1930s Timeline

J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI

May 10, 1924

Pres. Calvin Coolidge appointed Hoover as a director for the FBI because of William J. Burns being a part of a scandal.

Mein Kampf Published

Jul 18, 1925

Book of his ideologies and what he actually does in WW2.

Stock Market Crash Starts Great Depression

Oct 25, 1929

Worst economic event that followed the London Stock Exchange Crash.

Dust Bowl Starts

1930

Severe dust storms in Southern Plains area.

Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany

1933

Ruled Germany absolutely until his suicide.

Franklin Roosevelt elected 1st time

Mar 4, 1933

Helped regain stability during the Great Depression.

CCC is created

Apr 5, 1933

Created to relieve the Great Depression and fix unemployment.

WPA is created

May 6, 1935

Created to relieve the economic downfall of the Great Depression, disbanded i 1943.

J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title

Jun 13, 1935

10-1 underdog, compared to older fight between John L. Sullivan and Jim Corbett.

Olympic Games in Berlin

Oct 1, 1936

Propaganda success for Nazi party, they did this to get a better image of their government.

Kristallnacht

Sep 9, 1938

Big pogrom against Jews by Nazis. 91+ Deaths.

Grapes of Wrath published

Apr 14, 1939

Advocated social change and showed the corruption in Californian land-owners.

Germany Invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

This was the beginning action of WW2, their reason was to "regain lost land".

Wizard of Oz Premieres

Sep 25, 1939

Premiered in Wisconsin, shown there to prove that films will sell in the middle-west.

The Four Freedoms Speech

Jan 6, 1941

Four speeches of freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.