page_title: Timeline of events in Hamilton, Ontario
section_title: 1930–1939
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of events in Hamilton, Ontario / 1930–1939
caption_attribution_description: Syl Apps
context_page_description: Below is a timeline of events in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
context_section_description: 1930 – The first British Empire Games – now the Commonwealth Games – were held in Hamilton in 1930 as a result of the efforts of Melville Marks Robinson.
  1930 – McMaster University moves to Hamilton, Ontario from Toronto.
  1930 – Bessie Starkman (Rocco Perri's wife) murdered on 13 August 1930.
  1931 – Built in 1931, Westdale Secondary School was immediately deemed the largest composite school in the British Empire, having cost $1.3 million to build and consisting of 4.7 hectares of building, grounds and athletic fields.
  1931 – Canada's first birth control clinic was in Hamilton in 1931, as the advocates of birth control, led by Mary (Chambers) Hawkins, the American wife of a prominent city executive, and aided by some of Hamilton society's leading women, it aimed to meet the needs of people whose health and family lives suffered tremendously during the Great Depression.
  1931 – Trains no longer block traffic as James Street underpass is completed. (3 December 1931).
  1932 – Red Horner, pro hockey player, helps the Toronto Maple Leafs win their first Stanley Cup in 1932.
  1932 – Ray Lewis, captures bronze medal at 1932 Summer Olympics in L. A. (Track & Field), becoming the very first Canadian-born Black Olympic medalist.
  1932 – James Street Incline railway closes and permanently abandoned on May 14, 1932. (1892–1932)
  1933 – Filtration plant opened.
  1933 – Christ the King Cathedral, a Roman Catholic church, was consecrated on December 19, 1933.
  1933 – King George V allows the city of Hamilton to use the name, Royal Botanical Gardens. (19 May 1933).
  1934 – Hamilton is the birthplace of Canadian Tire. Two brothers John W. Billes and Alfred J. Biles in 1934 open up first associate store in Hamilton, Ontario.
  1936 – Wentworth Incline railway stops operating on August 15, 1936. (1895–1936) The first day, the public was allowed free access up and down the line. By the time the Wentworth Street Incline made its last trip on 16 August 1936, it was estimated that nearly 20,000,000 trips had been made up and down the line.
  1937 – Syl Apps, legendary Toronto Maple Leafs captain who led the Leafs to three Stanley Cups and McMaster University alumnus, wins the Calder trophy in 1937 as the top rookie in the National Hockey League.
caption: Syl Apps
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