Editing 1930s (section)

====Americas====
* Canada and other dominions  under the [[British Empire]] sign the [[Statute of Westminster 1931|Statute of Westminster]] in 1931, establishing effective parliamentary independence of Canada from the parliament of the United Kingdom.
* [[1939 New York World's Fair]], the USA displays the pavilions showing art, culture, and technology from the whole world.
* [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]] voluntarily returns to British colonial rule in 1934 amid its economic crisis during the Great Depression with the creation of the [[Commission of Government]], a non-elected body.
* [[Prime Minister of Canada|Canadian Prime Minister]] [[William Lyon Mackenzie King|W. L. Mackenzie King]] meets with German [[Führer]] [[Adolf Hitler]] in 1937 in Berlin. King is the only North American head of government to meet with Hitler.
* [[Amelia Earhart]] receives major attention in the 1930s as the first woman pilot to conduct major air flights. Her disappearance for unknown reasons in 1937 while on flight prompted search efforts that failed.
* Southern [[Great Plains]] devastated by decades-long [[Dust Bowl]]
* In 1932, the Polish [[Cipher Bureau (Poland)|Cipher Bureau]] broke the German Enigma cipher and overcame the ever-growing structural and operating complexities of the evolving [[Enigma machine]] with [[plugboard]], the main German cipher device during [[World War II]].
* [[Getúlio Vargas]] became the President of Brazil after the [[Revolution of 1930|1930 coup d'état]].