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Highlights of the decade 1930-1939


Historical Events

The Great Depression

Spanish Civil War

Start of World War II


The Great Depression  The Great Depression
 


Science

The development of new types of fibers, The Du Pont company in the USA was able to make nylon stockings for the first time.

The first ever splitting of the Atom occured in Britain.


 


Leisure

Wedding of the decade: King Edward VIII submitted his abdication to marry divorce Miss Simpson.

Birth of "Swing" by Benny Goodman.

Celebrity Gangsters: Al Capone, John Dillinger, BonnieParker & Clyde Barrow, Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson.


The Wedding  Al Capone
Bonnie & Clyde
 

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