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The 1936 Winter Olympics were hosted by the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany. The 1936 Summer Olympics were hosted by the city of Berlin, Germany. These were the last Summer or Winter Olympic Games held until 1948. The 1938 FIFA World Cup was hosted by France and won by Italy. This was the last FIFA World Cup held until 1950.
1930 – The Great Depression in the United States continues to worsen, reaching a nadir in early 1933. 1930 – The Motion Picture Production Code becomes set of industry censorship guidelines governing production of the vast majority of United States motion pictures released by major studios; is effective for 38 years
Many full-length films were produced in the 1930s. Sound films ("talkies") were a global phenomenon by the early 1930s. Advances in color film included Technicolor and Kodachrome. The year 1930 is the start of "the golden age of Hollywood", which through at least the 1940s. The studio system was at its height in
Migrants abandoned farms in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico, but were often generally called "Okies", "Arkies", or "Texies". [42] Terms such as "Okies" and "Arkies" came to be standard in the 1930s for those who had lost everything and were struggling the most during the Great Depression. [43]
Nine million savings accounts were wiped out between 1930 and 1933. [84] 273,000 families were evicted from their homes in 1932. [84] There were two million homeless people migrating around the country. [84] Over 60% of Americans were categorized as poor by the federal government in 1933. [84]
In the early 1930s, Scottish engineer J.A. Purves created a zany monowheel vehicle called the Dynasphere. Purves viewed the monowheel as an alternative to traditional automobiles like the Model-T ...
Often called "Mad Dog" or the "Tri-State Terror", he was an American criminal, burglar, bank robber, and Depression-era outlaw. He was one of the most wanted bandits in Oklahoma during the 1920s and 1930s and co-led a gang with Harvey Bailey that included many fellow Cookson Hills outlaws, including Jim Clark, Ed Davis, and Robert "Big Bob" Brady.
1930s in the United States by state or territory (62 C) 1930s disestablishments in the United States (62 C, 3 P) 1930s establishments in the United States (65 C, 4 P)