1930-1940 time line

By hobopete

  • rum runners

    186 people in chicago were indicted in a rum running buisness that was supposibly worth $50,000,000.

  • Al Capone

    The famous gangster was reliesed from jail on this day.

  • National Anthem

    U.S. Officially Gets National Anthem. This is the date by which the law was passed to make it the real national anthem

  • Lindbergh baby

    This is the date that the lindberghs baby was kidnapped due to his fame for his strives in avation

  • the atom

    John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton split a atom's nucleus for the first time.

  • u.s gold standard

    on this date the u.s goes of the gold standard. which now means that the money is not directly valued and the worth of gold.

  • NRA

    This is when the NRA was founded. this National Recovery Administration. This organazation made more laws for working. It was for industry but was made to make rules to keep it in check.

  • bonnie and clyde

    This is the date which these famous criminals were shot down by the police.

  • Spanish Civil War Begins

    This was the major conflict that devastated spain at the time. It lasted all the way till 1939. The Nationalists recieve support from Germany, Italy, and portugal.

  • The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact

    This was the soviet union and russias pact to not attack eachother. But yet they both invaded poland at the same time. It was inplace till june 22nd 1941 when Germany then invaded Russia.