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1930s!. THE CRAZY 1930s!!!. By: Patrick Murphy. 1930: Pluto Was Discovered. Discovered on February 18, 1930 Discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh Officially called a planet on March 13, 1930 Has three moons Has a surface temperature of -235 degrees Celsius to -210 degrees Celsius.
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1930s! THE CRAZY 1930s!!! By: Patrick Murphy
1930: Pluto Was Discovered • Discovered on February 18, 1930 • Discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh • Officially called a planet on March 13, 1930 • Has three moons • Has a surface temperature of -235 degrees Celsius to -210 degrees Celsius
Percival Lowell 1930 Clyde Tombaugh
1931: Christ The Redeemer Statue is Dedicated to Brazil • Was dedicated on October 21, 1931 • Project was started in 1921 • In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Statue was sculpted by Paul Landowski • 98 feet tall • Took five years to construct
1931 Paul Landowski
1932: Amelia Earhart Was the First Woman to Fly Solo Across the Atlantic Ocean • Made the famous flight on May 20-21 1932 • Born on July 24, 1897 • Taught to fly by Neta Snook, the first woman to graduate from the Curtiss School of Aviation • Received her pilot’s license in October 1922 • Set many aviation records throughout her career Amelia Earhart!
1932 Amelia Earhart
1933: The First Concentration Camp, Dachau, is Established • Established in March, 1933 • Located on an old weapon’s factory in Southern Germany • First prisoners were political opponents of the Nazi regime • Liberated on April 29, 1945 • Over 180000 people were killed at Dachau
Entrance to Dachau Camp 1933 Survivors Inmates Crematorium
1934: MONOPOLY is Created • Was created by Charles Darrow • It was the height of the Great Depression • In MONOPOLY’s first year, it was the number one best-selling game in America • The longest MONOPOLY game lasted 70 days • Is published in 27 languages, not including the Braille edition
1934 Creator of MONOPOLY: Charles Darrow
1935: Nuremberg Race Laws Are Instituted • The Nuremberg Race Laws were Instituted on September 15, 1935 • The laws took away Jewish political rights • They also defined Judaism as a race, and not a religion • Had certain guidelines to determine if you were a Jew • Excluded German Jews from German citizenship
1935 Jews Chart for Determining If You Are a Jew Aryan Proclamation of Nuremberg Race Laws
This is one of the charts that was posted all around for people to look at. This chart, like many others, determined if you were to be classified as a Jew.
1936: Hoover Dam is Finished • Project authorized in 1928 • Originally called “Boulder Canyon Project” • On boarder of Arizona and Nevada on the Colorado River • Was built to provide electricity to California • 726 feet tall • 1244 feet wide
1937: The Hindenburg Disaster • Took off on May 3, 1937 from Frankfurt, Germany • Was the first trip between U.S. and Europe of the 1937 season • Had 36 passengers and 61 crew members • Arrival time was pushed back because of a storm • A little flame was seen at the tail of the ship during landing
Cont. • Was aflame in 34 seconds • 35 of 97 men and women survived
1938: Extinct Fish Called A Coelacanth, is Found • Thought to have gone extinct 65 million years ago with dinosaurs • In 1938,Found off the coast of Indonesia by a museum curator • Many scientist believe that the coelacanth represents evolution of fish to four-legged amphibians • Live in depths of 2300 feet • 6.5 feet long 198 pounds • About 1000 left
1939: The S.S. St. Louis, Jewish Refugee Ship, is Denied Everywhere • The S.S. St. Louis took off on May 13, 1939 • It was to take Jewish refugees to Cuba, where they would wait for entry into the U.S. • When they reached Cuba, they were denied • They traveled to other islands, but were denied everywhere…
Cont. • Jews got scared of returning to Nazi control in Germany • Some of them committed suicide • Had to return to Europe • Countries throughout Europe took portions of refugees • None of the refugees had to return to Germany
CITATION PAGE!! • <http://history1900s.about.com/od/1930s/qt/Pluto.htm>. • <http://nineplanets.org/pluto.html>. • <http://www.garden-fountains.com/famous-statues/christ-the-redeemer.htm>. • <http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/Christ_the_Redeemer,_Rio_de_Janeiro,_Brazil>. • <http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/earhart/EX29.htm>. • <http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007695>. • <http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Ge-Hy/Hoover-Dam.html>. • <http://history1900s.about.com/cs/disasters/a/hindenburgcrash.htm>. • <http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/coelacanth>. • <http://history1900s.about.com/od/holocaust/a/stlouis.htm>. • <http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005214>. • <http://www.hasbro.com/monopoly/en_US/discover/history.cfm>. • <http://library.thinkquest.org/28327/html/universe/solar_system/planets/pluto/exploration/discovery_of_pluto.html>. • <http://www.ameliaearhartmuseum.org/AmeliaEarhart/AEBiography.htm>. • <http://www.biography.com/people/amelia-earhart-9283280>.
Cont. • <http://www.kz-gedenkstaette-dachau.de/index-e.html>. • <http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/othercamps/dachau.html>. • <http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/monopoly.htm>. • <http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa121997.htm>. • <http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/nurem-laws.htm>. • <http://frank.mtsu.edu/~baustin/nurmlaw2.html>. • <http://www.arizona-leisure.com/hoover-dam-building.html>. • <http://hooverdamtourcompany.com/hooverdam.html>. • <http://www.nlhs.com/hindenburg.htm>. • <http://www.unmuseum.org/hindenburg.htm>. • <http://www.dinofish.com/discoa.htm>. • <extinctanimal.com/the_coelacanth.htm>. • <www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/stlouis.html>. • <http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005267>. • < http://www.ameliaearhart.com/about/fastfacts.html. • <http://www.ameliaearhart.com/about/fastfacts.html>.
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