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"Star Spangled Banner"
In 1931 the "star spangled banner" becomes the official national anthem for the United States of America. On April 15, 1929, Rep. John Linthicum (D-Md.) had introduced a bill that would make the song the national anthem. It took a year for him to get a hearing with the judicial commitee. -
Japan invade china
Japan invades China after the murder of a Japanaese Buddhist priest in Shanghai,Japan took control of Manchuria. The war between Japan and China was not declared until 1937. -
1932 fdr beats hoover
Franklin Delanore Roosevelt defeats Hoover for the presidency. In his first 100 days in office, Roosevelt launches the New Deal including dozens of federal programs to help agriculture, social security, a more fair tax system and a host of federal jobs programs to get people back to work. -
bonus army marches
17,000 impoverished veterans march on Washington, seeking promised government bonuses - current soldiers are used to drive them out. Also known as the "Bonus Army" -
Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
In the two German general elections in 1932, Hitler's Nazi Party (National Socialists) won 37% and 34% of the vote, which made his party the largest in the parliament (Reichstag). He didn't have a majority, but he had enough seats that people had to take him seriously. -
Germany invades Poland
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. -
Germany "invades" Czechoslovakia
Mussolini, Chamberlain, Daladier and Hilter met at the last minute on 29 September 1938 to decide Czechoslovakia's fate. They decided that Czechoslavkia had to hand over the German speaking Sudetenland which contained the country's western and northern defences against Germany. The Czechs gave in easily because they had no help and in October 1938, German troops marched into the Sudetenland.