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  • CrazyGraciegirl
    CrazyGraciegirl Posts: 227
    1926- Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle became the first woman to swim the English Channel
  • CrazyGraciegirl
    CrazyGraciegirl Posts: 227
    1927- Pan American Airways is formed.
    sorry I answered late.
  • auntiebabs
    auntiebabs Posts: 1,754 Member
    1928
    Home Pregnancy Test is first introduced, in france, which tests for the presence of hCG which doubles every 48 hrs during early pregnancy and is checked using a urine sample. Introduced by Selmar Aschheim and Bernard Zondek.

    (i'm kind of stunned by this one :noway: )
  • devonette
    devonette Posts: 263 Member
    1929 -- the Wall Street Stock Market Crashed on October 24, 1929
  • theartichoke
    theartichoke Posts: 816 Member
    1930 - Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh.
  • weighlossforbaby
    weighlossforbaby Posts: 847 Member
    Oct 1, 1932-Babe Ruth makes his famous called shot in the fifth inning of game 3 of the 1932 World Series.
  • KathieSwenson
    KathieSwenson Posts: 179
    1931 April 22 Egypt and Iraq sign peace treaty
  • Drenched_N_Motivation
    Drenched_N_Motivation Posts: 1,004 Member
    1932-


    The first Purple Heart was awarded.
  • 13519485
    13519485 Posts: 264
    27 February 1933 - The German Parliament building, the Reichstag, is set afire. The following day the Reichstag Fire Decree is passed which voids many German civil liberties.
  • fitnspin
    fitnspin Posts: 27 Member
    1933 - First draw of french Loterie Nationale. Winner won five millions of francs.
  • SunKissed1989
    SunKissed1989 Posts: 1,314 Member
    1934

    2nd August - Adolf Hitler became Fuhrer of Germany, becoming head of state as well as Chancellor.
  • TK266
    TK266 Posts: 3,638 Member
    1935: Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in New York City and the First Canned beer goes on sale.
  • Drenched_N_Motivation
    Drenched_N_Motivation Posts: 1,004 Member
    1935: Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in New York City and the First Canned beer goes on sale.


    LOL, nice timing.
  • celeste_xo
    celeste_xo Posts: 88
    1936: March 7 – In violation of the Treaty of Versailles, Nazi Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
  • chickabee5
    chickabee5 Posts: 90
    (May 27th) 1936 - RMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for NY on maiden voyage [http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1936]
  • chickabee5
    chickabee5 Posts: 90
    1936: March 7 – In violation of the Treaty of Versailles, Nazi Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.

    Damn you beat me to 1936 lol
  • Lib_B
    Lib_B Posts: 446 Member
    1937 Soap Opera "Guiding Light" premieres on radio
  • SunKissed1989
    SunKissed1989 Posts: 1,314 Member
    1937

    21st December - Walt Disney's "Snow White" premiered in selected theatres
  • neenie12
    neenie12 Posts: 40
    1938 - snow white general release
  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
    1939 September 1 – WWII:
    At 04.45 Central European Time, under cover of darkness, the German WW1-era battleship Schleswig-Holstein quietly slips her moorings at her wharf in Danzig harbor, drifts into the center of the channel, and commences firing on the fortress Westerplatte, a Polish army installation at the mouth of the port of Danzig, Poland. These are generally considered to be the opening shots of World War Two. Simultaneously, shock-troops of the German Wehrmacht begin crossing the border into Poland.
    Norway, Finland, Sweden, and Switzerland declare their neutrality.
    September 2 – WWII:
    Following the invasion of Poland, Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed to Nazi Germany.
    Spain and Ireland declare their neutrality.
    September 3 – WWII:
    The United Kingdom, France, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany.
    President Franklin Delano Roosevelt advocates neutrality in a Nation-wide radio address.
  • terri0527
    terri0527 Posts: 678 Member
    January 15 1939 1st NFL pro bowl, New York Giants beat All Stars 13-10 in Wrigley Field
  • mzhokie
    mzhokie Posts: 349 Member
    1940 - November 5 – United States presidential election, 1940: Democrat incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Republican challenger Wendell Willkie and becomes the United States' first and only third-term president.
  • Drenched_N_Motivation
    Drenched_N_Motivation Posts: 1,004 Member
    December 7, 1941


    If you dont know, look it up.
  • thaislcrd
    thaislcrd Posts: 76 Member
    1942, Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world.
  • Ravenesque_
    Ravenesque_ Posts: 257 Member
    1943 - my nan and granpa were married <3
  • Askyewalker
    Askyewalker Posts: 40 Member
    1943- •The Golden Globe Awards Start
  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
    Jan 20 1944 The Royal Air Force drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin.in ONE day
  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
    1945 May 8 – WWII:
    V-E Day (Victory in Europe, as Nazi Germany surrenders) commemorates the end of WWII in Europe, with the final surrender being to the Soviets in Berlin, attended by representatives of the Western Powers.
  • TK266
    TK266 Posts: 3,638 Member
    1945 the Slinky was the most popular Christmas toy.
  • galaxyhearts
    galaxyhearts Posts: 258 Member
    1946

    Project Diana bounces radar waves off the Moon, measuring the exact distance between the Earth and the Moon, and proving that communication is possible between Earth and outer space, effectively opening the space age.

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