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WPA is Created
President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the WPA with an executive order on May 6, 1935. -
J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI
J. Edgar Hoover was a United States government official who served as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1924 until his death in 1972. He built the agency into a highly effective, and occasionally controversial, arm of federal law enforcement. -
Mein Kampf is Published
Mein Kampf is a 1925 autobiographical manifesto by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The work describes the process by which Hitler became antisemitic. -
Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression
Simply put, the stock market crash of 1929 caused the Great Depression because everyone lost money. Investors and businesses both put significant amounts of money into the market, and when it crashed, tremendous amounts of money were lost. Businesses closed and people lost their savings. -
The Dust Bowl Begins
The Dust Bowl, also known as “the Dirty Thirties,” started in 1930 and lasted for about a decade, but its long-term economic impacts on the region lingered much longer. Severe drought hit the Midwest and southern Great Plains in 1930. Massive dust storms began in 1931. -
Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President (1st Time)
Roosevelt was elected in November 1932 but like his predecessors did not take office until the following March. After the election, President Hoover sought to convince Roosevelt to renounce much of his campaign platform and to endorse the Hoover administration's policies. -
Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany
Following several backroom negotiations – which included industrialists, Hindenburg's son, the former chancellor Franz von Papen, and Hitler – Hindenburg acquiesced and on 30 January 1933, he formally appointed Adolf Hitler as Germany's new chancellor. -
CCC is Created
The Emergency Conservation Work Act of 1933 mandated that the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) recruit unemployed young men from urban areas to perform conservation work throughout the nation's forests, parks, and fields. -
J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title
Braddock, original name James Walter Braddock, (born June 7, 1905, New York, New York, U.S.—died November 29, 1974, North Bergen, New Jersey), American world heavyweight boxing champion from June 13, 1935, when he outpointed Max Baer in 15 rounds at the Long Island City Bowl in New York City, until June 22, 1937 -
Olympic Games in Berlin
The Berlin Games were only a partial success for the Nazis. Germany finished top of the medal table ahead of their main rivals, the United States, but the Americans dominated the Athletics events with African American Jesse Owens winning four gold medals ahead of his blond, Aryan rivals. -
Kristallnacht
The Nazi regime coordinated a wave of antisemitic violence in Nazi Germany. This nationwide riot became known as Kristallnacht or the "Night of Broken Glass." The name "Kristallnacht" is a reference to the shattered glass from store windows that littered the streets during and after the riot. The violence was supposed to look like an unplanned outburst of popular anger against Jews. Nazi leaders actively coordinated it with Adolf Hitler's support. -
Grapes of Wrath is Published
Since the day it was published on April 14, 1939, The Grapes of Wrath has captured the American imagination, pulling back the curtain on a way of life that most of us could scarcely imagine, and showing us the powerful ways that literature can touch society. -
Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters
the Orpheum Theater in Green Bay, Wisconsin premiered the Wizard of Oz. The official Hollywood premiere. took place on August 15th. at the famous grauman's Chinese Theatre. -
Germany Invades Poland
On September 1, 1939, German forces under the control of Adolf Hitler bombarded Poland on land and from the air. World War II had begun. -
The Four Freedoms Speech
That speech is Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union Address, commonly known as the “Four Freedoms” speech. In it he articulated a powerful vision for a world in which all people had freedom of speech and of religion, and freedom from want and fear.