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1930 World Heavyweight Championship
Max Schmeling defeats Jack Sharkey by a four round disqualification the first time that has ever happened in boxing history -
1932 Olympic Games
the 10th olympic games ever to be played in Los Angeles, California. The United States won the most medals with 103 total medals 41 of them being gold. -
First NFL Championship game
Chicago Bears played the New York Giants and won by 2 in a final score of 23-21 -
1934 NFL Championship
The Chicago Bears and the New York Giants went at it again in the 2nd NFL Championship but this time the Giants beat the previous champs by 17 points with a score of 30-13 -
1935 World Heavyweight Championship
James J. Braddock, with 24 losses, defeats defending world champion Max Baer to take the world title, -
Howard Hughes Flying Record
Howard Hughes establishes a record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds. -
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is created
Hewlett-Packard now days kown as HP is founded as an electronics company in Palo Alto, California -
1940 World Heavyweight Championship
Joe Louis retains the world Heavyweight title with a first round knockout of world Light-Heavyweight champion John Henry Lewis in the first round. -
The USA enters WW2
just a day after Japan bombs Hawaii Franklin D. Roosevelt asks congress to declare war on Japan. -
1943 NFL Championship
A decade after the 1st NFL Championship game was played the NFL Championship featured the Chicago Bears and the Washington Redskins with the Bears beation the Redskins by 2o points with a score of 41-21 -
1945 World Lightweight Championship
Ike Williams wins the National Boxing Association's world Lightweight title, knocking out champion Juan Zurita in two rounds. -
Tokyo Trials
Trials against japanese war criminals begin in Tokyo -
First "Instant Camera" Created
In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", his Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America. -
1948 NFL Championship
This game featured the Philadelphia Eagles and the Chicago Cardinals, with one of the lowest scoring championships of all time with one touchdown being scored by the Eagles beating the scorless Cardinals by 7 in the final quarter -
1949 World Heavyweight Championship
Ezzard Charles retains his world Heavyweight title, knocking out world Light-Heavyweight champion Gus Lesvenich in round eight.