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A sudden decline in stock prices in America lead to many American's losing their jobs, houses, money, and all of this instigated The Great Depression.
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It's name derived from New York's nickname, the Empire State. It stood as the world's tallest building for nearly 40 years.
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It was Ford's first car to use the front-engine layout and was priced at $2000 (equivalent to $52000 today), the Model B was a high end car.
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4,300 people (WWI veterans, their families, and afiliated groups) march to demand cash-payment redemption of their service certificates.
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The Twentieth Amendment moved the beginning and ending of the terms of the President and Vice President. It also has provisions that determine what is to be done when there is no President-elect.
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President Roosevelt establishes the New Deal, a response to the Great Depression, and focusing on what historians call the "3 Rs": relief, recovery and reform.
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It repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol.
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The Dust Bowl was the name given to the Great Plains region devastated by drought. Many farmers had to move due to the Dust Bowl because their crops would not grow.
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On September 8, Huey was shot by the relative of a political enemy in the State Capitol, and he died two days later at age 42. News of Huey’s death made headlines around the world.
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Amelia Earhart and navigator Frederick Noonan is reported missing near Howland Island in the Pacific. The two were attempting to fly around the world.
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German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and eventually rule Poland. World War II begins
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Roosevelt was reelected for his third and final FULL term because he died during his fourth term. Many Americans were against his third term.
