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1920
-The 18th Amendment goes into effect, established Prohibition, which made the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages illegal.
1929
-October 24th, 1929 - Black Thursday, Marks the beginning of the great depression.
1930
-The planet Pluto is discovered.
-En route to India, British Airship R101 crashes in France.
-Radar used to detect airborne objects.
-American Interplanetary Society founded.
-Russian biologist Ilya Ivanov arrested for failing to produce human-ape hybrid for Stalin.
-Wonder sliced bread introduced to the market.
-Constantinople renamed Istanbul.
-Federal Bureau of Narcotics formed.
-US War Department approves plan to invade, seize and annex Canada.
-The game Battleship produced by the Milton Bradley Company.
-The Shadow Appears on CBS Radio & In Print.
-The Lone Ranger makes his radio debut.
-Sherlock Holmes debuts on radio.
-Betty Boop debuts in "Dizzy Dishes".
1931
-Al Capone convicted of income tax evasion & sentenced to 11 years in prison.
-"The Night of the Sicilian Vespers", Lucky Luciano assassinates mob competitors.
-The Castellammarese War ends in NYC.
-Dust Bowl begins, thanks to a drought that continues on until 1939.
-The Empire State Building is opened, making it the world's tallest structure.
-Amelia Earhardt is first president of the 99s, the Association of -Female Aviators.
-Mao Tse-Tung elected Chairman of the Soviet Republic of China.
-Japan invades Manchuria, effectively the first shot of World War II.
-Robert Johnson sells his soul at the intersection of Highways 61 and 49.
-Thomas Edison dies at the age of 84
-Adolph Rickenbacker applies for a patent on the Electric Guitar.
-H.P. Lovecraft writes At the Mountains of Madness (serialized in 1936)
-Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi, appears on the silver screen.
-Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff, appears on the silver screen.
-Dick Tracy arrives in newspaper comics as "Plainclothes Tracy."
1932
-Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
-Karl Jansky discovers radio waves coming from space.
-Charles Lindbergh's infant son is kidnapped.
-Roosevelt Elected President.
-Stalin institutes a forced famine in the Ukraine, killing 7 million people.
-NFL's first playoff game was played at Chicago Stadium. Bears 9, Spartans 0.
-Iraq achieves independance from Britain.
-Shiro Ishii begins his preliminary experiments with Biochemical warfare.
-Murder, Inc. hired by Luciano for Syndicate-ordered assassinations.
-FBI's Law Enforcement Bulletin, better known as "Most Wanted", implemented.
-FBI's Federal Crime Lab Established.
-US Post Office increases first class postage from 2¢ to 3¢ & air mail from 5¢ to 8¢ per oz.
-The Cipher Bureau breaks the German Enigma cipher.
-Sir James Chadwick discovers the neutron.
-Route 66 opens connecting Chicago, IL to Los Angeles, CA.
-Ford introduces the V-8 motor.
-The Radio City Music Hall opens in New York City.
-Buck Rogers airs on CBS radio.
-Conan the Barbarian debuts in Weird Tales magazine.
-The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff, appears on the silver screen.
-The Island of Dr. Moreau is shown in theaters.
-White Zombie, starring Bela Lugosi, appears on the silver screen.
1933
-Prohibition repealed with the XXI Amendment.
-Guiseppe Zangara, an Italian anachist, attemptes to assassinate President Roosevelt.
-Kansas City Massacre committed by "Pretty Boy" Floyd in an attempt to free Frank Nash.
-Construction begins on San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.
-The Loch Ness Monster caught on film.
-Adolf Hitler named Chancellor of Germany.
-Hitler makes concordat with the Vatican.
-The Nazis erect the first concentration camps in Germany.
-Germany withdraws from League of Nations.
-The airship USS Akron crashed off the New Jersey coast during sever weather.
-Work begins on Villa Gustav Winter, a secret Nazi base on Fuerteventura, Canary Islands.
-The Gestapo, the secret police force of Nazi Germany established.
-Albert Einstein flees from Nazi Germany.
-Chicago hosts the World's Fair.
-Wiley Post completes first solo airplane flight around the world.
-First transatlantic air line links Africa to South America.
-Blood typing is used as evidence in murder trials.
-Unemployment reaches 24.9%.
-Doc Savage appears in print.
-King Kong climbs the Empire State Building.
-Shangri-La described in the novel Lost Horizon.
-Ford introduces a car radio tailor made for the dashboard.
1934
-Alcatraz Island established as a federal prison.
-Bonnie & Clyde were shot to death in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, LA.
-"Pretty Boy" Floyd gunned down by Federal agents.
-John Dillinger, killed outside a cinema in Chicago by federal agents.
-Baby Face Nelson died after a gun battle on Hwy 14 with federal agents.
-Al Capone moved from federal prison in Atlanta to Alcatraz (cell #181).
-Boston Police begin using the two-way radio.
-The drought covers 27 states, 75% of the country, the worst in US history.
-US experiences its hottest year on record.
-National Firearms Act passed, restricting the sale of machineguns and others arms.
-"Night of the Long Knives" carried out by Hitler against the "Storm Battalion" (SA).
-Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany.
-USSR joins League of Nations.
-Death Ray Machine claimed to be invented by Cleveland Scientist.
-Fritz Lang director of Metropolis and M Leaves Nazi Germany.
-Flash Gordon makes his first appearance in the New York American Journal.
-Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie is published.
and now it's 1935....
