For decades comprising years 3. In response, authoritarian regimes emerged in several countries in Europe and South America, in particular the Third Reich in Germany. Weaker states such as Ethiopia, China, and Poland were invaded by expansionist world powers, the last of these attacks leading to the outbreak of the Second World War a few months before the end of the decade. Tysklands opprustning i 1930- Duke Ellington & his Cotton Club Band - Old Man Blues - from Check and Double Check by Melville Brown (1930) Member of the Cotton Club Orchestra : Cootie. Frenchcab.com or 1930.fr or cabanettes.com is a french gallery dealer proposing high quality pieces of art and art deco antiques. Favorite style is Art deco modernism. This weekend, the world lost a true pioneer and reluctant hero, Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the Moon. At the age of 82, Armstrong passed away due. Title: Her Man (1930) 6.7 /10. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Directed by Josef von Sternberg. With Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti. An elderly professor's ordered life spins dangerously out of control. The 1930s (pronounced 'nineteen-thirties', commonly abbreviated as the 'Thirties') was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1930 and ended on. The 1. 93. 0s also saw a proliferation of new technologies, especially in the fields of intercontinental aviation, radio, and film. Politics and wars. Later signing the Munich Agreement and promising constituents . He was ousted in favor of Winston Churchill in May 1. Invasion of Norway. Some 2. 67 synagogues were destroyed, and thousands of homes and businesses were ransacked. Kristallnacht also served as the pretext for the wholesale confiscation of firearms from German Jews. Germany and Italy pursue territorial expansionist agendas. Germany demands the annexation of the Federal State of Austria and of other German- speaking territories in Europe. Between 1. 93. 5 and 1. Germany recovers the Saar and remilitarizes the Rhineland. Italy initially opposes Germany's aims for Austria, but in 1. Italy's diplomatic isolation following the start of the Second Italo- Abyssinian War, Germany becoming Italy's only remaining ally. Germany and Italy improve relations by forming an alliance against communism in 1. Anti- Comintern Pact. Germany annexes Austria in the event known as the Anschluss. The annexation of the Sudetenland followed negotiations which resulted in the Munich Agreement of 1. The Italian invasion of Albania in 1. Kingdom of Albania into an Italian protectorate. The vacant Albanian throne was claimed by Victor Emmanuel III of Italy. Louis who are fleeing the Nazi regime's racist agenda of anti- Semitic persecution in Germany. In the end, no country accepts the refugees, and the ship returns to Germany with most of its passengers on board. Some commit suicide, rather than return to Nazi Germany. United States. Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected President of the United States in November 1. Roosevelt initiates a widespread social welfare strategy called the . The economic agenda of the . It caused an estimated $6 million (1. USD) in damages, and killed around 4. The hurricane's strong winds and the surge destroyed nearly all the structures between Tavernier and Marathon, and the town of Islamorada was obliterated. The German dirigibleairship. Hindenburg explodes in the sky above Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States on May 6, 1. The event leads to an investigation of the explosion and the disaster causes major public distrust of the use of hydrogen- inflated airships and seriously damages the reputation of the Zeppelin company. The New London School in New London, Texas is destroyed by an explosion, killing in excess of 3. The New England Hurricane of 1. Category 5 hurricane before making landfall as a Category 3. The hurricane was estimated to have caused property losses estimated at US$3. Katharine Hepburn's, who had been staying in her family's Old Saybrook, Connecticut beach home when the hurricane struck. The Dust Bowl, or Dirty Thirties: a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian prairie lands from 1. Caused by extreme drought, coupled with decades of extensive farming without crop rotation, fallow fields, cover crops, or other techniques to prevent erosion, and heavy winds, it affected an estimated 1. New York and the Atlantic Ocean), caused mass migration (which was the inspiration for the Pulitzer Prize- winning The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck), food shortages, multiple deaths and illness from sand inhalation (see History in Motion), and a severe reduction in the going wage rate. The 1. 93. 8 Yellow River flood pours out from Huayuankou, China in 1. Assassinations. Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. Following the 1. 93. Paul von Hindenburg, President of Germany, Hitler's cabinet passed a law proclaiming the presidency vacant and transferred the role and powers of the head of state to Hitler as F. The Weimar Republic effectively gives way to Nazi Germany, a Totalitarianautocraticnational socialistdictatorship. The Great Depression seriously affects the economic, political, and social aspects of society across the world. Major conflict occurs across the world such as the Chaco War, the Second Italo- Abyssinian War, the Spanish Civil War, the Chinese Civil War, the Second Sino- Japanese War, and the outbreak of World War II on September 1, 1. Collapse of the League of Nations as countries like Germany, the Kingdom of Italy, and the Empire of Japan abdicate the League. In 1. 