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.
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Cost of Living 1930

How Much things cost The 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

Prices for UK guides in Pounds Sterling , 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




Born This Year 1930

Neil Armstrong August 5th
Sean Connery August 25th
Warren Buffett August 30th
Steve McQueen March 24th
Buzz Aldrin January 20th -- Glen Ridge, New Jersey, U.S.
The Big Bopper October 24th -- Sabine Pass, Texas, USA
Ray Charles September 23rd -- Albany, Georgia, USA
Ray Charles September 23rd -- Albany, Georgia, USA
Clint Eastwood May 31st -- San Francisco, California, U.S.
Gene Hackman January 30th -- San Bernardino, California, U.S
Princess Margaret August 21st -- Glamis Castle, Scotland
Sandra Day O'Connor March 26th -- El Paso, Texas, U.S
Harold Pinter October 10th -- Hackney, East London, England


What News Events Happened

U.S.
  • The United States embarks on an ambitious programme of Public Works to regenerate the economy including the building of the Boulder Dam ( Hoover Dam )
U.S.
  • President Herbert Hoover signs the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff bill on June 17th which raised duties on imports
India
  • Mohandas Gandhi informs British viceroy of India that civil disobedience would begin in demonstration against British rule.
U.S.
  • Following the Wall Street Crash 1350 banks in the US fail
Turkey
  • The City of Constantinople in Turkey changes its name to Istanbul
Dominican Republic
  • Hurricane Strikes Dominican Republic With 200 mph winds leaving more than 8,000 people dead.
U.S.
  • Fire at Ohio State Penitentiary on April 21st kills 320 inmates
UK
  • UK Unemployment Reaches 1 million
UK
  • Britain's Largest Airship the R101 crashes in Beauvais, France, killing all on board.
U.S.
  • US 1930 Unemployment figures show 8.7% of the population are unemployed
U.S.
  • US suffers worst ever drought causing hardship in farming community and leading to dust bowl years
U.S.
  • Gangsters ( Scarface ) gangster is jailed for income tax evasion
India
  • Mahatma Gandhi and his followers begin a 200 mile march to the salt beds of Jalalpur
India
  • Mahatma Gandhi taken into British police custody
Uruquay
  • Uruguay wins the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay defeating Argentina
Argentina
  • Military Coup In Argentina
Ethiopia
  • Haile Selassie is crowned Emperor / "King of Kings of Ethiopia"
U.S.
  • Prohibition Enforcement is Strengthened and moved to the justice department
Germany
  • The first flight across the South Atlantic From Germany to Brazil of the Graf Zeppelin Airship


Technology

Australia
  • Amy Johnson lands in Darwin Australia on May 24th, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia
UK
  • 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.
UK
  • Frank Whittle patents the Jet Engine
UK
  • Sliced bread Goes on Sale in England for the first time
U.S.
  • The Chrysler Building in New York is Completed
Space
  • 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

Major World Political Leaders

Australia Prime Minister James Scullin Brazil President Washington Luís Till 24 October
Brazil President Military Joint Tri From 24 October
Canada Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King till August 6,
Canada Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett From August 7,
Italy Prime Minister Benito Mussolini

Japan Prime Minister Osachi Hamaguchi Mexico President Emilio Portes Gil Till 5 February
Mexico President Pascual Ortiz Rubio From 5 February
Russia / Soviet Union
General Secretary of the Central Committee Joseph Stalin South Africa Prime Minister James Barry Munnik Hertzog United States President Herbert Hoover United Kingdom Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald

Political Elections


Canadian Federal Election 1930 Richard Bennett ( Conservative ) defeats William Lyon Mackenzie King ( Liberal ).