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Georgia's independence
Georgia declares independence -
Kenya
British East Africa renamed Kenya and becomes a British crown colony -
Hurricane hits Washington & Oregon
especially for the Washington coast and in the Olympic Mountains -
Walt Disney's first film
Walt Disney incorporates his 1st film company Laugh-O-Gram Films -
First Olympic Winter Games
a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France -
Hitler's Mein Kampf Published
an autobiographical manifesto by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, in which he outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany -
Robert Goddard Fires His First Liquid-Fuel Rocket
credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket -
Bubble Gum Invented
bubble gum was invented by a man named Walter E. Diemer. Here's what Walter Diemer said about it just a year or two before he died: "It was an accident." "I was doing something else," -
Car Radio Invented
In 1929, American Paul Galvin, the head of Galvin Manufacturing Corporation, invented the first car radio.
The first car radios were not available from carmakers. Consumers had to purchase the radios separately. -
Black Tuesday
Stock market crashed!! -
Empire State Building Completed
The Empire State Building is a 103-story skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City -
Scientists Split the Atom
Ernest Walton and John Cockroft (1932) were the first to split the nucleus in a completely controlled manner -
Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler was appointed as the chancellor of Germany by President Paul Von Hindenburg. This appointment was made in an effort to keep Hitler and the Nazi Party “in check”; -
FDR Launches New Deal
Franklin D. Roosevelt launched a series of economic programs designed to combat the effects of the Great Depression. -
Dust Bowl
An Ecological Disaster During the Great Depression(southwestern Kansas, Oklahoma panhandle, Texas panhandle, northeastern New Mexico, and southeastern Colorado) -
The Nuremberg Laws
Nazi government passed two new racial laws at their annual NSDAP Reich Party Congress in Nuremberg, Germany -
King Edward VIII Abdicates
With a government threatening to resign en masse, King Edward VIII was forced to decide between remaining the king of England or keeping the woman he loved, Mrs. Wallis Simpson (an American divorcee) -
Hindenburg Disaster
Hindenburg (a large, rigid airship) was in the process of landing when it broke into flames. Within 34 seconds, the entire airship was consumed by fire. -
War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast
millions of radio listeners were shocked when radio news alerts announced the arrival of Martians. They panicked when they learned of the Martians' ferocious and seemingly unstoppable attack on Earth. Many ran out of their homes screaming while others packed up their cars and fled. -
Refugees on the St. Louis Refused Entry Everywhere
the S.S. St. Louis left Hamburg, Germany for Havana, Cuba carrying 937 passengers, most of whom were Jews fleeing Nazi Germany.
