America - 1931AD
In 1931AD:
Chicago gangster Al Capone was jailed for income tax evasion.
The Empire State Building became the tallest building in the world.
The Star-Spangled Banner
became the U.S. national anthem.
Radio astronomy began when Karl Jansky detected radio waves from space.
Organic chemist W. H. Carothers invented nylon, the first successful synthetic fiber.
Ben Shahn began a series of paintings inspired by the Sacco-Vanzetti case.
American journalist and writer Damon Runyon published
Guys and Dolls
.
American cartoonist Chester Gould created the adventure comic strip
Dick Tracy
.
American writer Pearl Buck published
The Good Earth
.
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