The Great Depression By unidentifiedflailingobject Feb 14, 1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre Period: Feb 14, 1929 to Dec 7, 1941 The Great Depression Oct 24, 1929 Wall Street Crash Oct 29, 1930 Dust Bowl Dehydrates and Kills Crops May 1, 1931 Empire State Building Opens Mar 4, 1933 Inauguration of FDR Jul 5, 1935 Labor Regulations Act May 6, 1937 Zeppelin Hindenburg Explodes Sep 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland Dec 17, 1939 Otto Hahn Splits an Atom Dec 7, 1941 Bombing of Pearl Harbor