In 1930, Clarance Birdseye pu the first individually packaged frozen foods on sale.
On May 15th, 1930, Ellen Church was the fist 'air hostess', and greeted passengers aboard a United Airlines flight between California and Wyoming.
Ruth G. Wakefield invented the chocolate chip cookie in 1930.
August 9th, 1930, Betty Boop took her opening bow in the "Dizzy Dishes" cartoon.
Wonder Bread introduced sliced bread in 1930.
1931
In 1931 the electric razor was first marketed by Schick who invented it in 1928, but the crash of 1929 slowed it's introduction into the market.
It wasn't until 1931 that Nevada legalized gambling.
In 1931, Cleveland Indian's catcher Joe Sprinz caught a baseball dropped 800 feet from a balloon. The impact caused such a jolt through his body that he broke his jaw!
In 1931 the "Star Spangled Banner", originally called "The Defense of Fort McHenry, was officially proclaimed the national anthem of the United States.
1932
The first drive in movie theather was opened in 1932 in Camden, NJ.
In 1932, there ws a character who debuted in a Disney cartoon called 'Mickey's Revue' called 'Dippy Dawg. Who was it? He became the character 'Goofy' in the next cartoon, and the rest is history.
1933
On July 6th, 1933 the first All-Star baseball game was played, with the American Legue winning 4-2.
In July 1933, the first singing telegram was deliverd to Rudy Vallee, wishing him a Happy Birthday.
Bubble gum first appeared in 1933, but it wasn't until 1947 that Topp's Chewing Gum Co. started to produce Bazooka.
In 1933, the board game 'Monopoly" was introduced. At last count, over 100 million games have been sold to date.
1934
1935
The first night baseball game 'under the light's occurred on May 24th, 1935 at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio..Home of the Cincinnati Reds.
1935
June 10th, 1935 was the date that Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in NYC, just two years after the 1933 repeal of Prohibition, or the 18th amendment..
Probably not a good piece of triva for those who hang out in the Observation Bar at the Lounge. (grins)
1936
1937
The Golden Gate Bridge opened on May 27th, 1937.
In 1937, air conditioning was installed in the U.S. Senate and House.
1938
The first min. wage was instituted in the U.S. was in 1938, and was 25 cents an hour.
In 1938, Charles Zibbleman swam the Hudson River from Albany to NYC, traveling 147 miles and setting the record for handicapped swimmers, as he had no legs!
Teflon was called 'fluon' when it was first discovered in 1938.
1939
1939 was the year the Nationa Baseball Hall of Fame was dedicated in Cooperstown, NY.
In 1939, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer first appeared in a pamphlet given away as a holiday promotion at a Chicago Store (Montgomery Wards).
In 1939, the first major league baseball game was broadcast on WZXBS-TV in New York.
In 1939, Kate Smith frist sang "God Bless America" on television.
1940
The longest kiss in movie history occurred in the 1940 release of 'You're in the Army Now', starring Regis Tomey and Jane Wyman (former wife of Ronald Reagan), lasting 3 minutes and 5 seconds. They did it in one take.
1940 saw the delivery of the first Social Security Check to Ida May Fuller of Vermont. She lived to be over 100, eventually collecting more than $20,000!
In 1940, Billboard magazine published it's first top selling record chart.
Here's a brain teaser! On Aprial 16, 1940, the Cleveland Indians were playing the Chicago White Sox. No one on the White Sox got a hit, and yet none of their batting averages changed. Why not? The answer: It was opening day. Hall of Famer Bob Feller threw a no-hitter, the only no-hitter on an opening day in baseball history to date.
On August 25th, 1940, the first couple ever to take the plunge with a parachute wedding tied the knot while pulling the ripcord.
1941
On February 4th, 1941, the USO was founded.
1942
On January 6th, 1942 the first around-th-world trip by a commercial airliner was completed.
1943
1944
1945
American Export became the world's first airline to offer regularly scheduled landplane (as opposed to seaplane) commercial flights across the North Atlantic. Using the reliable DC-4 aircraft, it began passenger services from New York to Hurn Airport near Bournemouth in England. Each one-way flight lasted about 14 hours. Pan American debuted its own flights a few days later also using the DC-4.
1946
1947
In August 1947, Pan American opened a new era by beginning regularly scheduled non-stop flights between New York and London using the new Lockheed Constellation and Super Constellation aircraft.
1948
1949
1950
The first car to offer seat belts as an option was the 1950 Nash.
In 1950, the first Diner's Club credit card was issued.
The first transatlantic jet passenger trip is completed.
Hollywood
'You dirty rat' is a line alway attributed to James Cagney, but was never used by him in ANY movie.
Casablanca:
What was the original name of the play that became Casablanca?
Everybody Comes to Rick's
What was the name of the Tangiers hotel that inspired "Rick's Café Americain"?
The Hotel El Minzah
How much did Warner Bros.' Jack L. Warner pay for the script?
$20,000 US
How many times does the line "Play it again, Sam" appear in the film?
None
Misc
During WW2, the phrase 'Kilroy was here' left so often as grafetti on walls referred to James J. Kilroy, an inspector for Behelehem Steem who used it as his QC certification mark.
(has absolutely NOTHING to do with the Golden era, but amuses me still....the first solar powered toilet was the installed at the Custer Battlefield Monument in Montana. Not sure why that tidbit amuses me, but it does. Talk about totally useless information...(grins))
A mosquito has 47 teeth. (more unrelated, useless, but odd trivia)