to recovery. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Contents 1 Technology 2 War, peace and politics 3 Economics 4 Literature and Art 5 Popular culture 6 Others 7 People 7.1 World leaders 7.2 Sports figures 7.2.1 British Commonwealth 7.2.2 United States 8 References 9 External link

Technology

Many technological advances occurred in the 1930s, including:

• The world's tallest building (for the next 43 years) was constructed, opening as the Empire State Building on May 3, 1931 in New York City;
• On March 8, 1930, the first frozen foods of Clarence Birdseye were sold in Ringfield, Massachusetts, USA. The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco Skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frozen food is food preserved by the process of Freezing. Freezing food is a common method of Food preservation which slows both food decay and by Clarence Frank Birdseye II ( December 9, 1886 - October 7, 1956) was an American Inventor who is considered the founder The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• Ub Iwerks produced the first Color Sound Cartoon in 1930, a Flip the Frog cartoon entitled: "Fiddlesticks";
• In 1930, Warner Brothers released the first All-Talking All-Color wide-screen movie, Song of the Flame; in 1930 alone, Warner Brothers released ten All-Color All-Talking feature movies in Technicolor and scores of shorts and features with color sequences;
• Air mail service across the Atlantic Ocean began;
• Radar was invented, known as RDF (Radio Direction Finding), such as in British Patent GB593017 by Robert Watt in 1938;
• The first BBC television broadcast occurred;
• In 1933, the 3M company marketed Scotch Tape; and
• In 1931, RCA Victor introduced the first long-playing phonograph record. Ub Iwerks, ASC ( Ubbe Ert Iwwerks) ( 24 March 1901 &ndash 7 July 1971) was a two-time Academy Award winning Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Flip the Frog is an animated cartoon character created by American cartoonist Ub Iwerks. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Song of the Flame is a 1930 musical operetta film photographed entirely in Technicolor. Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation Airmail (or air mail) is Mail that is transported by Aircraft. Radar is a system that uses electromagnetic waves to identify the range altitude direction or speed of both moving and fixed objects such as Aircraft, ships Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic 3M Company ( formerly Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company until 2002 is an American multinational conglomerate corporation with a worldwide Scotch Tape is used to describe certain Pressure sensitive tapes manufactured by 3M as part of the company's Scotch brand RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment.
• In 1935, the British London and North Eastern Railway introduced the A4 Pacific, designed by Sir Nigel Gresley. The The London and North Eastern Railway Class A4 is a class of streamlined 4-6-2 Steam locomotive, designed by H Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley ( 19 June, 1876 &ndash 5 April, 1941) was one of Britain's most famous Steam locomotive engineers Just three years later, one of these, No. 4468 Mallard, would become the fastest steam locomotive in the world. Number 4468 Mallard is a London and North Eastern Railway Class A4 4-6-2 Pacific Steam locomotive built at Doncaster,
• Nuclear fission discovered by Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassman in 1939. Nuclear fission is the splitting of the nucleus of an atom into parts (lighter nuclei) often producing Free neutrons and other smaller nuclei which may Otto Hahn (8 March 1879 &ndash 28 July 1968 was a German Chemist who received the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering Nuclear fission Lise Meitner (7 or 17 November 1878 &ndash 27 October 1968 was an Austrian born later Swedish physicist who studied Radioactivity and Friedrich Wilhelm "Fritz" Strassman ( February 22, 1902 - April 22, 1980) was a German chemist who with
• The Volkswagen Beetle, arguably the most popular automobile in the world, had its roots in Nazi Germany in the late 1930s. The Volkswagen Beetle, officially known as the type 1 and originally called ‘Käfer’ is an Economy car produced by the German auto maker Volkswagen Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The car would prove to be successful, and would be produced relatively unchanged well up into the 1990s.

