What Happened In 1930 Uk

1930 was a common year starting on wednesday of the gregorian calendar the 1930th year of the common era ce and anno domini ad designations the 930th year of the 2nd millennium the 30th year of the 20th century and the 1st year of the 1930s decade.

What happened in 1930 uk. The conservatives benefiting from british success in the boer war and from splits in the liberal party were returned to power. Unemployment in the united kingdom hits one million while it reaches 8 7 percent in the united states over 3 2 million people nearly double what it was in previous years. The wall street crash happens in late 1929 and by 1930 1 350 banks fail in the us. The federal reserve cuts interest rates to 4 percent down from 6 percent.

It saw the international financial system collapse beginning with the wall street crash of 1929 the. The great age of cinema going in britain was the 1930s when most people went at least once and sometimes twice a week. Although it was decades before all films were made in color. The 1930s pronounced nineteen thirties commonly abbreviated as the thirties was a decade of the gregorian calendar that began on january 1 1930 and ended on december 31 1939.

1 february the times publishes its first crossword. Early films were black and white but in the 1930s the first color films were made. 9 march the british broadcasting corporation opens its second high. Gandhi was imprisoned from 1930 1931 as were.

March fitness organisation the women s league of health and beauty set up by mary bagot stack. While many people were left unemployed in poor accommodation others managed to grow their wealth. By 1939 it will have over 100 000 members. There are two opposing historic images of the depression in 1930s britain poverty and prosperity.

The great depression in the united kingdom also known as the great slump was a period of national economic downturn in the 1930s which had its origins in the global great depression it was britain s largest and most profound economic depression of the 20th century. Leisure in 1930s britain. Here are events from 1930 that have shaped britain and its peoples and affected its history. 1 january the central committee of the communist party of great britain begins publishing a newspaper the morning star.

The decade was defined by a global economic and political crisis that culminated in the second world war. After experiencing a decade of economic stagnation in the 1920s the uk economy was further hit by the sharp global economic downturn in 1930 31. Radio broadcasting began in 1922 in britain when the bbc. More dates from british history.

The great depression originated in the united states in late 1929 and quickly spread to the world.