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The President's Drought Committee issued a report in 1935 covering the government's assistance to agriculture during 1934 through mid-1935: it discussed conditions, measures of relief, organization, finances, operations, and results of the government's assistance. [52]
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This is a list of significant droughts, ... 2011 UK Drought and March–April Heatwave (The drought ...
A sudden decline in birthrates permanently "scarred" the long-term population growth of the Soviet Union in a way similar to that of World War II. Estimates of Soviet deaths attributable to the 1932–1933 famine vary wildly, but are typically given in the range of millions.
Unlike the Russian famine of 1921–1922, Russia's intermittent drought was not severe in the affected areas at this time. [31] Despite this, historian Stephen G. Wheatcroft says that "there were two bad harvests in 1931 and 1932, largely but not wholly a result of natural conditions", [32] within the Soviet Union.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1911–1916 Australian drought; 1934–35 North American ...
The drought affected multiple regional cities from Virginia into Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut; the drought also affected certain Midwest States, [44] including Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri and the Great Plains. [45] Drought continued in parts of California in the early 1960s.
A Montreal soup kitchen in 1931 The worldwide Great Depression of the early 1930s was a social and economic shock that left millions of Canadians unemployed, hungry and often homeless. Few countries were affected as severely as Canada during what became known as the "Dirty Thirties", due to Canada's heavy dependence on raw material and farm ...
The Chinese famine of 1928–1930 occurred as widespread drought hit Northwestern and Northern China, most notably in the provinces of Henan, Shaanxi and Gansu. [1] Mortality is estimated to be within 6 million, which already included deaths from famine-led diseases. [ 2 ]