War, peace and politics

• Communists forecast "the death of Capitalism"
• Rise to power of Adolf Hitler and Nazism in Germany. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Despite the lack of a German nation state prior to 1871 the History of Germany dates back to the era of the Germanic tribes. ^[1]
• In the Soviet Union, agricultural collectivization and rapid industrialization take place, and the Great Purge occurs, in which much of the Soviet political and military establishment is eliminated. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Great Purge (Большая чистка transliterated Bolshaya chistka) was a series of campaigns of Political repression and Persecution ^[2]
• Adolf Hitler is the first to employ Blitzkrieg as a method of warfare. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Blitzkrieg (German for "lightning war" is a popular name for an Offensive operational-level Military doctrine which involves an initial
• Almost all of Continental Europe moves to Authoritarianism or Totalitarianism
• Éamon de Valera introduces a new constitution for the Irish Free State, effectively ending its status as a British Dominion. Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the Continent, is the Continent of Europe, explicitly excluding European Authoritarianism describes a Form of government characterized by an emphasis on the Authority of the State in a republic or union Totalitarianism (or totalitarian rule) is a concept used to describe Political systems where a State regulates nearly every aspect of public and private Éamon de Valera (ˈeɪmən dɛvəˈlɛrə (born Edward George de Valera) (14 October 1882 &ndash 29 August 1975 was one of the dominant political figures in 20th century A constitution is a system for government often Codified as a written document that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity The Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann (1922&ndash1937 was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by A dominion, often Dominion, refers to one of a group of autonomous polities under sovereign authority within the British Empire and
• Starts or continue the Estado Novo in Brazil and Portugal. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula.
• Advent of the modern welfare state in New Zealand and Sweden. This article refers specifically to the Welfare state of the United Kingdom. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation.
• The Empire of Japan invades the Republic of China in the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Empire of Japan ( {{unicode|Kyūjitai}}: ja 大日本帝國 Shinjitai: ja 大日本帝国 pronounced Dai Nippon Teikoku REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES The Second Sino-Japanese War ( July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945) was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the
• Italian Invasion of Ethiopia
• The Spanish Civil War
• Nazi Germany invades Poland in September 1939, marking the beginning of World War II. See also First Italo-Ethiopian War. The Second Italo–Abyssinian War (also referred to as the Second Italo-Ethiopian War) was a The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict in Spain that started after an attempted Coup d'état committed by parts of the army against the government of Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland
• Mahatma Gandhi leads the non-violent Satyagraha movement in the Declaration of the Independence of India and the Salt March. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી moɦən̪d̪äs kəɾəmʧən̪d̪ gän̪d̪ʱi (2 October 1869 – 30 January Satyagraha ( Sanskrit: सत्याग्रह satyāgraha) is a philosophy and practice of Nonviolent resistance developed by Mohandas The Declaration of the Independence of India was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on January 26 1930, resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists The Salt Satyagraha was a campaign of non-violent protest against the British salt tax in colonial India which began with the Salt March to Dandi on March 12 1930

Economics

• The Great Depression occurred during the 1930s.

