1930s

Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s - 1930s - 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s Years: 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

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Table of contents

1 Events and trends 1.1 Science 1.2 War, peace and politics 1.3 Economics 1.4 Culture, religion 1.5 Others 2 World leaders 3 Entertainers 4 Sports figures

Events and trends

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Technology

\n*Jet engine invented

Science

\n* Nuclear fission discovered by Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann\n* Pluto, the ninth planet from the Sun, is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh

War, peace and politics

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

Economics

\n* Worldwide Great Depression

Culture, religion

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

Others

World leaders

\n* President Chiang Kai-shek (Republic of China)\n* President Lin Sen (Republic of China)\n* President Paul von Hindenburg (Germany)\n* Adolf Hitler (Germany)\n* King Victor Emmanuel III (Italy)\n* Prime Minister Benito Mussolini (Italy)\n* President Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (Turkey)\n* Emperor Hirohito (Japan)\n* Pope Pius XI\n* Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union)\n* King George V (United Kingdom)\n* King Edward VIII (United Kingdom)\n* King George VI (United Kingdom)\n* Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald (United Kingdom)\n* Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin (United Kingdom)\n* Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (United Kingdom)\n* President Herbert Hoover (United States)\n* President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (United States)\n* President W.T. Cosgrave (Irish Free State)\n* President Eamon de Valera (Irish Free State)\n* Taoiseach Eamon de Valera (Éire)

Entertainers

\n* Louis Armstrong\n* Fred Astaire\n* Duke Ellington\n* Judy Garland\n* Katharine Hepburn\n* Boris Karloff\n* Bela Lugosi\n* The Marx Brothers\n* Edward G. Robinson\n* Ginger Rogers\n* Fats Waller\n* Alice Brady

Sports figures

\n* Donald Bradman (Australian cricketer)\n* Jesse Owens (U.S. track and field athlete)\n* Fred Perry (English tennis player) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nsimple:1930s\n\n\n\n