By the Numbers in 1930
World Population
2.1B
UK Life Expectancy
51.2 years
US Life Expectancy
52.4 years
Gold Price (per oz)
$20.57
Dow Jones Index
28
US National Debt
16.8B
Sovereign Nations
56
How Much Did Things Cost in 1930?
| Item | UK | US |
|---|---|---|
| Average house price | £590 | $4,778 |
| Average salary | £200 | $1,368 |
| Pint of milk | 2d | $0.07 |
| Loaf of bread | 4d | $0.09 |
| Dozen eggs | 1s 2d | $0.45 |
| Pint of beer | 5d | $0.15 |
| Cinema ticket | 6d | $0.25 |
Technology and Inventions in 1930
Talking pictures had fully replaced silent film, and radio ownership was surging with the BBC and US networks broadcasting into millions of homes. Jet propulsion was being theorised, and early television experiments were underway. The first supermarkets began appearing in the US.
- ● Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto using photographic plates at Lowell Observatory
- ● The BBC begins experimental television broadcasts using John Logie Baird's system
- ● 3M introduces Scotch Tape, the first transparent adhesive tape
- ● Sliced bread, introduced in 1928, becomes widely available across the US
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