Literature and Art

• Notable poetry include W. H. Auden's Poems. Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973 ˈwɪstən ˈhjuː ˈɔːdən who signed his works W
• Notable literature includes Aldous Huxley's Brave New World (1932), John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath (1939) and Of Mice and Men (1937), Ernest Hemingway's To Have and Have Not (1937), John Dos Passos's U.S.A trilogy, William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying (1930) and Absalom, Absalom! (1936), John O'Hara's Appointment in Samarra (1934) and Butterfield 8 (1935). Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 &ndash 22 November 1963 was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. Brave New World is a 1932 Novel by Aldous Huxley. Set in the London of AD 2540 (632 A John Steinbeck III (February 27 1902—December 20 1968 was one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century The Grapes of Wrath is a novel published in 1939 and written by John Steinbeck, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Of Mice and Men is a Novella written by Nobel Prize -winning author John Steinbeck. Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21 1899 — July 2 1961 was an American novelist short-story writer, and Journalist. To Have and Have Not is a 1937 novel by Ernest Hemingway about Harry Morgan a fishing boat captain who runs contraband between Cuba and Florida John Roderigo Dos Passos ( January 14, 1896 &ndash September 28, 1970) was an American Novelist and artist The USA Trilogy is the major work of American writer John Dos Passos, comprising the novels The 42nd Parallel (1930 1919, also known as Nineteen William Faulkner (born William Cuthbert Falkner) ( September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American Author As I Lay Dying is a Novel written by the American author William Faulkner. Absalom Absalom! is a Southern Gothic Novel by the American author William Faulkner, published in 1936 John Henry O'Hara ( January 31, 1905 &ndash April 11, 1970) was an American Writer. BUtterfield 8 is a 1960 MGM Film directed by Daniel Mann, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Laurence Harvey.
• Notable "hardboiled" crime fiction includes Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep, James M. Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934). Hardboiled Crime fiction is a literary style pioneered by Carroll John Daly in the mid-1920s popularized by Dashiell Hammett over the course of the Raymond Thornton Chandler ( July 23, 1888 &ndash March 26, 1959) was an American Author of crime stories and novels The Big Sleep is a 1939 novel by Raymond Chandler, with two film versions one filmed in 1945, and another filmed in 1978. James Mallahan Cain ( July 1, 1892 &ndash October 27, 1977) was an American Journalist The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1934 crime Novel by James M
• Notable plays include Thorton Wilder's Our Town (1938). Thornton Niven Wilder ( April 17, 1897 &ndash December 7, 1975) was an American Playwright and Novelist. Our Town is a three act play by Thornton Wilder which is perhaps the most frequently produced play by an American playwright
• In the art of film making, the Golden Age of Hollywood entered a whole decade, after the advent of talking pictures ("talkies") in 1927 and full-color films in 1930: more than 50 classic films were made in the 1930s:
  • most notable were Gone With The Wind and The Wizard of Oz
  • the soundtrack and photographic technology prompted many films to be made or re-made, such as the 1934 version of Cleopatra, using lush art deco sets which won an Academy Award (see films 1930-1939 in: Academy Award for Best Cinematography);
  • the horror films (or monster movies) included many cult classics, such as Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, Jekyll/Hyde, King Kong, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and other films about wax museums, vampires and zombies, leading to the 1941 film The Wolf Man (wolfman);
  • recurring themes included: Laurel and Hardy, the Marx Brothers, Tarzan, Charlie Chan, Alfred Hitchcock films, Our Gang, and the filming of "superheroes" such as The Phantom and Superman;
  • two notable films were made in the 1930s (see: "1934 in film" or "1939 in film"). Classical Hollywood cinema or the classical Hollywood narrative, are terms used in film history which designates both a visual and sound style for making motion pictures A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image as opposed to a Silent film. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American dramatic - romantic - War film adapted from Margaret Mitchell 's 1936 The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical - Fantasy film mainly directed by Victor Fleming and based on the 1900 children’s Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cleopatra is Cecil B DeMille 's 1934 film made by Paramount Pictures, retelling the story of Cleopatra VII of Egypt. Art Deco was a popular international design movement from 1925 until 1939 affecting the decorative arts such as Architecture, Interior design, and Industrial "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is an Academy Award awarded each year to a Cinematographer for work in one particular Motion picture. Horror films are Movies that strive to elicit Fear, Horror and terror responses from viewers Monster Movie (also can be referred to as Creature Feature or Monster Film) is a name commonly given to Movies, which centre Dracula is a classic 1931 Horror film directed by Tod Browning and starring Béla Lugosi as the title character Frankenstein is a Horror film from Universal Pictures directed by James Whale and very loosely based on the novel of the same name The Mummy is a 1932 horror classic from Universal Pictures directed by Karl Freund and starring Boris Karloff as a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a 1931 Horror film directed by Rouben Mamoulian. King Kong is a landmark Black-and-white Adventure film about a gigantic Gorilla named " Kong " and how he is captured from A wax museum or waxworks consists of a collection of wax figures representing famous people from history and contemporary personalities exhibited in lifelike poses Vampires are mythological or folkloric revenants who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living zombie is a reanimated human corpse Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodou, which told of the people being controlled Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Laurel and Hardy were the popular American -based comedy team of thin British-born Stan Laurel (1890-1965 and heavy American-born Oliver Hardy (1892-1957 The Marx Brothers were a popular team of sibling Comedians who appeared in Vaudeville, stage plays film and television Tarzan is a Fictional character, an archetypal Feral child raised in the African jungle by Apes who later returns to civilization only to Charlie Chan is a fictional Chinese-American Detective created by Earl Derr Biggers, who acknowledged that he was inspired by the career of Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 "The Little Rascals" redirects here For other uses see The Little Rascals (disambiguation. A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (formerly of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The year 1939 in film involved some significant events Events Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as "the

