1932
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[edit] This happened in 1932
- Ole Kirk Christiansen's shop nearly goes bankrupt in the depression. With a lack of normal carpentry jobs, Ole Kirk starts producing toys, many of which were wooden pull toys.
- The carpentry shop was struck by lightning and burned down. This was second time the factory and house had burned down, the first occurring in 1924
- Kirstine Christiansen ole's wife died
- Hilary Fisher Page founded Kiddicraft in Purley, Surrey (the plastic brick Inventor and forerunner to the LEGO Brick)
