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The 1930s (pronounced "nineteen-thirties" and commonly abbreviated as "the '30s" or "the Thirties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1930, and ended on December 31, 1939. In the United States, the Dust Bowl led to the nickname the "Dirty Thirties".
1930 - Sinclair Lewis is the first American to win Nobel Prize for Literature; 1931 – Empire State Building opens in New York. 1931 – Japanese invasion of Manchuria, start of World War II in the Pacific. 1931 – The Whitney Museum of American Art opens to the public in New York City.
Arlan Stangeland, American farmer and politician (d. 2013) February 10. Anne Wexler, American political consultant and public policy advisor (d. 2009) Robert Wagner, American actor; February 11 – James Polshek, American architect (d. 2022) [20] February 12. Bert Clark, American football player and coach (d. 2004) Arlen Specter, American ...
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.
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The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [6] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [7]
The Call of the Circus: Frank O'Connor: Francis X. Bushman, Ethel Clayton: Drama: Pickwick Pictures [50] Call of the Flesh: Charles Brabin: Ramón Novarro, Dorothy Jordan, Ernest Torrence: Musical/Romance/Drama: MGM. [51] In partial Technicolor. Call of the West: Albert Ray: Dorothy Revier, Tom O'Brien, Alan Roscoe: Western: Columbia [52] Cameo ...
The 13 British North American provinces of Virginia, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Delaware, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia united as the United States of America declare their independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on ...