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Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane
https://shsmo.org/historicmissourians/name/l/lindbergh/
"Charles Lindbergh was a famous aviator. In 1927 he became the first man to successfully fly an airplane across the Atlantic Ocean. He called his airplane the Spirit of St. Louis, and his courageous feat helped make Missouri a leader in the developing world of aviation." -
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Herbert Hoover Presidency
https://hoover.archives.gov/hoovers/president-herbert-hoover
"As President, Hoover had hoped to govern in the progressive tradition of Theodore Roosevelt. And true to his dream, he devoted the first eight months of his Presidency to a variety of social, economic, and environmental reforms. Following the stock market “crash” of October 1929, the President became increasingly preoccupied with the collapse of the American economy." -
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Great Depression
https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/great-depression-history
"The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. Over the next several years, consumer spending and investment dropped, causing steep declines in industrial output and employment as failing companies laid off workers." -
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the National Anthem
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-star-spangled-banner-becomes-official
"President Herbert Hoover signs a congressional act making “The Star-Spangled Banner” the official national anthem of the United States. “The Star-Spangled Banner” was regarded as the national anthem by most branches of the U.S. but until the signing of an executive order by President Woodrow Wilson. Congress passed an act confirming Wilson’s presidential order, President Hoover signed it into law." -
Hattie Wyatt Caraway First Woman Elected to the U.S. Senate
https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/Featured_Bio_Caraway.htm
"Appointed to the Senate in 1931, Hattie Caraway (D-AR) filled a vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Thaddeus Caraway. The second woman to serve in the Senate, Caraway became the first woman elected to the Senate in January of 1932, easily winning a special election to fill out the remainder of her husband's term." -
20th Amendment Ratification
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxx
"The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin." -
Works Progress Administration is Established
https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/april-08/
"Congress approved the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, the work relief bill that funded the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Created by President Franklin Roosevelt to relieve the economic hardship of the Great Depression, this national works program (renamed the Work Projects Administration beginning in 1939) employed more than 8.5 million people on 1.4 million public projects before it was disbanded in 1943." -
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
https://www.dol.gov/general/aboutdol/history/flsa1938
"In its final form, the act applied to industries whose combined employment represented only about one-fifth of the labor force. In these industries, it banned oppressive child labor and set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and the maximum workweek at 44 hours."
