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Bruins to play colored champs

International News Service -- January 15, 1930

Sincere tribute paid former President Taft

United Press -- March 12, 1930

Astronomers find new huge planet

United Press -- March 13, 1930

Natives beaten down by police in India salt bed raid

By WEBB MILLER, United Press Staff Correspondent -- May 21, 1930

Begin work on Giant Boulder Dam project

July 07, 1930

Capt. Frank Hawkes breaks Lindbergh record by more than 2 hours

United Press -- August 13, 1930

Hurricane death toll reaches 1,000 in Dominican Republic

Francisco Escovar -- September 05, 1930

Nevada sets record for liberality

E.H. Leif -- March 20, 1931

Use fire, poison to war on pests on Kansas farms

United Press -- July 27, 1931

Florida community where Edison wintered grieves

United Press -- October 18, 1931

World's largest suspension span to be opened today

United Press -- October 24, 1931

Two contingents of hunger marchers arrive in nation's capital

Charles McCann -- December 06, 1931

Hattie Caraway is victor, fifteen to one

United Press -- January 13, 1932

Amelia Earhart makes non-stop flight over U.S.

United Press -- August 24, 1932

World's largest theater opening tonight in N.Y.

United Press -- December 27, 1932

Woman named for speaker of N.D. legislature

United Press -- January 03, 1933

Death of Coolidge shocks Washington

United Press -- January 05, 1933

Work started on huge excavation for Gate Bridge

United Press -- January 05, 1933

Japan stuns world, withdraws from league

By STEWART BROWN, United Press Staff Correspondent -- February 24, 1933

Germany gets martial law, constitutional safeguards suspended

February 28, 1933

Strict measures needed to fight Depression, says new President

By RAYMOND CLAPPER, United Press Staff Correspondent -- March 04, 1933

Frances Perkins first woman as Cabinet member

United Press -- March 05, 1933

Bank failures ended, pledge of Roosevelt

Raymond Clapper -- March 13, 1933

Roosevelt asks Congress to allow manufacture, sale of beer

March 13, 1933

Middle Class behind push for greater economic security

HARRY W.FRANTZ -- July 01, 1933

Cult murder trial nears end; Defense scores point

United Press -- July 18, 1933

Nakedness bared at nudist camp

H. Allen Smith -- August 17, 1933

New Roosevelt plan provides 2 millions jobs

United Press -- November 08, 1933

Bernadette of Lourdes is proclaimed a saint

Thomas B. Morgan -- December 09, 1933

S.F. financier Julian Whitman murdered

United Press -- December 28, 1933

Sandino, famous rebel, is slain in Nicaragua

United Press -- February 22, 1934

President signs measure freeing Filipino nation

United Press -- March 24, 1934

Bonnie Parker, Clyde Barrow killed by lawmen in ambush

May 23, 1934

Five baby girls born to Canada farmer's wife

May 28, 1934

Park in Florida wins approval

International News Service -- June 01, 1934

Life for Shirley Temple begins at four, not 40

By Leicester Wagner, United Press Correspondent -- July 14, 1934

Alcatraz not escape proof but is strong

United Press -- August 21, 1934

Mussolini pledges "Pax Romana"

