1930s

The 1930s was the decade that began on January 1, 1930 and ended on December 31, 1939. It is distinct from the decade known as the '''194st decade''' which began on January 1, 1931 and ended on December 31, 1940. 

 Events 
 Great Depression
 Dust Bowl in the United States
 1930-1933 famine in Soviet Union kills millions
 1930 - Nancy Drew books debut
 1930 - The first FIFA World Cup held in Uruguay.
 1933 – Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany 
 1933 – Prohibition ends in the United States
 1939 – World War II starts in Poland

 Important people 

 Actor 
 Actor Cary Grant (United States)
 Actor Charles Boyer (France)
 Actor Fred Astaire (United States)
 Actor Fred MacMurray (United States)
 Actor Gene Reynolds (United States)
 Actor Humphrey Bogart (United States)
 Actor James Stewart (United States)
 Actor Lionel Barrymore (United States)
 Actor Melvyn Douglas (United States)
 Actor Robert Taylor (United States)
 Actor Spencer Tracy (United States)
 Actor William Holden (United States)

 Actress 
 Actress Barbara Stanwyck (United States)
 Actress Deborah Kerr (United States)
 Actress Doris Day (United States)
 Actress Fay McKenzie (United States)
 Actress Gene Tierney (United States)
 Actress Ginger Rogers (United States)
 Actress Gloria Swanson (United States)
 Actress Greta Garbo (United States)
 Actress Peggy Stewart (United States)

 World Leaders 
 President Paul von Hindenburg (Germany)
 Führer Adolf Hitler (Germany)
 King Faisal I (Iraq)
 President of the Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave (Ireland)
 President of the Executive Council Éamon de Valera (Ireland)
 Taoiseach Éamon de Valera (Ireland)
 King Victor Emmanuel III (Italy)
 Prime Minister Benito Mussolini (Italy)
 Emperor Hirohito (Japan)
 Sultan Mohammed V (Morocco)
 President Manuel L. Quezon (Philippines)
 Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar (Portugal)
 King Ananda Mahidol (Siam)
 General Secretary Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union)
 President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (Turkey)
 King George V (United Kingdom)
 King Edward VIII (United Kingdom)
 King George VI (United Kingdom)
 Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald (United Kingdom)
 Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin (United Kingdom)
 Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (United Kingdom)
 President Herbert Hoover (United States)
 Vice President Charles Curtis (United States)
 President Franklin D. Roosevelt (United States)
 Vice President John Nance Garner (United States)
 Holy Father Pope Pius XI (Vatican)
 Holy Father Pope Pius XII (Vatican)