1930 was the first year of the great depression , television was just starting to gain momentum but the high unemployment of 8.9% caused problems in every area of life . This was felt worldwide and many countries could see political change starting for example Germany where Adolf Hitler's National Socialists become the second largest party.
Cost of Living 1930
How Much things cost in 1930The Yearly Inflation Percentage USA ? UK - 2.8%
Average Cost of new house $7,145.00
Average wages per year $1,970.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 10 cents
Average Cost for house rent $15.00 per month
A loaf of Bread 9 cents
A LB of Hamburger Meat 13 cents
Magic Chef Gas Cooker $195.00
Pontiac Big Six Car $745.00
Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Stirling
Average House Price 590
Popular Culture
- FILM All Quiet on the Western Front
- SONG Three Little Words Duke Ellington
- SONG Strike up the band Red Nichols
- The US Population reaches 123 million
- Frozen Foods are sold commercially for the first time
What Events Happened in 1930
- The United States embarks on an ambitious programme of Public Works to regenerate the economy including the building of the Boulder Dam ( Hoover Dam )
- President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff bill which raised duties on imports
- Mohandas Gandhi informs British viceroy of India that civil disobedience would begin in demonstration against British rule.
- Following the Wall Street Crash 1350 banks in the US fail
- The City of Constantinople in Turkey changes its name to Istanbul
- Fire at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 320 inmates
- UK Unemployment Reaches 1 million
- US Unemployment is 8.7% of the population
- The Empire State Building Opens ( Chrysler Building )
- Alphonse Capone ( Scarface ) gangster is jailed for income tax evasion
- Mahatma Gandhi and his followers begin a 200 mile march to the salt beds of Jalalpur
- Mahatma Gandhi taken into British police custody
- Uruguay wins the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay defeating Argentina
- Prohibition Enforcement is Strengthened and moved to the justice department
- The first flight across the South Atlantic From Germany to Brazil of the Graf Zeppelin Airship
Technology
- Amy Johnson lands in Darwin Australia, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia
- For the first time anywhere in the world, a television drama is broadcast. The drama is a production of Luigi Pirandello's The Man With the Flower in His Mouth; it is broadcast by the BBC from Baird's studios at 133 Long Acre, London.
- Frank Whittle patents the Jet Engine
- Sliced bread Goes on Sale in England for the first time
- The Chrysler Building in New York is Completed
- Clyde Tombaugh Discovers Pluto the ninth planet in our solar system
Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use )
Jet Engine England by Frank Whittle
Sticky Tape USA
Frozen Food USA Clarence Birdseye
Some of the Products You May Have Seen Advertised in 1930