93. 0, Miguel Primo de Rivera, Prime Minister of Spain and head of a military dictatorship is forced to resign in response to a financial crisis (part of the Great Depression). Alfonso XIII of Spain, who had previously backed the dictatorship, attempts to return gradually to the previous system and restore his prestige. This failed utterly, as the King was considered a supporter of the dictatorship, and more and more political forces called for the establishment of a republic. In 1. 93. 1, republican and socialist parties won a major victory in the local elections, while the monarchists were in decline. Street riots ensued, calling for the removal of the monarchy. The Spanish Army declared that they would not defend the King. Alfonso flees the country, effectively abdicating and ending the Bourbon Restoration phase which had started in the 1. A Second Spanish Republic emerges. In the Soviet Union, agricultural collectivization and rapid industrialization take place. The agreement allows Germany to build a larger naval force. This purge was due to mistrust and political differences, as well as the massive drop in Grain produce. This was due to the method of collectivization in Russia. The Soviet Union produced 1. This led to the starvation of millions of Russians. The 1. 93. 7 World's Fair in Paris, France displays the growing political tensions in Europe. The pavilions of the rival countries of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union face each other. Germany at the time was internationally condemned for Luftwaffe (its air force) having performed a bombing of the Basque town of Guernica in Spain during the Spanish Civil War. Spanish artist Pablo Picasso depicted the bombing in his masterpiece painting Guernica at the World Fair, which was a surrealist depiction of the horror of the bombing. Referendum in the Irish Free State in December 1. Ireland should continue to be a constitutional monarchy under King George VI or to become a republic results in citizens voting in favour of a republic, ending the remains of British sovereignty through monarchial authority over the state. Hertzog of South Africa, whose National Party had won the 1. Labour Party, received much of the blame for the devastating economic impact of the depression. Americas. Over 3 million unemployed young men were taken out of the cities and placed into 2. CCC. Prices fell 7. In the Western world, Keynesianism replaces classical economic theory. In an effort to reduce unemployment, the United States government created work projects such as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) which was a public work relief program that operated from 1. National Parks and build roads. On December 5, 1. Twenty- first Amendment repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Drought conditions in Oklahoma and Texas caused the Dust Bowl which forced tens of thousands of families to abandon their farms and seek employment elsewhere. Technology. Just three years later, one of these, No. Mallard, would become the fastest steam locomotive in the world. In 1. 93. 6, Kodachrome is invented, being the first color film made by Eastman Kodak. In 1. 93. 6, The first regular high- definition (then defined as at least 2. BBC, based at Alexandra Palace in London, officially begins broadcasting. Nuclear fission discovered by Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassman in 1. The Volkswagen Beetle, one of the best selling automobiles ever produced, had its roots in Nazi Germany in the late 1. Created by Ferdinand Porsche and his chief designer Erwin Komenda. The car would prove to be successful, and is still in production today as the New Beetle. First intercontinental commercial airline flights. The chocolate chip cookie was developed in 1. Ruth Graves Wakefield. The Frying Pan was the first electric lap steel guitar ever produced. Edwin Armstrong invented wide- band frequency modulation radio in 1. The Bass guitar was invented by Paul Tutmarc of Seattle, Washington in 1. Popular culture. Hyde, King Kong, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and other films about wax museums, vampires and zombies, leading to the 1. The Wolf Man These films led to the stardom of stars such as Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr, and Boris Karloff. Recurring series and serials included: Laurel and Hardy, the Marx Brothers, Tarzan, Charlie Chan and Our Gang. Architecture. Auden's Poems. Notable literature includes F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night (1. T. White's The Sword in the Stone (1. J. Tolkien's The Hobbit (1. Aldous Huxley's Brave New World (1. John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath (1. Of Mice and Men (1. Ernest Hemingway's To Have and Have Not (1. John Dos Passos's U. S. A trilogy, William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying (1. Absalom, Absalom! Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice (1. Notable plays include Thornton Wilder's Our Town (1. Near the end of the decade, two of the world's most iconic superheroes and recognizable fictional characters were introduced in comic books; Superman first appeared in 1. Batman in 1. 93. 9. The pulp fiction magazines began to feature distinctive, gritty adventure heroes that combined elements of hard boiled detective fiction and the fantastic adventures of the earlier pulp novels. Two particularly noteworthy characters introduced were Doc Savage and The Shadow, who would later influence the creation of characters such as Superman and Batman.
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