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 1928 - 1941 (13 years)
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| 1 | 1910 |
- 6 May 1910—20 Jan 1936: George V. Ruler of England 1910-1936. House of Windsor (name adopted Jul 17, 1917): 2nd son of Edward VII, married Princess Mary of Teck. Accession, Jan 20, abdication, Dec 10.HistoricUK
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| 2 | 1928 |
- 13 Jan 1928: The first television sets are installed in Schenectady, New York.MIT RM
- 18 Sep 1928: The Graf Zeppelin takes off on its maiden flight.Airships WingNet
- 28 Sep 1928: Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.NIH PBS
- 12 Oct 1928: A young polio sufferer at Children's Hospital in Boston becomes the first person to use the iron lung artificial respirator.W I R E D BMag
- 6 Nov 1928: Herbert Clark Hoover is elected 31st president of the United States of America, 1929 - 1933.USEA
- 18 Nov 1928: Mickey Mouse makes his silver screen premier in Steamboat Willie.MoMA TIME
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| 3 | 1929 |
- 8 Aug 1929: The Graf Zeppelin begins its round-the-world flight.WingNet TDiA
- 29 Oct 1929: The Great Depression in the United States begins with the crash of the stock market, Black Tuesday.TIME BT
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| 4 | 1930 |
- 18 Feb 1930: Pluto is discovered.Lowell EarthSky
- 13 Mar 1930: The discovery of the planet Pluto is announced by its discover Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory.APS Lowell
- 6 Apr 1930: The Twinkie is invented.NPR Trib
- 21 Apr 1930: 320 inmates die in a fire at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus, many burning to death when their cell doors are not unlocked.OHC QRFS
- 12 May 1930: The first planetarium in the U. S., the Adler Planetarium, opens to the public.Adler CCT
- 15 May 1930: The first female flight attendant takes off.AJC UAHF
- 24 Jun 1930: Preliminary testing of what will later become Radar begins.I&T GoogleBooks
- 7 Jul 1930: Construction of the Hoover Dam begins.Tucson CC
- 9 Aug 1930: Betty Boop makes her first appearance.VN KF
- 12 Aug 1930: Clarence Birdseye receives a patent for the production of quick-frozen fish.MassMoments npr
- 20 Aug 1930: W2XCR begins broadcasting from Jersey City, New Jersey, with first demonstration of home reception of television.ET GoogleBooks
- 8 Sep 1930: 3M rolls out Scotch© Brand Cellulose Tape, later renamed Scotch Transparent Tape.ACS FV
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| 5 | 1931 |
- 19 Mar 1931: Gambling becomes legal in Nevada.NRA LoA
- 1 May 1931: The Empire State Building opens.LoC HDC
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| 6 | 1932 |
- 12 Jan 1932: Hattie Caraway becomes the first women elected to the U. S. Senate.USCongress SIMag
- 1 Mar 1932: Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the 20-month-old son of the famous aviator and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, is kidnapped during the night.FBI CM
- 31 Mar 1932: Ford unveils its new flathead V8 engine.AH JJ
- 28 Apr 1932: A vaccine for yellow fever is introduced.NIH
- 8 Nov 1932: Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected the 32nd president of the United States of America, 1933 - 1945. He died in office on 12 April 1945.USEA
- 27 Dec 1932: Radio City Music Hall opens in New York City.LoC NYPAP
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| 7 | 1933 |
- 5 Jan 1933: Construction begins on the Golden Gate Bridge.SIMag GGB
- 25 Feb 1933: The USS Ranger, the first purpose-built aircraft carrier, is launched at Newport News, Virginia.NI&SHM USNavy
- 12 Mar 1933: Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first "fireside chat" is broadcast.npr MC-UVA
- 6 Jun 1933: The first drive-in movie theater opens in Camden, New Jersey.History.com DIT
- 10 Jun 1933: The Immigration and Naturalization Service is established.USCitizenship USNA
- 12 Jul 1933: The first Dymaxion is produced.AH tVN
- 22 Jul 1933: American aviator Wiley Post lands at Floyd Bennett Field in New York, completing the first solo flight around the world in 7 days, 18 hours, and 49 minutes.A&SMag PopMech
- 17 Oct 1933: Albert Einstein, his wife, his assistant and his collaberator/assistant arrive in New York harbor aboard the Westernland on his way to Princeton.IRC EDN
- 24 Oct 1933: Charles Brace Darrow copyrights his Monopoly game.LLG PI
- 12 Nov 1933: Hugh Gray takes the first photograph of the Loch Ness Monster.Nessie Hoaxes
- 5 Dec 1933: Prohibition ends.History.com TIME
- 30 Dec 1933: The lowest temperature in Vermont, -50°F, is recorded at Bloomfield.NetState UVM
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| 8 | 1934 |
- 29 Jan 1934: The lowest temperature in New Hampshire is -47°F recorded on Mount Washington.NetState WA
- 12 Apr 1934: The highest surface wind measured anywhere on earth was clocked by the staff of the Mount Washington Observatory at 231 mph.MWOBS WU
- 23 May 1934: Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are ambushed and killed by police officers in Louisiana ending their crime spree.FBI TXArchive
- 2 Aug 1934: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer.USHMM JVL
- 15 Aug 1934: Otis Barton and William Beebe make the first deep sea dive in their Bathysphere.NOAA APS
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| 9 | 1935 |
- 11 Jan 1935—12 Jan 1935: Amelia Earhart takes off on the first solo flight from Hawaii to California.
