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Stock Market Crash
Known as Black Tuesday was one of the most horrific days in history. Many people rushed to the banks demanding for their money but many people were to late and lost everything. The whole country was in this sad time. -
First Frozen Food Produced
Clarence Birdseye was the first company to package and sell frozen foods. He sold his company and patents for $22 million to Goldman Sachs and the Postum Company, which eventually became General Foods Corporation, and which founded the Birds Eye Frozen Food Company. -
Mickey Mouse Comic Strip
Mickey Mouse had helped Walt Disney create the studio and become a popular comic .The comic strip was in national newspapers. Disney decided to build the park around Mickey. -
National Anthem
The Star-Spangled Banner, by Francis Scott Key, was approved by President Hoover and Congress as the national anthem. The lyrics of the anthem were inspired during the bombing of Fort McHenry by British ships at the head of Baltimore harbor in September of 1814. -
Construction for Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam is located between Arizona and Nevada for the Colorado River. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936. It was named after President Herbert Hoover but on September 30, 1935 it was dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
Kidnapping
Charles Lindbergh's son was kidnapped and found found dead on May 12th near his home in Hopewell, New Jersey. Bruno Hauptmann was found guilty of the crime on February 13, 1935. -
Bonnie and Clyde Die
This gangster couple had done many crimes such as rob banks and murder many people during the Great Depression. Bonnie was from Rowena, Texas and Clyde grew up in Ellis County, Texas but they both traveled together to different states. They got ambushed and shot in 1934 by the police in Louisiana. -
Gone with the Wind Published
Gone with the Wind was written by Margaret Mitchell. It was written about a daughter of plantation owner named Scarlett O'Hara during the Civil War and Reconstruction -
Summer Olymipics
The Olympics was in Berlin, Germany when Adolph Hitler was in power. Jesse Owens won four gold medals for the U.S which made Hitler ferious because he was trying to promote his ideals of racial supremacy. -
Hindenburg Disaster
The Hindenburg had exploded into flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey. There was thirty six total passangers died. The accident had ended the market for the blimbs. -
Memorial Day Massacre
The Steel Workers Organizing Committee had gone on strike in Chicago, Illinois. The protesters were marching towards the Republic Steel mill and the police tried to stop them but the pretesters argued. There were ten protester deaths. -
President Frankllin Roosevelt
Roosevelt was elected for his third term as president. He developed the New deal which was a method on rebuilding the nation from the depression.
