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The stock market crash of 1929 was caused by some 16 million shares being traded in a single day.
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This was the day that the Star Spangled Banner became the country's offical national anthem.
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Al "Scarface" Capone is convicted of income tax evasion and is later sent to federal prison for 11 years.
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Amelia Earheart becomes the first women to fly across the Atlantic solo.
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Adolf Hiter becomes the Chancellor of Germany, this being his first step of what he will do next.
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Franklin Roosevelt defeats Herbert Hoover and becomes the 32nd president of the United States.
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Prohibition comes to end end with the 21st amendment.
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The bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed and killed by police in Black Lake, Louisiana.
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On this day, some 20,000 watched President Roosevelt commemorate the Hoover Dam's completion.
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In the Berlin Olympic games, Jesse Owens golrifies America by winning 4 Olympic gold medals
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The hindenburg spontaneously cathes fire and crashes, killing around 35 people. Somehow a majority of the crew and passengers survied.
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There was some criticism because there was an unwritten rule that no president should serve more than two terms.
