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Stock market crashed
Black Tuesday hit Wall Street as investors traded some 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. Billions of dollars were lost, wiping out thousands of investors. In the aftermath of Black Tuesday, America and the rest of the industrialized world spiraled downward into the Great Depression -
Dizzy Dishes
The character of Betty Boop makes her debut during August of 1930 in “Dizzy Dishes” a part of Max Fleischer’s “Talkartoon” animated series. -
U.S. National Anthem becomes The Star Spangled Banner on
The “Star Spangled Banner” is officially adopted as the national anthem of the United States during March of 1931. The song’s lyrics were from a poem written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 during the War of 1812 while the music was taken from song “To Anacreon in Heaven” -
Charles Lindbergh son is kidnapped
Charles Lindbergh’s 20-month-old son was kidnapped from the Lindbergh mansion in New Jersey -
Dust Bowls
Severe Drought begins the following year and Dust Storms Strip away more topsoil leading to the area of the Great Plains Becoming a Dust Bowl -
Adolf Hitler
In 1934 Adolf Hitler declared himself fuhrer -
The Boulder (Hoover) Dam is completed.
The Reclamation Act is signed by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902, it allows engineers to research how to control and use the Colorado River
The Boulder Canyon Project Act is passed by Congress and signed by President Calvin Coolidge in December of 1928. -
the first public Television broadcasts in London
The British Broadcasting Company is formed and the BBC begins to broadcast a regular daily radio service across the United Kingdom -
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during a circumnavigation flight -
The Naval Act of 1938 comes into effect in the U.S.
The law stated that the United States Navy would increase its size and strength by 20 percent. -
he Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland premieres
On August 15th, the much-loved classic film, The Wizard of Oz, held its Hollywood premiere. -
Franklin Roosevelts third term
On this day in 1940, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who first took office in 1933 as America’s 32nd president, is nominated for an unprecedentedthird term. Roosevelt, a Democrat, would eventually be elected to a record four terms in office, the only U.S. president to serve more than two terms.
