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J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI
President Calvin Coolidge appointed Hoover as the fifth Director of the FBI. Hoover was previously the Acting Director of the FBI earlier in 1924. Hoover's appointment came after allegations that the previous director, William J. Burns, was involved in the Teapot Dome scandal. Hoover's time as FBI director saw the agency grow in importance and become a key part of the national government. -
Mein Kampf is Published
Mein Kampf is a 1925 autobiographical manifesto by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The book outlines many of Hitler's political beliefs, his political ideology and future plans for Germany and the world. Volume 1 of Mein Kampf was published in 1925 and Volume 2 in 1926 -
Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression
Investors and businesses both put significant amounts of money into the market and tremendous amounts of money were lost when it crashed. 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.O -
Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President (1st Time)
Roosevelt won by a landslide in both the electoral and popular votes, carrying every state outside of the Northeast and receiving the highest percentage of the popular vote of any Democratic nominee up to that time. -
Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany
Hitler's emergence as chancellor on January 30, 1933, marked a crucial turning point for Germany and, ultimately, for the world. His plan, embraced by much of the German population, was to do away with politics and make Germany a powerful, unified one-party state. -
CCC is Created
When the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was created in 1933, it put millions of unemployed young men to work on conservation projects across the United States. The CCC was a part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal program, which aimed to help the country recover from the Great Depression. -
WPA is Created
FDR issued executive order 7034, establishing the Works Progress Administration. The WPA superseded the work of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, which was dissolved. -
J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title
Braddock defeated Max Baer in a 15-round unanimous decision. Braddock was a 10-to-1 underdog, and the fight is considered one of the greatest upsets in boxing history -
Olympic Games in Berlin
The 1936 Summer Olympics were held in Berlin, Germany from August 1–16, 1936. The games were controversial because the Nazi regime used the event to promote their ideology and suppress anti-Semitic and anti-homosexual persecution. -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass, also called the November pogrom, was a pogrom against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's Sturmabteilung and Schutzstaffel paramilitary forces along with some participation from the Hitler Youth and German civilians throughout Nazi Germany on 9–10 November 1938. -
Grapes of Wrath is Published
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
When a tornado rips through Kansas, Dorothy and her dog, Toto, are whisked away in their house to the magical land of Oz. They follow the Yellow Brick Road toward the Emerald City to meet the Wizard, and en route, they meet a Scarecrow that needs a brain, a Tin Man missing a heart, and a Cowardly Lion who wants courage. The wizard asks the group to bring him the broom of the Wicked Witch of the West to earn his help. -
Germany Invades Poland
The Nazis attacked Poland from the north, west, and south. The Nazis used an encirclement tactic to occupy Poland. Poland surrendered to the Nazis on September 27, 1939. The Nazis and Soviets divided Poland between them. Millions of Polish people were murdered, robbed, deported, and forced to work. -
The Four Freedoms Speech
In an address known as the Four Freedoms speech (technically the 1941 State of the Union address), he proposed four fundamental freedoms that people "everywhere in the world" ought to enjoy: Freedom of speech and expression. Freedom of worship. Freedom from want.