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The stock market crash of 1929 was the most devistating crash in all of United States history.
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More than 3.2 million people are unemployed, up from 1.5 million before the October, 1929 crash.
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Wright Patman introduces legislation authorizing immediate payment of "bonus" funds to veterans of World War I. President Hoover is against payment of these funds, saying it would cost the Treasury $4 billion.
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"Food riots" begin to break out in parts of the U.S. In Minneapolis, several hundred men and women smash the windows of a grocery market and make off with fruit, canned goods, bacon, and ham.
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New York's Bank of the United States collapses. At the time of the collapse, the bank had over $200 million in deposits, making it the largest single bank failure in the nation's history.
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Three thousand unemployed workers march on the Ford Motor Company's plant in River Rouge, Michigan. Company guards attack the workers, killing four.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected president in a large victory over Herbert Hoover. Roosevelt receives 22.8 million votes to Hoover's 15.75 million.
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A 3-day dust storm blows an estimated 350 million tons of soil off of the terrain of the West and Southwest.
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United Automobile Workers strike in Flint, Michigan. The strike turns violent when strikers clash with company-hired police, many are injured in the process.
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FDR asks Congress to authorize $3.75 billion in federal spending to help boost the poor economy. Economic indicators respond favorably over the next few months.
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Workers and their families attempt to combine a picnic with a rally and demonstration. Ten people are killed and twelve more are wounded in the event.
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Roosevelt won by building support from labor unions and pollitical machines. The war effort after his election will jump-start U.S. industry and effectively end the Great Depression.
