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Physicists Lise Meitner and Otto Frisch send papers to a London journal that confirm the process of splitting atoms: a term they coin "nuclear fission"
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' general release. The biggest grossing film of the decade. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s2/time/1938/snowwhite.html
On May 6 the Hindenburg explodes at Lakehurst, N.J., killing 36 peoplehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F54rqDh2mWA
The first building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio, for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company.http://footage.shutterstock.com/clip-772390-stock-footage-time-lapse-of-clouds-moving-across-glass-building.html
The first round-the-world telephone conversation is routed from New York to San Francisco, Indonesia, Holland, England, and back to New York.
NHL Stanley Cup won by Chicago Black Hawks, who beat the Detroit Red Wings three to one.
Roosevelt asks for $10,500,000,000 to advance his recovery program for the next 18 months
It was 1934 which brought the Dust Bowl to national attention. In May, a severe storm blew dirt from Texas, Oklahoma and More
USC wins the the college football national championship by defeating Tulane 21-12 in the Rose Bowl
Al Capone arrested on perjury charge
The first three Nancy Drew mysteries are introduced to the public
Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh on February 18, 1930. The discovery was based on the motions of Uranus and Neptune.
The first Mickey Mouse comic strip is published in the New York Mirror
It is generally recognized that Black Tuesday was the beginning of the Great Depression.
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