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J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI
When GID moved in the Bureau of investigation he was named assistant director of the BOI. Then on MAy 10, 1925 attorney General Harlan Fiske Stone appointed Hovver(only 29 years old) acting director of the Bureau by the end of that year he was named director -
Mein Kampf is Published
Hitler began this while imprisoned following his failed coup in Munich in november -
Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression
It crippled the American economy, businesses had to be closed, factories had to shut down and banks failed. Farm income fellsome by 50 percent. By the end of it approximately one out of every four Americans was unemployed -
The Dust Bowl Begins
It was known as “The Dirty Thirties' 'and it lasted for about a decade. The dust bowl had severe dust storms during the dry period. High winds and choking dust swept around regions from Texas to Nebraska, livestock and people were killed and crops failed to grow. -
Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President
1932 he became president after defeating republican herbert hoover
He started working in the White House on March 4, 1933 -
CCC
Was a part of the New Deal Program. It was helped to help lift the United States out of the Great Depression -
WPA is Created
Was created by President Franklin Roosevelt. It was made to relieve economic hardship of the Great Depression -
J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title
Madison Square Garden Bowl is where J.J won the Heavyweight boxing title he won 10 to 1 as the underdog in what was called “the greatest fistic upset since the defeat of John L. -
Olympic Games in Berlin
Was a propaganda sucess for the Nazi government -
Germany Invades Poland
It lasted until October 6, 1939, heavy shelling and bombing happened. Warsaw ended up surrendering to the Germans within a Month of the German attack -
The Battle of Britain
he Battle of Britain, also known as the Air Battle for England, was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe -
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday, December 7, 1941 -
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea -
Operation TorchOperation
Operation Torch was an Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War. While the French colonies formally aligned with Germany via Vichy France, the loyalties of the population were mixed. Reports indicated that they might support the Allies. -
The Battle of Stalingrad
In the Battle of Stalingrad, Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia -
Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program
The Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program under the Civil Affairs and Military Government Sections of the Allied armies was established in 1943 to help protect cultural property in war areas during and after World War II. -
The Battle of Kursk
The Battle of Kursk was a Second World War engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk in the Soviet Union, during July and August 1943. -
D-Day
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. -
The Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army -
Atomic Bombing Nagasaki
The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945, respectively. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945, respectively. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict. -
The Death of FDR
On April 12, 1945, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt passes away after four momentous terms in office, leaving Vice President Harry S. Truman in charge -
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive, was a major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II which took place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945. -
The Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was an epic military campaign between U.S. Marines and the Imperial Army of Japan in early 1945. ... In some of the bloodiest fighting of World War II, it's believed that all but 200 or so of the 21,000 Japanese forces on the island were killed, as were almost 7,000 Marines -
Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany
He became chancellor of Germany following a series of electoral victories by the Nazi Party. He ruled until his death by suicide in Apirl 1945 -
The Death of Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany from 1933 until his death in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then assuming the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934