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Visions of the 1930s
More specifically, 1936-1937

What was the world like during the 1930s? What was going on?
Who were the prominent figures in current events?, sports?,
movies & entertainment?, Best Sellers?, other authors?, science & technology?

1936                                     top	Leon Trotsky is exiled to Mexico. King George V of England dies, is succeeded by his son, Edward VIII, who soon abdicates the throne to marry an American-born divorcée, Wallis Warfield Simpson. He is succeeded by his younger brother, George VI. Spanish civil war begins. Hundreds of Americans join the “Lincoln Brigades.” (Franco's fascist forces defeat Loyalist forces by 1939, when Madrid falls.) War between China and Japan begins, to continue through World War II. Yankees defeat Giants in 5th game of World Series. Japan and Germany sign anti-Comintern pact; joined by Italy in 1937.Soviet strongman Joseph Stalin launches his first mass terror after assassination of rival Sergei Kirov by arresting and executing millions. Virgin Islands become US Territory.  Hundreds of thousands of midwestern farmers leave their land, destroyed by persistant dust storms. Many "Okie" or "Arkies" head to California.  U.S. track superstar Jesse Owens, an African-American, captures four gold medals at the Summer Olympics in Berlin, ridiculing Adolf Hitler's theory of Aryan racial superiority. FDR defeats Landon for President in a landslide victory. Best picture :"The Great Ziegfeld"; best actor: Paul Muni in "The Story of Louis Pasteur"; best actress: Luise Rainer in "The Great Ziegfeld", and best director: Frank Capra for "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town",	King George V		Edward  VIII & Wallis Simpson
		Jesse Owens at 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany
		"Dust Bowl" in midwest
		Leon Trotsky
1937                     top	Amelia Earhart lost somewhere in Pacific on round-the-world flight. German bombers attack Guernica—a Spanish town of no military worth— killing hundreds of civilians. Picasso will later reflect on the horror of the action in his Guernica mural. Walt Disney releases its first animated feature, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".  A recording of the Hindenburg explosion and crash on May 6, in Lakehurst, NJ, is broadcast coast to coast. Mickey Rooney stars in "Captain Courageous." Best Picture Oscar awarded to "The Life of Emile Zola"; best actor to Spencer Tracy in "Captains Courageous"; best actress to Luise Rainer in "The Good Earth"; and best director Leo McCarey for "The Awful Truth". Joe Louis defeats James Braddock in 8th Heavyweight Boxing title match. NY Yankees defeat NY Giants in World Series. Postage stamps cost $.03, gas $.12 per gallon, average annual income is $1,327.00,	Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" mural
		Hindenburg explosion
		Joe Louis	James Walter Braddock