TIMELINE
The 1930s
The 1930s
| 1930 | |
| 12 MARCH | Mohandas K. Gandhi begins his Salt March to protest British monopoly of and tax on salt in India |
| 24 MARCH | Pluto, newly discovered and designated as a planet, is given its official name. |
| 31 MAY | The Production Code is drafted by the MPPDA's Hays Office. |
| 14 SEPTEMBER | The Nazis win 107 seats in Germany's Reichstag (Parliament). |
| 5 NOVEMBER | The Nobel Prize for literature is awarded to Sinclair Lewis, the first American recipient |
| 22 NOVEMBER | Elijah Muhammad forms the Nation of Islam in Detroit. |
| 1931 | |
| 3 MARCH | "The Star-Spangled Banner" becomes the national anthem. |
| 1 MAY | The Empire State Building is completed |
| 18 SEPTEMBER | Japan invades Manchuria |
| 17 OCTOBER | Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion. |
| 20 OCTOBER | Variety reports "the end of silent pictures |
| 1932 | |
| 1 MARCH | Charles Lindbergh's baby son is kidnapped |
| 28 JULY | The military is brought in to remove the protesters of the "Bonus Army" from government property in Washington, D.C. |
| 30 JULY | Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon to use the new three-color Technicolor process, debuts |
| 1 OCTOBER | Oswald Mosley forms the British Union of Fascists. |
| 8 NOVEMBER | Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected the thirty-second president |
| 27 DECEMBER | Radio City Music Hall opens in New York. |
| 1933 | |
| 30 JANUARY | Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany. |
| 3 MARCH | Mount Rushmore is dedicated. |
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Publication information:
Book title: American Cinema of the 1930s: Themes and Variations.
Contributors: Ina Rae Hark - Editor.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press.
Place of publication: New Brunswick, NJ.
Publication year: 2007.
Page number: xi.
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