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1931 - Japan invades Manchuria
Japan invades Manchuria in northern China. It will establish a puppet state that it will rename Manchukuo. -
1932 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected
Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt is resoundingly elected the 32nd U.S. president. -
1933 - Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany for the United States. He vows never to return, asserting that he "shall live only in a country where civil liberty, tolerance, and equality...prevail." -
1934 - Stavisky Affair
French government of Chautemps falls (Stavisky Affair) -
1935 - The years of depression
The years of depression continued with unemployment still running at 20.1% , and the war clouds were gathering as Germany began to rearm and passed the Nuremburg laws to strip Jews of their civil rights, and Mussolini's Italy attacked Ethiopia. -
1936 - major events
Major News Stories include Jesse Owens wins 4 Gold medals, The Queen Mary begins Atlantic crossings, Spanish Civil War begins, King Edward VIII abdicates to marry Wallis Simpson, Hoover Dam finished, BBC first public TV broadcasts, Crystal Palace Is Destroyed By Fire -
1937 - China
China -- Battle of Shanghai. -
1938 - Germany
Germany -- Nuclear Fission Discovered.
