National History 1930-1939
 | 1930 - The planet Pluto is discovered |
| 1931 - Al Capone jailed for Tax evasion |
| 1932 - Franklin Roosevelt wins election by a landslide |
| 1932 - Radio waves discovered from space |
| 1933 - 21st amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified - repealing the 18th amendment (Prohibition ends) |
| 1933 - The New Deal |
| 1935 - 1st Nylon developed |
| 1935 - Alcoholics Anonymous organized in New York |
| 1935 - U.S. suffers through the Dust Bowl |
| 1936 - Ford Foundation established |
| 1936 - 1st successful helicopter flight |
| 1936 - Life magazine founded |
| 1937 - 1st programmable calculator developed |
| 1938 - 1st photocopy |
| 1939 - John Steinbeck publishes "The Grapes of Wrath" |
| 1939-Commercial television introduced in the U.S. |
World Events 1930-1939
| 1931 - Empire State Building, then the tallest in the world, is completed |
| 1933 - Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany |
| 1935 - Richter Scale |
| 1936 - Bruno Richard Hauptman convicted of kidnapping and killing the Lindbergh baby |
| 1937 - Amelia Erheart disappears over the Pacific |
| 1938 - Oil discovered in Saudi Arabia |
| 1938 - German troops enter Austria and Czechoslovakia |
| 1939 - Germany invades Poland |
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