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J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI
Attorney General Harlan Fiske Stone appointed the 29-year-old Hoover as acting director of the Bureau. -
Mein Kampf is Published
Adolf Hitler wrote an autobiography called Mein Kampf (My Struggle). The book describes the process by which Hitler became antisemitic and outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. -
Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression
16 million shares of stock were quickly sold by panicking investors who had lost faith in the American economy. -
The Dust Bowl Begins
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 defeated Republican president Herbert Hoover in a landslide. -
Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany in 1933 following a series of electoral victories by the Nazi Party. -
CCC is Created
allowed single men between the ages of 18 and 25 to enlist in work programs -
WPA is Created
FDR issued Executive Order 7034, establishing the Works Progress Administration. -
J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title
Braddock won the Heavyweight Championship of the World as the 10-to-1 underdog in what was called "the greatest fistic upset" -
Olympic Games in Berlin
Jesse Owens went to Berlin for the 1936 Olympics in Germany and won 4 gold medals against Hitler's "superior race". -
Kristallnacht
Nazi leaders unleashed a series of pogroms against the Jewish population in Germany and recently incorporated territories. -
Grapes of Wrath is Published
An American realist novel written by John Steinbeck -
Germany Invades Poland
Germany invaded Poland to regain lost territory and ultimately rule their neighbor to the east. The German invasion of Poland was a primer on how Hitler intended to wage war. -
Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters
The Wizard of Oz premieres in the Orpheum Theater in Green Bay, Wisconsin -
The Four Freedoms Speech1
Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech on how he envisioned a world in which all people had freedom of speech and of religion and freedom from want and fear.