By THOMAS B. MORGAN, United Press Staff Correspondent -- September 07, 1934

Suspect charged with murder of kidnaped Lindbergh son

By DELOS SMITH, United Press Staff Correspondent -- September 21, 1934

Britain's queen gives her name to huge liner

United Press -- September 26, 1934

Mrs. Sanger opens secret birth control clinics

George Martin -- October 21, 1934

Eyewitness tells how 'Pretty Boy' came to his death

United Press International -- October 23, 1934

Soviet firing squads kill 66 at terrorists

December 06, 1934

Hitler orders military conscription in Germany

March 16, 1935

Cycle wreck proves fatal to Lawrence of Arabia

United Press -- May 19, 1935

Pope bids Britain rejoin church fold

International News Service -- May 20, 1935

President signs labor bill

United Press -- July 05, 1935

FDR signs Social Security bill into law

August 14, 1935

Huey Long's close friend tells story of how he was shot

United Press -- September 08, 1935

Italy admits "tactical" air raids south of Aduwa, Ethiopia

By STEWART BROWN, United Press Staff Correspondent -- October 04, 1935

Clipper plane nearing end of Pacific flight

United Press -- November 23, 1935

Name five modern stars for baseball's Hall of Fame

United Press -- February 03, 1936

Hitler smashes Versailles and Locarno pacts

United Press -- March 07, 1936

General Franco becomes Spanish rebel dictator

United Press -- October 01, 1936

Bay Bridge tolls bring $3,250

David Heenan -- November 12, 1936

Spanish rebels get recognition

Edward Beattie -- November 18, 1936

Edward's abdication stuns the empire

By WEBB MILLER, United Press Staff Correspondent -- December 10, 1936

Sworn in, Roosevelt wars autocratic powers their rule is over

Lyle C. Wilson -- January 20, 1937

FDR seeks sweeping judiciary reform

United Press -- February 05, 1937

New London country school explosion: 425 dead, most of them children

March 19, 1937

Heavy loss of life feared in Illinois blast

United Press -- March 25, 1937

First automobiles to cross Golden Gate Bridge at noon

United Press -- May 27, 1937

Duke of Windsor, Wallis Warfield marry

Kenneth T. Downs -- June 03, 1937

Earhart down in Pacific; coast picks up new SOS

July 03, 1937

Nanking falls to Japan; Chinese troops fleeing

United Press -- December 13, 1937

U.S. gunboat sunk in China by Japanese bomb

United Press -- December 13, 1937

'Snow White' wins plaudits of premiere throng

Alan McElwain -- December 22, 1937

Barcelona and Madrid subjected to terrific bombings at noon today

United Press -- January 19, 1938

Hitler seizes army control in big shakeup

United Press -- February 05, 1938

Plot to slay Stalin bared in spy trial

United Press -- March 03, 1938

Hitler proclaims on radio union of Reich and Austria

March 12, 1938

FDR gives July 4th speech 'day ahead' at Gettysburg

George Durno -- July 03, 1938

296 die in hurricane

United Press -- September 22, 1938

World's largest liner is launched

United Press -- September 27, 1938

"War of the Worlds" Radio Broadcast Causes Panic

October 30, 1938

Seabiscuit beats War Admiral at own game

Henry McLemore -- November 02, 1938

100,000 mill about hall as bund jeers Jews, F.R.

Earle B. Steele -- February 21, 1939

Fights Flare at Madison Square Garden Bund Rally

United Press -- February 21, 1939

Crowds defiant in Prague as Hitler crosses Czech frontier

By EDWARD W. BEATTIE Jr., United Press Staff Correspondent -- March 15, 1939

Roosevelt dedicates New York fair

International News Service -- May 01, 1939

50 anguished women keep vigil as sub rescue speeds forward

Edward Herrick -- May 24, 1939

Cooperstown has its day at baseball's centennial

George Kirksey -- June 13, 1939

Europe moving toward war

By JOE ALEX MORRIS, United Press Foreign News Editor -- June 28, 1939

In This Corner: Jack Cuddy on retirement of Lou Gehrig

Jack Cuddy -- July 03, 1939

'Wizard of Oz' may top 'Snow White'

Frederick C. Othman -- August 12, 1939

British 'no' on way, Parliament called, Nazi war preparations are completed

Frederick C. Oechsner -- August 28, 1939

Roosevelt lays cornerstone for library

United Press -- November 20, 1939

United Press reporter watches from hotel as Russia attacks Finland

Norman Deuel -- November 30, 1939

Eye witness from plane tells how Graf Spee exploded

Roscoe Snipes -- December 17, 1939

Events

Exploration: Earhart, Hindenburg

Britain's Kings

Great Depression

Italy Invades Ethiopia

Japan Invades China

Lindbergh Kidnapping

Munich Agreement

Rise of Mussolini

Social Security, Tva

Spanish Civil War

USSR: Stalin Era

WWII: Hitler Invades Poland

1930's Daily Life

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20 years after death, Princess Diana inspires outreach by sons

20 years after death, Princess Diana inspires outreach by sons

Twenty years ago, the world mourned the sudden death of Princess Diana, a humanitarian, the one-time wife of the future king of Britain and mother of another.

25 years ago: Misery, desperation in wake of Hurricane Andrew

25 years ago: Misery, desperation in wake of Hurricane Andrew

In the early hours of Aug. 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew made landfall in Florida, packing winds up to 175 mph that would destroy tens of thousands of homes.

How the draft has evolved in the 100 years since Selective Service Act

How the draft has evolved in the 100 years since Selective Service Act

One-hundred years ago, on May 18, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Selective Service Act, the nation's first conscription law since the Civil War.

15 years later: Remembering the events of 9/11

15 years later: Remembering the events of 9/11

Some 3,000 people died as a result of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. On the 15th anniversary, many are taking a retrospective look at the events of the day.

Containment still an issue 30 years after Chernobyl disaster

Containment still an issue 30 years after Chernobyl disaster

Long-term projects to tame the continuing threat of radiation are underway at the site of the ruined Chernobyl nuclear reactor 30 years after disaster.

First Aero Squadron: 100 years since first U.S. air combat mission

First Aero Squadron: 100 years since first U.S. air combat mission

The 100th anniversary of the first U.S. military air-combat operation comes Saturday, which was deployed in 1916 to hunt down a fugitive Mexican revolutionary.

First person: John Lennon's Jesus comments 50 years ago sparked blaze

First person: John Lennon's Jesus comments 50 years ago sparked blaze

Fifty years ago today, John Lennon said the Beatles were more popular than Jesus, and he wasn't bothered when it touched a nerve in the U.S. five months later.

Challenger disaster: World reacts in sorrow

Challenger disaster: World reacts in sorrow

On Jan. 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members, including teacher Christa McAuliffe.

Challenger disaster at 30: Did the tragedy change NASA for the better?

Challenger disaster at 30: Did the tragedy change NASA for the better?

No space flight fatalities were more dramatic than the seven that happened on Jan. 28, 1986, when the Space Shuttle Challenger broke up in mid-flight.

Yitzhak Rabin's legacy 20 years later: A pliable history

Yitzhak Rabin's legacy 20 years later: A pliable history

Yitzhak Rabin, prime minister of Israel and "warrior of peace," died by an assassin's bullet 20 years ago. His legacy, in which peace between Israelis and Palestinians was allegedly imminent and then lost, is a pliable one.

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