1930's Headline Newsmakers Jigsaw Puzzle - Nostalgic 75th or 80th Birthday Gift
First assemble the challenging, big & colorful 500-piece jigsaw, then test your knowledge by identifying the 80 or more newsworthy celebrities, political figures and icons from the worlds of sports, science and the arts, each of whom played an important role in the year or decade. An I.D. key is included.Overshadowed by the Great Depression and a dramatic change in the political climate of Western Europe, the 1930's was a decade rife with powerful, incendiary change that caused great shifts in the course of human history. Adolf Hitler rose to prominence in Nazi Germany and the threat of a Second World War loomed. In India, Mahatma Gandhi leads non-violent protests against British rule in India. Amelia Earhart sets aviation records and embarks on a round-the-world flight, but tragically disappears over the Pacific Ocean. Franklin D. Roosevelt enacts the New Deal to lift the United States out of the Great Depression. Athletes such as Babe Didrikson, Joe Louis, Jesse Owen, and Joe DiMaggio reach the top of their respective sports and become American legends. Through and through, the thirties was a decade full of people, places, and events that changed the course of human history forever.