Category Archives: 1930s

Construction begins on Golden Gate Bridge over San Francisco Bay 90 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 5 1933)

1930s


Video: 'Colossal Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge | Modern Marvels (S2, E6) | Full Episode'

(Thursday, January 5, 1933) — Construction on the Golden Gate Bridge, a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the one-mile-wide strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean, began today as workers began excavating 3.25 million cubic feet of dirt for the structure’s huge anchorages. Continue reading Construction begins on Golden Gate Bridge over San Francisco Bay 90 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 5 1933) →

Racial violence erupts in Rosewood, Florida, after white woman accuses black man of assaulting her 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 1 1923)

1930s


Video: 'Rosewood Massacre Survivors and Eye-witness Testimonies (1983)'

(Monday, January 1, 1923; during the Rosewood Massacre, part of the nadir of American race relations) — The Rosewood Massacre began today when racial violence erupted in Rosewood, Florida, after a white woman accused a black man of assaulting her. Continue reading Racial violence erupts in Rosewood, Florida, after white woman accuses black man of assaulting her 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 1 1923) →

Radio City Music Hall opens in New York City 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 27 1932)

1930s


Video: 'Almanac: Radio City Music Hall'

(Tuesday, December 27, 1932, doors opened at 7:30 p.m. and the program began at 8:15 p.m. EST) — Radio City Music Hall, an entertainment venue and theater at 1260 Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, opened tonight with a lavish stage show featuring numbers including Ray Bolger, Doc Rockwell, Martha Graham, The Mirthquakers, and Patricia Bowman. Continue reading Radio City Music Hall opens in New York City 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 27 1932) →

Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt elected 32nd president of the United States as he defeats President Herbert Hoover 90 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 8 1932)

1930s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'The American Presidential Election of 1932'

(Tuesday, November 8, 1932, during the 1932 United States presidential election) — Democratic New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected the 32nd president of the United States today, defeating Republican incumbent President Herbert Hoover. Continue reading Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt elected 32nd president of the United States as he defeats President Herbert Hoover 90 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 8 1932) →

Federal troops forcibly evict ‘Bonus Army’ veterans gathered in Washington to demand immediate payments of cash bonuses 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 28 1932)

1930s


Video: 'The March of the Bonus Army' (Bonus Marchers evicted at 15:57)

(Thursday, July 28, 1932, the U.S. Army attack began at 4:45 p.m. EDT, during the Great Depression) — President Herbert Hoover today ordered the U.S. Army, under General Douglas MacArthur, to forcibly evict the “Bonus Army,” tens of thousands of World War I veterans who, desperate for financial assistance, had come to Washington to lobby Congress to accelerate the year when they would be eligible for their cash bonuses. Continue reading Federal troops forcibly evict ‘Bonus Army’ veterans gathered in Washington to demand immediate payments of cash bonuses 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 28 1932) →

Franklin D. Roosevelt accepts Democratic presidential nomination, promising ‘new deal for the American people’ 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 2 1932)

1930s, U.S. Presidents


Video: '1932 Democratic National Convention'

(Saturday, July 2, 1932, 5:51 p.m. CDT) — Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York broke tradition late today and established the precedent of formally accepting the nomination for President of the United States by delegates to the 1932 Democratic National Convention at Chicago Stadium in Chicago, pledging a “new deal for the American people” who were suffering at the height of the Great Depression. Continue reading Franklin D. Roosevelt accepts Democratic presidential nomination, promising ‘new deal for the American people’ 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 2 1932) →

U.S. Senate defeats ‘Bonus Bill’ despite 10,000 veterans massed around Capitol 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 17 1932)

1930s


Video: Senate defeats 'Bonus' bill, June 17, 1932 (at 14:07)

(Friday, June 17, 1932, 8:20 p.m. EDT; during the Great Depression) — The U.S. Senate voted 62-18 tonight to reject the Wright Patman Bonus Bill, burying all hopes of several thousand war veterans massed at the Capitol for immediate payment of $2.4 billion on their bonus certificates. Continue reading U.S. Senate defeats ‘Bonus Bill’ despite 10,000 veterans massed around Capitol 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 17 1932) →

Amelia Earhart becomes first woman to fly solo across Atlantic Ocean 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 21 1932)

1930s


Video: 'Heroine Of The Skies (1932)'

(Saturday, May 21, 1932, 1:46 p.m. Irish Standard Time) — Amelia Earhart, 34, became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean today as she landed her single engine Lockheed Vega 5B in a pasture at Culmore, north of Derry, Northern Ireland, about 15 hours after leaving Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. Continue reading Amelia Earhart becomes first woman to fly solo across Atlantic Ocean 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 21 1932) →

Body of kidnapped Lindbergh baby discovered 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 12 1932)

1930s


Video: 'Where Baby Lindbergh Was Found (1932)'

(Thursday, May 12, 1932, 3:15 p.m. EDT; during the Lindbergh kidnapping) — The body of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old son of Charles Lindbergh, the first person to complete a non-stop solo transatlantic flight — from New York to Paris — in 1927, was accidentally found, partly buried and badly decomposed, today near Mount Rose, New Jersey, in Mercer County. Continue reading Body of kidnapped Lindbergh baby discovered 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 12 1932) →

Lindbergh baby kidnapped from home of parents on farm near Princeton, New Jersey 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 1 1932)

1930s


Video: 'Newsreel 'Nation aroused at revolting kidnapping of Lindbergh Baby, Hopewell N.J' HD Stock Footage'

(Tuesday, March 1, 1932, between 8:00-10:00 p.m. EST; during the Lindbergh kidnapping) — Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old son of Charles A. Lindbergh, pilot of the world’s first non-stop transatlantic flight, was abducted tonight from the crib in the upper floor of the Lindberghs’ home, Highfields, in East Amwell, New Jersey, about 13 miles northwest of Princeton. Continue reading Lindbergh baby kidnapped from home of parents on farm near Princeton, New Jersey 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 1 1932) →