Timeline found here
-The 18th Amendment goes into effect, established Prohibition, which made the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages illegal.
1929
-October 24th, 1929 - Black Thursday, Marks the beginning of the great depression.
1930
-The planet Pluto is discovered.
-En route to India, British Airship R101 crashes in France.
-Radar used to detect airborne objects.
-American Interplanetary Society founded.
-Russian biologist Ilya Ivanov arrested for failing to produce human-ape hybrid for Stalin.
-Wonder sliced bread introduced to the market.
-Constantinople renamed Istanbul.
-Federal Bureau of Narcotics formed.
-US War Department approves plan to invade, seize and annex Canada.
-The game Battleship produced by the Milton Bradley Company.
-The Shadow Appears on CBS Radio & In Print.
-The Lone Ranger makes his radio debut.
-Sherlock Holmes debuts on radio.
-Betty Boop debuts in "Dizzy Dishes".
1931
-Al Capone convicted of income tax evasion & sentenced to 11 years in prison.
-"The Night of the Sicilian Vespers", Lucky Luciano assassinates mob competitors.
-The Castellammarese War ends in NYC.
-Dust Bowl begins, thanks to a drought that continues on until 1939.
-The Empire State Building is opened, making it the world's tallest structure.
-Amelia Earhardt is first president of the 99s, the Association of -Female Aviators.
-Mao Tse-Tung elected Chairman of the Soviet Republic of China.
-Japan invades Manchuria, effectively the first shot of World War II.
-Robert Johnson sells his soul at the intersection of Highways 61 and 49.
-Thomas Edison dies at the age of 84
-Adolph Rickenbacker applies for a patent on the Electric Guitar.
-H.P. Lovecraft writes At the Mountains of Madness (serialized in 1936)
-Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi, appears on the silver screen.
-Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff, appears on the silver screen.
-Dick Tracy arrives in newspaper comics as "Plainclothes Tracy."
1932
-Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
-Karl Jansky discovers radio waves coming from space.
-Charles Lindbergh's infant son is kidnapped.
-Roosevelt Elected President.
-Stalin institutes a forced famine in the Ukraine, killing 7 million people.
-NFL's first playoff game was played at Chicago Stadium. Bears 9, Spartans 0.
-Iraq achieves independance from Britain.
-Shiro Ishii begins his preliminary experiments with Biochemical warfare.
-Murder, Inc. hired by Luciano for Syndicate-ordered assassinations.
-FBI's Law Enforcement Bulletin, better known as "Most Wanted", implemented.
-FBI's Federal Crime Lab Established.
-US Post Office increases first class postage from 2¢ to 3¢ & air mail from 5¢ to 8¢ per oz.
-The Cipher Bureau breaks the German Enigma cipher.
-Sir James Chadwick discovers the neutron.
-Route 66 opens connecting Chicago, IL to Los Angeles, CA.
-Ford introduces the V-8 motor.
-The Radio City Music Hall opens in New York City.
-Buck Rogers airs on CBS radio.
-Conan the Barbarian debuts in Weird Tales magazine.
-The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff, appears on the silver screen.
-The Island of Dr. Moreau is shown in theaters.
-White Zombie, starring Bela Lugosi, appears on the silver screen.
1933
-Prohibition repealed with the XXI Amendment.
-Guiseppe Zangara, an Italian anachist, attemptes to assassinate President Roosevelt.
-Kansas City Massacre committed by "Pretty Boy" Floyd in an attempt to free Frank Nash.
-Construction begins on San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.
-The Loch Ness Monster caught on film.
-Adolf Hitler named Chancellor of Germany.
-Hitler makes concordat with the Vatican.
-The Nazis erect the first concentration camps in Germany.
-Germany withdraws from League of Nations.
-The airship USS Akron crashed off the New Jersey coast during sever weather.
-Work begins on Villa Gustav Winter, a secret Nazi base on Fuerteventura, Canary Islands.
-The Gestapo, the secret police force of Nazi Germany established.
-Albert Einstein flees from Nazi Germany.
-Chicago hosts the World's Fair.
-Wiley Post completes first solo airplane flight around the world.
-First transatlantic air line links Africa to South America.
-Blood typing is used as evidence in murder trials.
-Unemployment reaches 24.9%.
-Doc Savage appears in print.
-King Kong climbs the Empire State Building.
-Shangri-La described in the novel Lost Horizon.
-Ford introduces a car radio tailor made for the dashboard.
1934
-Alcatraz Island established as a federal prison.
-Bonnie & Clyde were shot to death in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, LA.
-"Pretty Boy" Floyd gunned down by Federal agents.
-John Dillinger, killed outside a cinema in Chicago by federal agents.
-Baby Face Nelson died after a gun battle on Hwy 14 with federal agents.
-Al Capone moved from federal prison in Atlanta to Alcatraz (cell #181).
-Boston Police begin using the two-way radio.
-The drought covers 27 states, 75% of the country, the worst in US history.
-US experiences its hottest year on record.
-National Firearms Act passed, restricting the sale of machineguns and others arms.
-"Night of the Long Knives" carried out by Hitler against the "Storm Battalion" (SA).
-Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany.
-USSR joins League of Nations.
-Death Ray Machine claimed to be invented by Cleveland Scientist.
-Fritz Lang director of Metropolis and M Leaves Nazi Germany.
-Flash Gordon makes his first appearance in the New York American Journal.
-Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie is published.
and now it's 1935....
Timeline found here