Popular culture

• Radio becomes dominant mass media in industrial nations
• "Golden Age" of radio begins in U. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Old-Time Radio (OTR and the Golden Age of Radio refer to a period of Radio programming lasting from the proliferation of radio broadcasting in the early 1920s until S.
• First intercontinental commercial airline flights
• Height of the Art Deco movement in North America and western Europe. Art Deco was a popular international design movement from 1925 until 1939 affecting the decorative arts such as Architecture, Interior design, and Industrial
• The film The Wizard of Oz immortalized tornadoes, songs (Somewhere Over the Rainbow), the characters, and "Toto" too. The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical - Fantasy film mainly directed by Victor Fleming and based on the 1900 children’s A tornado is a violent rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a Cumulonimbus cloud or in rare cases the base of a Cumulus " Over the Rainbow " (sometimes mistakenly known as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" is a Song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E
• "Swing" music starts becoming popular (from 1935 onward). Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of Jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It gradually replaces the sweet form of Jazz that had been popular for the first half of the decade. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States
• The Golden Age of American animation: Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies and Mickey Mouse series, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film); Ub Iwerks' Flip the Frog and Willie Whopper; Walter Lantz's Oswald the Lucky Rabbit; Fleischer Studios' Talkartoons, Betty Boop and Popeye the Sailor; Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies; Charles B. Mintz's Scrappy. Silly Symphonies is a series of Animated Short subjects 75 in total produced by Walt Disney Productions from 1929 to 1939 Mickey Mouse is a comic animal Cartoon character who has become an icon for The Walt Disney Company. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American film based on the eponymous German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. Ub Iwerks, ASC ( Ubbe Ert Iwwerks) ( 24 March 1901 &ndash 7 July 1971) was a two-time Academy Award winning Flip the Frog is an animated cartoon character created by American cartoonist Ub Iwerks. Willie Whopper is an animated cartoon character created by American cartoonist Ub Iwerks. Walter Lantz Productions was an American Animation studio It was in operation from 1929 to 1972 and was the principal supplier of animation for Universal Studios Oswald the Lucky Rabbit is an Anthropomorphic Rabbit Animated cartoon character created by Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney for films Fleischer Studios Inc is an American corporation which originated as an Animation studio located at 1600 Broadway, New York City New York. Talkartoons is the name of a series of 42 animated cartoons produced by the Fleischer Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures between 1929 Betty Boop is an animated Cartoon character appearing in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop series of films produced by Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional hero famous for appearing in comic strips and animated films as well as numerous TV shows Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros Animated cartoon series which ran in many movie theatres from 1930 to 1969 Merrie Melodies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros Charles B Mintz ( November 5, 1889 – December 30, 1939) was an American Film producer and distributor who took control Scrappy is a Cartoon character created by Dick Huemer for Charles Mintz 's Krazy Kat Studio.
• Popular newspaper comic strips include The Phantom, Terry and the Pirates, and Thimble Theater (featuring Popeye the Sailor). A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional hero famous for appearing in comic strips and animated films as well as numerous TV shows
• Collections of reprinted comic strips evolve into modern comic books, and costumed pulp heroes lead to the creation of the superhero genre. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative Pulp magazines (or pulp fiction; often referred to as "the pulps" were inexpensive Fiction magazines A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do The Golden Age of Comic Books begins with Superman's debut in Action Comics #1. The Golden Age of Comic Books was a period in the history of American comic books generally thought as lasting from the 1930s until late 1940s during which Comic books Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon Action Comics is an American Comic book series which introduced Superman, the first major Superhero character as the term
• Russ Columbo, one of the most popular singers of the decade, dies in an accidental shooting in 1934. Ruggiero Eugenio di Rodolpho Colombo ( January 14 1908 &ndash September 2 1934) better known as Russ Columbo, was an American
• Triumph of the Will - Leni Riefenstahl's ground-breaking Nazist propaganda film. Triumph of the Will (Triumph des Willens is a propagandistic Documentary film by the German filmmaker Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl ( August 22 1902 – September 8 2003) was a German Film director Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Propaganda is a concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behaviors of large numbers of people
• Belgian cartoonist Hergé's The Adventures of Tintin. Georges Prosper Remi ( May 22, 1907 - March 3, 1983) better known by the Pen name Hergé, was a Belgian The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin is a series of Comic strips created by Belgian artist Hergé, the pen name of Georges Remi (Started in 1929)
• In 1935, the game Monopoly was the best-selling game in America. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This was its first year on the market with a major toy company.

Others

• In 1932 the Cipher Bureau broke the German Enigma cipher and overcame the ever-growing structural and operating complexities of the evolving Enigma machine with plugboard, the main German cipher device during World War II. The Enigma machine is any one of a family of related electro-mechanical Rotor machines used to generate Ciphers for the Encryption and decryption of The Biuro Szyfrów ( Polish for " Cipher Bureau " was the Polish Interwar agency charged with both Cryptography (the The Enigma machine is any one of a family of related electro-mechanical Rotor machines used to generate Ciphers for the Encryption and decryption of A plugboard, or control panel, was a device used to direct the operation of Unit record equipment, some cypher machines and some early computers World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
• U. S. presidential candidate Huey Long assassinated (1935). Huey Pierce Long Jr ( August 30, 1893 September 10, 1935) nicknamed The Kingfish, was an American Politician Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• Board of Temperance Strategy established in U. The Anti-Saloon League launched the Board of Temperance Strategy to coordinate resistance to the growing public demand for the Repeal of Prohibition (1920–1933 S. to fight repeal of prohibition
• Southern Great Plains devastated by decades-long Dust Bowl
• German dirigible Hindenburg is destroyed by fire, killing 36 (1937). This article discusses the repeal of (alcohol Prohibition in the United States. The Great Plains are the broad expanse of Prairie and Steppe which lie east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada The Dust Bowl, or the dirty thirties, was a period of severe Dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Terminology In some countries airships are also known as dirigibles from the French (fr ''diriger'' to direct plus -ible) meaning "directable" WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• The New London School in New London, Texas is destroyed by an explosion, killing in excess of 300 students and teachers (1937). The New London School explosion occurred on March 18, 1937, when a Natural gas leak caused an Explosion, destroying the New London School of New London is a city in Rusk County, Texas, United States. The population was 987 at the 2000 census. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean (1932)

