1920 1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955
1930 - March 17 - First comics page appears in Aberdeen
Daily World.
1930 - May 17 - Fox D & R inaugurates Saturday
Mickey Mouse Club.
1930 - August 18 - MGM’s Leo the Lion visits the Harbor.
1930 - December 1 - Feds make prohibition sweep on Harbor.
1931 - April 13 - Work begins on East Aberdeen entrance.
1931 - July 2 - Harbor spruce used in Wiley Post’s
round-the-world flight plane.
1931 - August 25-27 - Olympic loop highway celebration and
dedication.
1931 - November 19 - Oil discovered on the Hoh.
1932 - May 24 - Airship Akron sails over Harbor.
1932 - December 5 - New Federal Building opens in Hoquiam.
1933 - February 18 - “Buy American” week in Grays Harbor.
1933 - April 6 - Worst disaster in Grays Harbor history as
gale traps trollermen; 200 put at peril/19 dead.
1933 - April 7 - Prohibition ends on the Harbor. Beer supply
runs out at 15¢/bottle.
1933 - May 16 - U.S.S. Constitution arrives on the Harbor
for a 9 day visit.
1933 - May 18 - Locomotive Old Betsy leaves for Chicago
Worlds Fair. Renamed Minnetonka.
1933 - May 19 - Entire Aberdeen World issue devoted to
Constitution.
1933 - May 25 - Storm keeps Constitution here an extra day.
1933 - May 26 - Constitution leaves Grays Harbor for Port
Angeles. Over 60,000 visited the ship while it was here.
1933 - June 22 - Draught beer is legalized in Aberdeen.
1934 - April 23 - Strange fossils found on Hoh river.
1934 - December 14 - Harbor Plywood develops
"Super Harbord," the first all-weather plywood.
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