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Herbert Hover is elected as the 31st American President. He held office during The Great Depression for four years.
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The worst economic crash in history lasted through the 1930s. It was caused by the stock market crash of 1929, and maintained through the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, as well as general panic.
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Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh Discovers the planet Pluto.