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J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI
While he was Head of FBI he kept secret files on many people, and they were destroyed before anyone could see them. -
Mein Kampf is Published
A manifesto by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The book outlines many of Hitler's political beliefs, ideology, and plans for Germany and the world. -
Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression
Black Tuesday was when investors traded some 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. -
The Dust Bowl Begins
The Dust Bowl was the result of a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies -
Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany
It took the economic and political instability to worsen, and the support of the conservative elite, to convince Hindenburg to appoint Hitler. Hitler was sworn in as the chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933. -
Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President (1st Time)
FDR was first inaugurated as the 32nd President on March 4, 1933. -
CCC is Created
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a voluntary government work relief program in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28 -
WPA is Created
It 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 Title
When he outpointed Max Baer in 15 rounds at the Long Island City Bowl in New York City. -
Olympic Games in Berlin
The Berlin Games were the 10th occurrence of the modern Olympic Games. The event was held in a tense, politically charged atmosphere, occurring just two years after Adolf Hitler became Fuhrer. -
Germany Invades Poland
The most infamous of these was the staged attack at a radio station in Gleiwitz on the German-Polish border on the night of August 31, 1939. -
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 -
Grapes of Wrath is Published
American realist novel written by John Steinbeck. The novel focuses on the Joads, a poor family of tenant farmers driven from their Oklahoma home by drought, economic hardship, etc. -
Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters
Officially premiered in Hollywood, at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. -
The Four Freedoms Speech
Were goals articulated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt