The thirties

The thirties was a decade in which many really interesting things happened. They were also difficult times, for instance, the great crisis in the global economy and the Spanish Civil War. Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh. Pluto was regarded as the ninth planet of the solar system until 2006.

In the thirties one of the most popular buildings of the United States was built. In 1931 its construction was officially finished– I’m talking about amazing, New York’s Empire State Building. First mundiat football championship took place in Uruguay. Team from Uruguay won and earned their title of the first champions of the football world.

Fashion in the 30s was a really elegant, for instance women always wore dresses (often in floral patterns) and high heeled shoes. Men wore suit, coats, hat and formal shoes. Jazz and swing dominated the music scene in the 30s, other popular typesin this decade were burlesque and musicals. Chicago burlesque legend, Sally Rand, was originally a silent movie actress. In the world of music, there were a lot of jazz artists in the charts, for example, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Glenn Oliver. Their career also started Louis Armstrong or Frank Sinatra. In the cinemas, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was a big hit. Snow White was the first and original Disney Princess, in the 1937 first animated feature film was made in Walt Disney Animation Studio.Simple things like dolls, finger paint and die cast model cars were very popular in 30s for kids. Also, very popular were pedal cars and trucks. Some even had electric headlights!Some legendary board games came out in the 1930s, like Monopoly, Scrabble. In the 1932 Ole Kirk Christiansen in Denmark establishedhis Lego company. Nowadays many kids have these toys in their houses, Cars in the 1930s were big and elegant, many brands produced them such as Bentley, Mercedes, Cadillac, Aston Martin and a lot of others.

By the end of the decade, on the 1st September 1939 Second World War started.It was a tragic event especially for the Jews. It was the most memorable event in 30s.