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1930-1939
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The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act is signed by President Herbert Hoover. Its effective rate hikes would slash world trade.
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The state of Nevada legalizes gambling.
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The Reconstruction Finance Corporation is established to stimulate banking and business.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated for the first time.
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The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed, ending prohibition.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is established.
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The Social Security Act is passed by Congress as part of the New Deal legislation.
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Hoover Dam is dedicated by President Roosevelt.
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Gone with the Wind is published by Margaret Mitchell.
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The Summer Olympics Games open in Berlin, Germany under the watchful eye of German leader Adolph Hitler.
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William Henry Hastie is appointed to the federal bench, becoming the first African-American to become a federal judge.
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The Appalachian Trail, extending two thousand miles from Mount Katahdin, Maine to Springer Mountain, Georgia is completed.
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he National Minimum Wage is signed into law within the federal legislation known as the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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A nationwide scare develops when Orson Welles broadcasts his War of the Worlds radio drama, which included fake news bulletins stating that a Martian invasion had begun on earth.
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Albert Einstein alerts Franklin D. Roosevelt to an A-bomb opportunity, which led to the creation of the Manhattan Project.