Explore 2180 historical events from 1930–1939.
The Afsluitdijk is a major dam and causeway in the Netherlands. It was constructed between 1927 and 1932 and runs from Den Oever in North Holland province to the village of Zurich …
In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJ
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …
World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D
Marmaduke Grove Vallejo, was a Chilean Air Force officer, political figure and member of the Government Junta of the Socialist Republic of Chile in 1932.
Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic o
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow, is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.
Myriam Bru is a French retired actress and the wife of German actor Horst Buchholz, to whom she was married from 1958 until his death in 2003. She appeared in 16 films between 1952…
Myriam Bru, French actress
The Bonus Army, a group of 43,000 demonstrators—17,000 veterans of U.S. involvement in World War I, their families, and affiliated groups—gathered in Washington, D.C., in mid-1932 …
Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U
The Siamese revolution of 1932 or Siamese coup d'état of 1932 was a coup d'état by the Khana Ratsadon which occurred in Siam on 24 June 1932. It ended Siam's centuries-long absolut…
A bloodless revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailan
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australia's principal public-service broadcaster. It operates across television, radio, and the web to provide news and current aff…
Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed.
São Paulo is one of the 26 states of the Federative Republic of Brazil and is named after Saint Paul of Tarsus. It is located in the Southeast Region and is bordered by the states …
The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution.
Altona Bloody Sunday is the name given to the events of 17 July 1932 when a recruitment march by the Nazi SA led to violent clashes between the police, the SA and supporters of the…
Altona Bloody Sunday: A riot between the Nazi Party paramilitary forces, the SS and SA, and the German Communist Party…
Locksley Wellington Hampton was an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger. As his nickname implies, Hampton's main instrument was slide trombone, but he also occasionally …
Slide Hampton, African-American trombonist and composer (died 2021)
Elaine Iva May is an American actress, comedian, writer, and director. She first gained fame in the 1950s for her improvisational comedy routines with Mike Nichols before going on …
Elaine May, American actress, comedian, director, and screenwriter
Florence Angela Margaret Mortimer-Barrett was a British world No. 1 tennis player. Mortimer won three major singles titles: the 1955 French Championships, the 1958 Australian Champ…
Angela Mortimer, English tennis player (died 2025)
The 1932 Prussian coup d'état or Preußenschlag took place on 20 July 1932, when Reich President Paul von Hindenburg, at the request of Franz von Papen, then Reich Chancellor of Ger…
In the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government.
The Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. The period was characterized by high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industri…
During the Great Depression, U.S. president Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus…
The Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. The period was characterized by high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industri…
Great Depression: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans using…
Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the …
Premiere of Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award…
Maurice "Maury" Meyers was an American politician who served four non-consecutive terms as Mayor of Beaumont, Texas. He is well known in the city as a progressive and economic mind…
Maury Meyers, American lawyer and politician (died 2014)
Roy Halston Frowick, known mononymously as Halston, was an American fashion designer. His minimalist, fluid designs helped define the look of 1970s American style. Halston was know…
Halston, American fashion designer (died 1990)
James Fuller Fixx was an American who wrote the 1977 best-selling book The Complete Book of Running; he is credited with helping start America's fitness revolution by popularizing …
Jim Fixx, American runner and author (died 1984)
Rafał Gan-Ganowicz was a Polish soldier-in-exile, mercenary, journalist, member of the National Council of Poland, and political and social activist, dedicating his life to anti-co…
Rafał Gan-Ganowicz, Polish mercenary, activist, and journalist (died 2002)
Nikolai Semyonovich Kardashev was a Soviet and Russian astrophysicist best known for the Kardashev scale, which measures a civilization's status in technological evolution based on…
Nikolai Kardashev, Russian astrophysicist (died 2019)
Fernando Botero Angulo was a Colombian figurative artist and sculptor. His signature style, also known as "Boterismo", depicts people and figures in large, exaggerated volume, whic…
Fernando Botero, Colombian painter and sculptor (died 2023)
Meadowlark Lemon was an American basketball player, actor, and Christian minister. For 22 years, he was known as the "Clown Prince" of the touring Harlem Globetrotters basketball t…
Meadowlark Lemon, African-American basketball player and minister (died 2015)