1930s
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Events and trendsTechnologyJet engine 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
PeopleWorld 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 Glenn Miller and his orchestra 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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