The Great Depression By 2059517 Sep 4, 1929 World War 2 The start of world war 2 Period: Oct 27, 1929 to Sep 21, 1939 The start and end of the Great depression Oct 29, 1929 The Black friday crash Oct 31, 1929 The economic crash The banks in the u.s. Started to fail. Jan 21, 1930 The multiple bank faliures about 774 banks failed Oct 31, 1930 The recovery in some countries Sep 1, 1931 The effect on English banks The english banks selling notes for gold