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1930's
Money was scarce because of depression,
Movies were hot,
parlor games and board games were popular,
People gathered around radios to listen to the Yankees, Young people danced to the big bands. -
1960's
Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho Released, Brazil's Capital Moves to Brand New City, First Televised Presidential Debates, Lasers Invented, Most Powerful Earthquake Ever Recorded Hits Chile,
Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa,
Walsh and Piccard Become the First to Explore the Deepest Place on Earth -
2014
New president will be elected,
Winter Olympics,
August 24 – NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will cross the orbit of Neptune after travelling for over eight years. New Horizons is scheduled to reach its mission target, Pluto, in 2015.