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1933 was a year of profound change, marked by the continuation of the Great Depression and the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany.
1932: The Great Depression worsened. The Bonus Army marched. FDR was elected US President. The Lindbergh baby was kidnapped. Disarmament talks began. Japan established Manchukuo. Gandhi was imprisoned. A year of economic crisis, political change, and rising global tensions.
1931: The Great Depression worsened globally. Japan invaded Manchuria. Spain became a republic. The Empire State Building was finished. "The Star-Spangled Banner" became the US anthem. Capone was convicted. The Scottsboro case highlighted racism. A year of crisis and change.
1930 was dominated by the worsening Great Depression globally. Gandhi's Salt March highlighted Indian independence efforts. Pluto was discovered. The Hawley-Smoot Tariff worsened the depression. The first World Cup was held. Soviet collectivization intensified, causing famine.
1929 is most famously known for the Wall Street Crash of 1929, which marked the beginning of the Great Depression. This economic downturn had a profound impact on the world for the next decade.
1928: Fleming discovered penicillin. The Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawed war. Disney's Steamboat Willie introduced Mickey Mouse. Transatlantic air service began. Chiang Kai-shek led Nationalist China. A year of discovery and progress.
1927: Lindbergh's transatlantic flight. "The Jazz Singer," the first talkie. The Holland Tunnel opened. The BBC received its Royal Charter. Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party. A year of technological and political developments.
1926: Gertrude Ederle swam the English Channel. Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket. "Winnie-the-Pooh" was published. Houdini died. NBC radio network was founded. A year of achievements and cultural milestones.
1925: "The Great Gatsby" was published. The Scopes Trial debated evolution. Hitler published "Mein Kampf." The Grand Ole Opry began broadcasting. Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first female governor in the US. A year of cultural and social change.
1924 The first Winter Olympics were held in Chamonix, France. Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution, died J Edgar Hoover became the head of the FBI The Indian Citizenship Act granted citizenship to all Native Americans George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" premiered
1923: Japan's Great Kanto earthquake devastated Tokyo. US President Harding died; Coolidge took office. Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch failed. The Irish Civil War ended. Insulin became widely available. A year of upheaval and change.
1922: Tutankhamun's tomb was discovered. Mussolini's Fascists took power in Italy. The Irish Civil War continued. The BBC began broadcasting. Insulin was first used to treat diabetes.
1921: The Tulsa Race Massacre devastated the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Emergency Quota Act restricted immigration to the US. Adolf Hitler became the leader of the Nazi Party. The Irish Free State was established. Albert Einstein received the Nobel Prize in Physics.
1920: Women gained US voting rights. Prohibition began. The League of Nations met. Harding was elected. Radio broadcasting started. The Harlem Renaissance flourished. A time of social, political, and cultural shifts.
1919: Treaty of Versailles ended WWI, creating the League of Nations. US Prohibition began. The Weimar Republic was established. The Spanish Flu pandemic continued. International air service began.
1918: World War I ended with the Armistice on November 11th. The Spanish Flu pandemic spread globally, causing millions of deaths. Germany became a republic. Women gained the right to vote in Britain. Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Poland declared independence from Russia.
1917: The US joined World War I. The Russian Revolution toppled the Tsar. The Balfour Declaration supported a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Finland declared independence. Lawrence of Arabia aided the Arab Revolt.
1916: World War I raged on with battles like Verdun and the Somme. Easter Rising in Ireland. Woodrow Wilson was re-elected US President. David Lloyd George became British Prime Minister.
1915: World War I raged on, including the Second Battle of Ypres. The Lusitania was sunk. The Armenian Genocide began. Einstein completed general relativity. Margaret Sanger advocated for birth control.
1914: World War I began after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The Panama Canal officially opened. Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition began. The Clayton Antitrust Act was passed in the US. The first transcontinental telephone line was established.