1930s
decade
The 1930s was the decade that began on January 1, 1930 and ended on December 31, 1939.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1900s 1910s 1920s – 1930s – 1940s 1950s 1960s |
| Years: | 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
Events Edit
- Great Depression
- Dust Bowl
- 1930-1933 famine in Soviet Union kills millions
- 1933 – Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
- 1933 – Prohibition ends in the United States
- 1939 – The start of World War II
- Nancy Drew books debut
Important people Edit
Actor Edit
- Actor Cary Grant (United States)
- Actor Charles Boyer (France)
- Actor Fred Astaire (United States)
- Actor Fred MacMurray (United States)
- Actor Gene Reynolds (United States)
- Actor Humphrey Bogart (United States)
- Actor James Stewart (United States)
- Actor Lionel Barrymore (United States)
- Actor Melvyn Douglas (United States)
- Actor Robert Taylor (United States)
- Actor Spencer Tracy (United States)
- Actor William Holden (United States)
Actress Edit
- Actress Barbara Stanwyck (United States)
- Actress Deborah Kerr (United States)
- Actress Doris Day (United States)
- Actress Fay McKenzie (United States)
- Actress Gene Tierney (United States)
- Actress Ginger Rogers (United States)
- Actress Gloria Swanson (United States)
- Actress Greta Garbo (United States)
- Actress Peggy Stewart (United States)
World Leaders Edit
- President Paul von Hindenburg (Germany)
- Führer Adolf Hitler (Germany)
- King Faisal I (Iraq)
- President of the Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave (Ireland)
- President of the Executive Council Éamon de Valera (Ireland)
- Taoiseach Éamon de Valera (Ireland)
- King Victor Emmanuel III (Italy)
- Prime Minister Benito Mussolini (Italy)
- Emperor Hirohito (Japan)
- Sultan Mohammed V (Morocco)
- President Manuel L. Quezon (Philippines)
- Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar (Portugal)
- King Ananda Mahidol (Siam)
- General Secretary Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union)
- President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (Turkey)
- King George V (United Kingdom)
- King Edward VIII (United Kingdom)
- King George VI (United Kingdom)
- Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald (United Kingdom)
- Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin (United Kingdom)
- Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (United Kingdom)
- President Herbert Hoover (United States)
- Vice President Charles Curtis (United States)
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt (United States)
- Vice President John Nance Garner (United States)
- Holy Father Pope Pius XI (Vatican)
- Holy Father Pope Pius XII (Vatican)