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POP Culture: 1930
ICONS: FDR, 1936 Berlin Olympics, Hindenburg
3M employee Richard Drew invents Scotch Brand Cellulose Tape in 1930. Today, it is widely known simply as "Scotch Tape."
The Mickey Mouse comic strip debuts in the January 13, 1930, edition of the New York Mirror .
On October 17, 1931, Chicago gangster Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion and later sentenced to 11 years in federal prison.
Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats incumbant Republican Herbert Hoover in the 1932 election.
The Boulder Dam (today known as "Hoover Dam") is completed 2 years ahead of schedule on March 1, 1936.
Jesse Owens wins four gold medals during the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, and Honus Wagner become the first inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936.
The German airship Hindenburg is destroyed while attempting to land at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station on May 6, 1937.
American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappears over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to circumnavigate the globe, July 2, 1937.
Superman debuts in Action Comics #1 in June 1938.
Gone with the Wind wins the Academy Award for "Best Picture" in 1939.
The 1930 Census
10 Largest Urban Places
U.S. Resident Population:
123,202,624
Rank
Place
Population
Population per square mile of land area:
34.7
1
New York City, NY
6,930,446
Percent increase of population from 1920 to 1930:
16.2
2
Chicago, IL
3,376,438
Official Enumeration Date:
April 1
3
Philadelphia, PA
1,950,961
Number of States:
48
4
Detroit, MI
1,568,662
Cost:
$40,156,000
5
Los Angeles, CA
1,238,048
Cost per Capita (cents):
32.6
6
Cleveland, OH
900,429
Total Pages in Published Reports:
35,700
7
St. Louis, MO
821,960
Number of Enumerators:
87,756
8
Baltimore, MD
804,874
Census Bureau Director:
William M. Steuart
9
Boston, MA
781,188
Number of Questions Asked:
34
10
Pittsburgh, PA
669,817
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