People

World leaders

• Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (India)
• President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (Turkey)
• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (India)
• Jawaharlal Nehru (India)
• Governor-General Lord Edward Irwin (British India)
• Governor-General The Marquess of Linlithgow (British India)
• King Faisal I (Iraq)
• King Ghazi (Iraq)
• King Faisal II (Iraq)
• President of the Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave (Irish Free State)
• President of the Executive Council Eamon de Valera (Irish Free State)
• Taoiseach Eamon de Valera (Éire)
• King Victor Emmanuel III (Italy)
• Prime Minister Benito Mussolini (Italy)
• Emperor Hirohito (Japan)
• Emir Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Kuwait)
• Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar (Portugal)
• President Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico)
• Sultan Mohammed V (Morocco)
• Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage (New Zealand)
• President Paul von Hindenburg (Germany)
• Chancellor Adolf Hitler (Germany)
• Prime Minister James Barry Munnik Hertzog (South Africa)
• General Secretary Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union)
• President Alcalá Zamora (Spain)
• Prime Minister Manuel Azaña (Spain)
• Prime Minister Alejandro Lerroux (Spain)
• President (Syria)
• President Bahij al-Khatib (Syria)
• Bey (Crown Prince) Ahmad II (Tunisia)
• King George V (United Kingdom)
• King Edward VIII (United Kingdom)
• King George VI (United Kingdom)
• Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald (United Kingdom)
• Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin (United Kingdom)
• Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (United Kingdom)
• President Herbert Hoover (United States)
• President Franklin D. Roosevelt (United States)
• Holy Father Pope Pius XI (Vatican)
• Minister of foreign Józef Beck (Poland)

Sports figures

British Commonwealth

• Cliff Bastin (English footballer)
• Donald Bradman (Australian cricketer)
• Haydn Bunton, Sr (Australian Rules Footballer)
• Jack Crawford (tennis)
• Jack Dyer (Australian rules football player)
• Walter Hammond (English cricketer)
• Eddie Hapgood (English footballer)
• George Headley (West Indies cricketer)
• Alex James (Scottish footballer)
• Douglas Jardine (English cricketer)
• Harold Larwood (English cricketer)
• Jack Lovelock (New Zealand runner)
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• Percy Williams (sprinter)
• Dhyan Chand, Indian hockey player
• Lala Amarnath, Indian cricketer

United States

• Joe Louis (boxing)
• Lou Ambers (boxing)
• Henry Armstrong (boxing)
• Max Baer (boxing)
• Cliff Battles (halfback)
• Jay Berwanger (halfback)
• James J. Braddock (boxing)
• Ellison M. Brown (marathon)
• Don Budge (tennis)
• Tony Canzoneri (boxing)
• Mickey Cochrane (baseball)
• Glenn Cunningham (running)
• Dizzy Dean (baseball)
• Joe DiMaggio (baseball)
• Babe Didrikson (track)
• Leo Durocher (baseball)
• Turk Edwards (tackle)
• Dixie Howell (halfback)
• Don Hutson (end)
• Cecil Isbell (quarterback)
• John A. Kelley (marathon)
• Nile Kinnick (halfback)
• Tommy Loughran (boxing)
• Alice Marble (tennis)
• Ralph Metcalfe (sprinter)
• Bronko Nagurski (fullback)
• Mel Ott (baseball)
• Jesse Owens (sprinter)
• Bobby Riggs (tennis)
• Helen Stephens (track)
• Eddie Tolan (sprinter)
• Ellsworth Vines (tennis)
• Stella Walsh (sprinter)
• Frank Wykoff (sprinter)
• Lou Gehrig (baseball)

References

External link

• The Dirty Thirties — Images of the Great Depression in Canada
• The 1930s Timeline — from American Studies Programs at The University of Virginia

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