Sign
of the
Times
1930
- Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience campaign in India
- The Great Depression deepens
- In German elections, Socialists and Communists win more seats, starting the set-up of events to come
1931
- Mrs. Hattie T. Caraway (Arkansas), is first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate
- William Chamberlain born
1932
- Japan occupies Shanghai
- Lindbergh baby kidnapped
- Nazis win more seat in Germany
- Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes 32nd president;introduces "New Deal"
- Brave New Worldpublished
1933
- Prohibition is repealed
- Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
- U.S. banks close