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J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI
Attorney General Harlan Fiske Stone appointed the 29-year-old Hoover acting director of the Bureau, and by the end of the year Mr. Hoover was named Director. -
Mein Kampf is Published
Mein Kampf is a philosophical autobiography of Adolf Hitlers life. It was a blueprint of his agenda for a Third Reich and a clear exposition of the nightmare that will envelope Europe from 1939 to 1945. -
Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression
The stock market crash of 1929 was not the sole cause of the Great Depression when the market opened 11% lower than the previous day's close. -
The Dust Bowl Begins
A dry period in the 1930s that the southern plains region of the US had to experience. -
Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany in 1933 by President Paul Von Hindenburg. -
Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President (1st Time)
Roosevelt won the presidency at age 42 after McKinley was assassinated in September 1901. He remains the youngest person to become president of the United States. -
CCC is Created
Roosevelt established the Civilian Conservation Corps, or CCC, with an executive order on April 5, 1933. The Civilian Conservation Corps was a voluntary public work relief program in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. -
WPA is Created
WPA was part of his New Deal plan to lift the country out of the Great Depression by reforming the financial system and restoring the economy to pre-Depression levels. -
J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title06
At the Madison Square Garden Bowl, Braddock won the Heavyweight Championship of the World as the 10-to-1 underdog in what was called "the greatest fistic upset since the defeat of John L. Sullivan by Jim Corbett". -
Olympic Games in Berlin
The Olympic Games of 1936 in Berlin became a propaganda coup for the Nazis. -
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 paramilitary forces along with civilians throughout Nazi Germany. -
Grapes of Wrath is Published
The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck evokes the harshness of the Great Depression and arouses sympathy for the struggles of migrant farmworkers. -
Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters
The Wizard of Oz premiers in movie theaters on August 8th 1939. -
Germany Invades Poland
Germany invaded Poland setting off WW II. -
The Four Freedoms Speech
In an address known as the Four Freedoms speech, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed four fundamental freedoms that people "everywhere in the world" ought to enjoy: Freedom of speech. Freedom of worship. Freedom from want.