Gadgets, lab surprises, odd bets, and future-shocks from this slice of the calendar.
The Sounds of
Popular recordings and roots/country selections associated with the year
HEADLINES ON April 20, 1930
Full News Archive
- Headline: Dartmouth Repels Wesleyan, 8 to 7. Impact: Culture snapshot: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument.. Fact: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument..
- Headline: Test Role of Flying Noises. Impact: Infrastructure snapshot: The fight is over movement: who gets through, who pays, and whether the modern city can keep from tying itself in knots.. Fact: Modern life was becoming a logistics puzzle: streets, tunnels, ships, trains, and money all competing at once..
- Headline: Root Urges Revision of Insignia Awards for Greater Recognition of Minor Sports. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing..
- Headline: Pacific Liners to Sail on Saturdays. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing..
- Headline: Palestine's Music. Impact: Culture snapshot: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument.. Fact: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument..
- Headline: Held for Old Offense. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing..
- Headline: Stimson's Group Rests in Country. Impact: Infrastructure snapshot: The fight is over movement: who gets through, who pays, and whether the modern city can keep from tying itself in knots.. Fact: Modern life was becoming a logistics puzzle: streets, tunnels, ships, trains, and money all competing at once..
- Headline: A One-Opera Town. Impact: Culture snapshot: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument.. Fact: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument..
- Headline: Princeton Church Calls. Impact: Relief snapshot: Relief work was becoming a visible civic emergency rather than private background charity.. Fact: Relief work was becoming a visible civic emergency rather than private background charity..
Wall Street Time Machine
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson - If you invested $1,000 in 1930, it would be worth $3,433,940 today (3433.9x return)
PG
Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble - If you invested $1,000 in 1930, it would be worth $586,657 today (586.7x return)
CVX
Chevron
Chevron - If you invested $1,000 in 1930, it would be worth $474,913 today (474.9x return)