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Stock Market Crash
It was also called Black Tuesday and is known as the worst stock market crash in history. -
National Anthem was adopted
It was made the national anthem by a congressional resolution. President Herbert Hoover signed that resolution. -
Ma Barker and Son killed
Ma Barker was the mother of several criminals who ran the Barker gang. She traveled with her sons durng their criminal careers and went by various different pseudonyms. They were killed in a police shootout. -
Al Capone was imprisoned
Al Capone was finally imprisoned on this day due to income tax evasion. -
Lindbergh's baby was kidnapped
Lindbergh was the first person to fly across the Atlantic. His twenty month old baby was kidnapped around 9 p.m. from the nursery on the second floor of the Lindbergh home on March 1st 1932. -
Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic
Amelia Earhart was the first woman passenger to fly across teh Atlantic. She flew aboard a Fokker tri-motor aircraft that was piloted by Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon. -
Assassination attempt on FDR
FDR had just sat down when after giving a speech in Miami when five shots rang out. An Italian immigrant tried to assassinate FDR with a .32 pistol from about 25 feet away. -
FDR launched the New Deal
The New Deal was meant to recover the economy and to create new jobs because one in four Americans were out of work by 1933. -
Prohibition ends
The 18th amendment aroused many crimes in the nation. When Prohibition ended the crime rate went down. -
Bonnie and Clyde killed by police
Bonnie and Clyde were American outlaws and robbers from Dallas. They traveled the central United States with their gang during the Great Depression. They were killed in a police ambush. -
Amelia Earhart vanishes
Amelia Earhart vanished while en route to Howland Island. -
Roosevelt was elected for his third Presidential term
Franklin D. Roosevelt served as 32nd President and was in office from 1933 to 1945. He served three terms and is considered one of our best Presidents.
