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