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J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI
Attorney General Harlan Fiske Stone appointed the 29-year-old Hoover acting director of the Bureau, and by the end of the year Mr. Hoover was named Director. As Director, Mr. Hoover put into effect a number of institutional changes to correct criticisms made of his predecessor's administration. -
Mein Kampf is Published
Written by Adolf Hitler. It outlines his future plans for Germany. -
Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression
Known as Black Thursday. Opened 11% lower. -
The Dust Bowl Begins
A massive dust storm sweeping across the U.S.This causes many problems for the people including money troubles which affected so much of the peoples lives. Many were broke, couldn't provide food, or proper shelter, and food for their family -
Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President (1st Time)
Roosevelt defeated Republican incumbent Herbert Hoover in one of the largest landslide victories in US history -
Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany
This followed a series of Nazi party electoral wins. He ruled until his death. -
CCC is Created
Roosevelt established the Civilian Conservation Corps. Voluntary public work relief program for unmarried or unemployed men aged 18-25 later expanded to 17-28. -
WPA is Created
part of his New Deal plan to lift the country out of the Great Depression by reforming the financial system and restoring the economy to pre-Depression levels -
J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title
at Madison Square Garden Bowl, Braddock won the Heavyweight Championship of the World as the 10-to-1 underdog in what was called "the greatest fistic upset since the defeat of John L. Sullivan by Jim Corbett" -
Olympic Games in Berlin
propaganda coup for the Nazis. The stands were filled with Hitler youth. Known as the nazi olympics -
Kristallnacht
Aka night of the broken glass. This was against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's Sturmabteilung paramilitary forces along with civilians throughout Nazi Germany -
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck -
Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters
The Wizard of Oz, which will become one of the best-loved movies in history, opens in theaters around the United States. Based on the 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. -
Germany invaded Poland
Marked the beginning of WWll for Europe. Regain lost territory -
The Four Freedoms Speech
proposed four fundamental freedoms that people "everywhere in the world" ought to enjoy: Freedom of speech. Freedom of worship. Freedom from want