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 * The Amazing, Yet Sad 30’s. **
 * This 8th grade project is on the 1930’s. This decade was exciting but then again it was sad. Other than that, hope you enjoy as this research paper tells you about the beautiful wonders of the 1930’s. **


 * Starting in 1930, Pluto was discovered on February 18. The search for Pluto was inspired by Percival Lowell. Percival Lowell was a man who believed in Martians. At 4 p.m., Mountain Time, he saw Pluto for the first time. Percival Lowell began his calculations by using observations of the motion of planet Uranus. Pluto orbits beyond the orbit of Neptune (usually). Pluto was discovered by a fortunate accident. Its satellite is known as Charon. Pluto wobbles in the orbit of Uranus and Neptune. Clyde Tombaugh found Pluto in 1930 after almost a year of examining photographs. Pluto is considered a dwarf planet with its moon named Karon. Pluto is so cold that 98% of its surface is made up of nitrogen ice. Pluto also is very different from the other planets because instead of going around the sun in a circular motion, it goes around in a very elliptical or oval shaped way. **
 * 1931, The Empire State Building first opened on May 1, 1931; it was the tallest building in the world. This building is approximately 1,250 feet tall. The empire state building was built in competition so basically it was a race. The building was constructed in one year and 45 days and all together the cost for this whole building was $40,948,900. The construction started in 1930 and ended in 1931. The size of all 102 floors is 204,385 meters squared. The 86th floor observatory is popular for its 360 degree outdoor deck. It was the tallest building in the world between the years of 1931-1972. Amazingly, the empire state building has its own zip code which is 10118. It also has 1,000 businesses and 21,000 employees. Plus,73 elevators. It became profitable in 1950 and was sold for $151 million. Another fact about the empire state building is that the lightning rod on the top is struck by lightning an average of 23 times each year. **
 * 1932, in this year; something very tragic happened; Charles Lindbergh’s baby was kidnapped. On March 1, 1932; Charles Lindbergh the 3rd was kidnapped. He was only 20 months old. Charles dad was a celebrity and he had millions and millions of dollars. The baby was abducted at about 9:00 p.m. Mud was found on the floor of the baby’s nursery. The kidnapper wanted $50,000 from them if they wanted they’re son back. The kidnapper lied and said that the baby was on a boat named Nellie but that was a lie. The baby’s body was discovered near his home, partially buried and badly decomposed. Bruno Hauptman was convicted of this murder and later found guilty. The police found the money in Hauptman’s garage and they also found a missing floorboard and placed under it was a plank from the ladder he used to kidnap Charles. Hauptman was sentenced to die in the electric chair, Charles’s mother and father sold the mansion that they were living in, and moved to England to get a fresh start and at least try to forget the tragedy of their son’s death. **
 * 1933, Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany. Hitler became chancellor on January 30. He took the place of a 14 year old German Democratic Republic. He spent his entire political career denouncing and attempting to destroy the republic. Franz von Papen was vice-chancellor and Hitler could only receive the office if accompanied by Franz. A little after becoming chancellor, everyone was starting to notice that Hitler was just plain evil. During the 20’s Germans ignored this vicious little man with his programme of hatred. The only reason people voted for Hitler is because the Great Depression ruined their lives, the votes increased rapidly because of that one reason. There were simply not enough Germans who believed in democracy and individual freedom to save Germany. Hitler joined the Nazi party in 1919 and took over t in 1921. After president hindenburgh died, Hitler proclaimed himself “fuhrer.” The Nazi’s only achieved 2.6% of the national vote this means that 97% of Germans clearly did not want Hitler for chancellor. **
 * 1934, Bonnie and Clyde were killed by the police. Bonnie Parker was born on October 1, 1910 in Rowena, Texas. Clyde Barrow was born on march 24, 1909 in Telico, Texas. Bonnie Parker was 19 when she met Clyde, she was also already married. Bonnie divorced her husband because it was love at first sight when she met Clyde. In the fall of 1932, they spent their time robbing stores throughout Texas. Bonnie and Clyde were/are known to be robbers and outlaws, they were on the WANTED list for months until finally police were tired of them. So the police department set them up, they were both killed in a police ambush near Sailes, Louisiana on May 23, 1934. The police killed them with a fullisade of 167 bullets. Bonnie was shot 23 times and Clyde, 25 times. The car that they were killed in was actually stolen. They were the lovers of the century and their crime spree lasted from 1932-1934 when they were put to rest by police. **
 * 1935, On January 24 1935 the first canned beer was sold. Two brands were sold and those were: Kruger’s Finest Beer and Kruger’s Cream Ale. The first beers were sold in tin cans and all cans were to have a tax statement on them. They delivered 2,000 cans of Krueger’s finest beer in KV. Today canned beer accounts for approximately half of $20 million. Once prohibition for beer was repeated in April 1933, ACC renewed its efforts to entice brewers. The first cans were flat-topped and made first to be sold in public cans. The public gave the beer a 91% approval rating. By the end of the year, 37 breweries follow the lead of the Gott fried Krueger Brewery. Canning was interrupted between 1942 and 1947 to devote resources to World War II. **
 * 1936, was a very sad year because it was the year of the famous dust bowl. “Dust Bowl” is the name given to the areas of the U.S prairie states that suffered ecological devastation in the 1930’s and then to a lesser extent in the mid 1950’s. On April 14, massive clouds of dust blotted out the sun over western Kansas. From a distance, the storm had the appearance of a cumulus cloud, but it was black, not white and it seemed to eat its way along. There was little or no visibility and the wind velocity hit 40 and 50 miles per hour. Large clouds could be seen across the horizon in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and New Mexico. Throughout the 1930’s more than a million acres of land were effected. The dust bowl lasted for about a decade. **
 * Up and on to 1937, in 1937 Amelia Earhart vanished. Amelia was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. People described Amelia as a tall, slender, and brave woman. In May of 1923, Amelia became the 16th woman to be issued a pilot’s license. On July 2, 1937 the Lockheed aircraft carrying Amelia and her navigator Fredrick Noonan is reported missing near Howland Island in the pacific. Some believe that Amelia and her navigator landed and eventually died on a remote island. A partial skeleton was found and later lost, along with it a finger bone and a small piece of a cervical bone. Their destination was Howland Island, a few miles long, 20 ft. high and 2,556 miles away. **
 * In 1938, the night of the broken glass or Kristallnacht happened. Kristallnacht was a pent-up result of Nazi anti-Semitic policies. The true cause of Kristallnacht was the hate and prejudice of the Nazi regime. A synagogue burns in Oberg Ramstad during this horrible time. The kristallnacht was a massive, coordinated attack on Jews throughout the German Reich on the night of November 9, 1938 into the next day. On October 27, grynszpan family and over is 15,000 other Jews, been expelled from German embassy. About 25,000 Jewish men were rounded up and later sent to concentration camps. SS leader Reinhard Heydrich reported 7,500 businesses destroyed, 267 synagogues burned and 91 Jews. Soon after Adolf Hitler became Germany’s chancellor in January 1933, he began instituting policies that isolated German Jews and subjected them to prosecution. **
 * 1939, the daily newspaper comic strip “superman” debuts. On January 16, 1939 artist Joe Shuster and writer Jerry Siegel began the successful daily newspaper comic. It has been 73 years since this debuted. Superman is still one of the premier superheroes in popular culture world wide. His costume was the “red S” and the yellow and blue suit made superman larger than life. The making of superman is better documented than any other super hero in history. Superman was created by two high school students in Cleveland. Ironically superman was introduced as a villain. Superman’s popularity helped widen the American super hero genre. Well that concludes for the 1930’s. **