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Over 3.2 million Americans are unemployed
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The first woman to fly alone over the Atlantic Ocean.
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Only banks with the backing of the federal reserve are allowed to open and many of the nation's banks will be open again by the end of the month.
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It comes to an end with the 21st Amendment.
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Franklin Roosevelt easily wins the presidential election over Herbert Hoover. It is the first of four times that Roosevelt will be elected.
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Thousands of Americans work for the government doing things such as building roads and parks and photographing the Depression.
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The Dust Bowl, caused by over plowed land and drought, leads to several years of huge dust storms in the Great Plains.
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The dam, which is renamed Hoover Dam in 1947, is one of biggest man-made structures in the world at 726 feet high.
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A German airship called the Hindenburg catches on fire while it tries to land at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. The airship crashes to the horror of those watching and 36 people die
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Golden Gate Bridge opens in San Francisco, connecting San Francisco to Marin County.
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Hitler invades many countries even thought he isn't allowed
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Churchill becomes the prime minister of Britain
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Declaration was signed in Washington
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Allies invade normandy
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Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin plan for final defeat against germany.
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Hitler commits suicide
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Germany surrenders
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Japan finally surrenders.
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First meeting opens in London
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Truman proposes this to help Greece and Turkey from communist expansion.
