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J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI
Attorney General Harlan Fiske Stone appointed the 29-year-old Hoover acting director of the Bureau, and by the end of the year Mr. Hoover was named Director. -
Mein Kampf is Published
An autobiographical manifesto by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. -
Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression
During the stock market crash of 1929, investors and businesses invested significant amounts of money in the market, which they lost when it crashed. -
The Dust Bowl Begins
lasted for about a decade, but its long-term economic impacts on the region lingered much longer. -
Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany
A series of electoral victories by the Nazi Party. He ruled absolutely until his death by suicide in April 1945. -
Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President (1st Time)
Roosevelt defeated President Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory. -
CCC is Created
To recruit unemployed young men from urban areas to perform conservation work throughout the nation's forests, parks, and fields. -
WPA is Created
It was part of his New Deal plan to lift the country out of the Great Depression by reforming the financial system and restoring the economy to pre-Depression levels. -
J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title
Braddock won the Heavyweight Championship of the World as the in what was called "the greatest fistic upset since the defeat of John L. Sullivan by Jim Corbett". -
Olympic Games in Berlin
Berlin Olympic Games were more than just a worldwide sporting event, they were a show of Nazi propaganda, stirring significant conflict. -
Kristallnacht
The Night of Broken Glass, also called the November pogrom, was a pogrom against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's Sturmabteilung. -
Grapes of Wrath is Published
The book won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. -
Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters
The film opened in wide release on August 25; however, as is often the case with major motion pictures, there are test, promotional, press and other types of screenings prior to the wide release. -
Germany Invades Poland
German forces launched a surprise attack on Poland. The German battleship Schleswig-Holstein sounded the attack with predawn shelling. -
The Four Freedoms Speech
The freedom of speech, the freedom of worship, the freedom from want, and the freedom from fear.