 PBS
- 24 May 1935: Major League Baseball plays its first night game.SABR NBHoF
- 2 Jun 1935: Babe Ruth retires.TIME ESPN
- 16 Jul 1935: The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City.GIZMODO ExpiredMeter
- 14 Aug 1935: The Social Security Act is passed establishing a system of old-age benefits.SSA OurDocs
- 15 Aug 1935: The Social Security Act becomes law.OurDocs USNA
- 17 Dec 1935: The Douglas DC-3, the most successful passenger airliner ever, takes its first flight.A&S AFMag
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| 10 | 1936 |
- 20 Jan 1936—11 Dec 1936: Edward VIII. Ruler of England 1936. House of Windsor (name adopted Jul 17, 1917): Eldest son of George V.HistoricUK
- 5 Mar 1936: The prototype of the British Supermarine Spitfire flies for the first time.SI Bonhams
- 21 Mar 1936: Snow melt and ice blocks causes flooding along the Connecticut River Valley saving the worst for Springfield, Massachusetts.MassMoments USNI
- 7 Jul 1936: Henry F. Phillips receives patents for a new kind of screw and the new screwdriver needed to make it work.W I R E D F-a-P
- 7 Sep 1936: The last known Tasmanian Tiger dies in captivity.NMA AusGeo
- 9 Oct 1936: The Hoover Dam begins sending electricity to Los Angeles.LoC W&PA
- 23 Nov 1936: The first issue of Life Magazine is published.LIFE WHP
- 11 Dec 1936—6 Feb 1952: George VI. Ruler of England 1936-1952. House of Windsor (name adopted Jul 17, 1917): 2nd son of George V, Duke of York; married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.HistoricUK
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| 11 | 1937 |
- 16 Feb 1937: Linear Condensation Polymer, better known as Nylon, is patented by Wallace Carothers of DuPont.SN AH
- 26 Apr 1937: Nazis test their new air force, destroying the Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain, inspiring the Picasso anti-war painting.Zinn PBS
- 6 May 1937: The Hindenburg, a rigid airship, explodes while attempting to land at Lakehurst, New Jersey.Airships SIMag
- 28 May 1937: The Golden Gate Bridge opens to vehicular traffic.GGB PBS
- 4 Jun 1937: The first shopping cart rolls out at the Humpty Dumpty supermarket in Oklahoma City.W I R E D SI
- 2 Jul 1937: Amelia Earhart disappears on her quest to be the first person to fly around the world.TIME USNA
- 21 Dec 1937: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first animated full-length movie, premieres.History.com Disney
- 22 Dec 1937: The center tube of the Lincoln Tunnel opens to automobile traffic.PANYNJ AH
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| 12 | 1938 |
- 24 Feb 1938: The first nylon-bristled toothbrushes, the first modern toothbrushes, go on sale.W I R E D SM.UK
- 6 Apr 1938: DuPont chemist Roy Plunkett accidentally invents Teflon.W I R E D Teflon
- 21 Sep 1938: The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 slams into Long Island and southern New England.NOAA NEHS
- 22 Oct 1938: The first xerographic copy is made in a laboratory in Astoria, Queens, New York, the birth of Xerox. SIMag APS
- 30 Oct 1938: Orson Welles broadcasts "The War of the Worlds," from a New York City studio causing a panic.SIMag WotW.org
- 16 Nov 1938: Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is first synthesized by Dr. Albert Hofmann.CV PSR
- 23 Dec 1938: A coelacanth, previously known only from fossil evidence, is caught in the Chalumna River, near East London, South Africa. Nature SD
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| 13 | 1939 |
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| 14 | 1940 |
- 27 Feb 1940: Carbon-14 is discovered by scientists Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben working at the University of California at Berkeley making it now possible to date once living material.W I R E D BerkLab
- 15 May 1940: The first McDonald's restaurant opens in San Bernardino, California.RestMag LoC
- 26 May 1940—4 Jun 1940: British forces begin evacuation of France through Dunkirk.EB TheTelegraph
- 10 Jul 1940: The Battle of Britain begins.FWR
- 12 Sep 1940: The Lascaux Cave paintings are discovered.VVD YouTube
- 27 Sep 1940: Germany, Italy and Japan sign a treaty of mutual assistance - the Tripartite Pact.Avalon WHP
- 26 Oct 1940: The P-51 Mustang takes its maiden flight with test pilot Vance Breese.MM DW
- 7 Nov 1940: "Galloping Gertie", the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, collapses due to high winds.WSDOT KIRO7
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| 15 | 1941 |
- 12 Feb 1941: The first human trials of penicillin begin.Forbes NIH
- 12 May 1941: The first fully functional, programmable computer is unveiled.W I R E D CHM
- 9 Jul 1941: The Enigma key is broken.MSN History.com
- 30 Oct 1941: FDR approves $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid for the USSR.USState JVL
- 31 Oct 1941: Mt. Rushmore is completed.NPS
- 1 Dec 1941: The Civil Air Patrol is established.GovInfo CAP
- 7 Dec 1941: The forces of the Japanese Empire attack the U. S. Fleet while it lies at anchor at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.USNavy NPS
- 8 Dec 1941: The U. S. declares war on Japan.Avalon USNA
- 12 Dec 1941: Adolf Hitler personally orders the mass extermination of European Jews during a meeting of Nazi German regional governors in the chancellery.AH.dk SIMag
- 26 Dec 1941: Thanksgiving is established as the 4th Thursday in November.USNA LoC
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