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THE CRAZY 1930s!!! By: Patrick Murphy 1930s!
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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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1930 Percival Lowell Clyde Tombaugh
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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
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1931 Paul Landowski
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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!
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1 9 3 2 Amelia Earhart
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1933: The First Concentration Camp, Dachau, is Established EEEEstablished in March, 1933 LLLLocated on an old weapon’s factory in Southern Germany FFFFirst prisoners were political opponents of the Nazi regime LLLLiberated on April 29, 1945 OOOOver 180000 people were killed at Dachau
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Entrance to Dachau Camp 1933 Crematorium Inmates Survivors
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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
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1 9 3 4 Creator of MONOPOLY: Charles Darrow
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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
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1935 Chart for Determining If You Are a Jew Aryan Proclamation of Nuremberg Race Laws Jews
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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.
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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
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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
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Cont. WWWWas aflame in 34 seconds 33335 of 97 men and women survived
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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 1938: Extinct Fish Called A Coelacanth, is Found
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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…
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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
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CITATION PAGE!!.
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Cont.. < http://www.ameliaearhart.com/about/fastfacts.html..
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THE END
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