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Stock Market Crash
Some people invested life savings. Then the stock market took a crash and most people were exxtremely poor. -
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The Great Depression
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Pluto discovered
American astronomer Percival Lowell first thought there was another planet somewhere close to Neptune and Uranus. He noticed that the gravitational pull of something large that was affecting the orbits of the two planets. -
U.S. Officially Gets National Anthem
President Herbert Hoover Officially made "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem for the United States. The words of "The Star Spangled Banner" were by Francis Scott Key as a poem "The Defence of Fort McHenry. -
Lindbergh's Baby Kidnapped
When Charlie Lindbergh's Nurse went to check on him at 10 pm, he was gone, someone had kidnapped him. The whole world was shocked about it. Two years later the found Bruno Richard Hauptmann convicted for first-degreee murder and then executed. He killed and buried the baby less than five miles from where he was taken. -
Nazi
First Nazi concentrationn Camps Established -
Assassination Attempt of FDR
Giuseppe Zangara tried to kill FDR in Miami, Florida. Came out to his car after he gave his speach, started talking to his supporters when Guiseppe had shot five shots at himwith his .32 caliber pistol -
Bonnie and Clyde Killed by Police
Bonnie and Clyde went on a two year crime spree. The general attitude of the country was against government which they used to their advantage. -
Nazi Olympics
Everyone came together for the Olympics in Germany. Nazi took power that year and several countries threated to boycott. They set their countries issues aside and sent there athletes to Germany. -
Hindenburgh disaster
When trying to land at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey, a flame appeared on the outer cover of the rear of the Hidenburgh. Within 34 seconds the whole airship was consumed by fire. -
Kristallnacht
Synagogues were ravaged and then burned. Jewish shop windows were broken. Jews were beaten, raped, arrested, and murdered. -
Auschwitz opens
Largest concentration and death camp. Auschwitz had the infamous sign that stated "Arbeit Macht Frei" work makes one free. -
President FDR elected for president
Franklin D. Roosevelt Elected to an unprecedented Third Term as U.S. President
