William Faulkner writing decade

By Sarah Haak

  • Faulkner and new wife buy the antebellum home "The Shegog Place"

  • Faulkner writes "As I lay Dying"

  • Period: to

    1930-1940

  • Pluto Discovered

  • William Falkner published "A Rose for Emily"

  • William Flakner wrote "Sanctuary" for money

  • Faulkner writes short stroy collection (13 stories)

  • Star Spangled Banner officially becomes National Anthem

  • Empire State Building Opens

  • Faulkner writes "A Light in August"

  • Lindbergh's Baby Kidnapped

  • Motro-Goldwyn-Mayer (film studio) hire William Falkner

  • Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany

  • Assassination Attempt on FDR

  • First Nazi Concentration Camp

  • Bonnie and Clyde Killed

  • Cheesburger Created

  • Parker Brothers sell Manopoly Game

  • "Absolam Absalom!" released by William Falkner

  • 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin

  • Amelia Earhart Vanishes

  • Hindenburg catches Fire

  • WWII Begins

  • Wizard of Oz Movie Premiers

  • William Faulkner selected to join the National Institute of Arts and Letters ranks

  • Faulkner published "THe Hamlet" (The first book of the Snopes trilogy)