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1933: Repeal of Volstead Act ends prohibition
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers appear in first of ten films. Billie Holiday’s recording debut (at age 18, with Benny Goodman) United States v. One Book Called Ulysses finds Joyce’s novel is not pornographic
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Read More →1932: New York’s Palace Theater converts to a cinema as Vaudeville dies
“Room in New York” by Edward Hopper “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” debuts, the first science fiction program on radio Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley The Dow Jones reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, bottoming out at 41.2
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Read More →1931: Empire State Building completed
Cab Calloway’s orchestra replaces Duke Ellington’s at the Cotton Club Ziegfield Follies closes Al Capone indicted Pair-o-Dice, the first Las Vegas casino, opens for business
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Read More →1930: New York City population approaches 7 million
Chrysler Building completed Fortune magazine launched by Henry Luce Snickers launched by Mars The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett