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1900s 1910s 1920s - 1930s - 1940s 1950s 1960s

1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

Centuries:
19th century - 20th century - 21st century
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Events and trends

Technology

  • Jet engine invented
  • Link Trainer invented

    • Science

  • Nuclear fission discovered by Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann
  • Pluto, the ninth planet from the Sun, is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh
  • British biologist Arthur Tansley coins term "ecosystem"

    • War, peace and politics

  • Socialists proclaim The death of Capitalism
  • Rise to power of Adolf Hitler in Germany
  • Under Joseph Stalin, millions die in famines. The Great Purges eliminate all Old Bolsheviks from the Soviet government, except for Molotov and Stalin himself.
  • Almost all of Continental Europe moves to Authoritarianism or Totalitarianism
  • Japan invaded China as a precursor to Japanese invasions in Southeast Asia
  • The Spanish Civil War
  • Start of World War II in Asia and Europe

    • Economics

  • Worldwide Great Depression

    • Culture, religion

  • Radio becomes dominant mass media in industrial nations.
  • First intercontinental commercial airline flights.
  • Height of the Art Deco movement in Europe and the US
  • The Wizard of Oz
  • "Big band" or "swing" music becomes popular (from 1935 onward)

    • Others

    People

    World leaders

  • Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett (Canada)
  • Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King (Canada)
  • President Chiang Kai-shek (Republic of China)
  • President Lin Sen (Republic of China)
  • President Paul von Hindenburg (Germany)
  • Adolf Hitler (Germany)
  • King Victor Emmanuel III (Italy)
  • Prime Minister Benito Mussolini (Italy)
  • President Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (Turkey)
  • Emperor Hirohito (Japan)
  • Pope Pius XI
  • Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union)
  • 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 Delano Roosevelt (United States)
  • President W.T. Cosgrave (Irish Free State)
  • President Eamon de Valera (Irish Free State)
  • Taoiseach Eamon de Valera (Éire)

    • Entertainers

  • Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
  • Louis Armstrong
  • Fred Astaire
  • Bing Crosby
  • Duke Ellington
  • Judy Garland
  • Katharine Hepburn
  • Boris Karloff
  • Bela Lugosi
  • The Marx Brothers
  • Edward G. Robinson
  • Ginger Rogers
  • Fats Waller
  • Alice Brady

    • Sports figures

  • Donald Bradman (Australian cricketer)
  • Jack Dyer (Australian Australian Rules Football player)
  • Jesse Owens (U.S. track and field athlete)
  • Fred Perry (English tennis player)

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