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  Black Thursday brought in a world-wide economic depression.
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  Mahatma Gandhi a spiritual leader lead the Salt March in protest against the goverments monopoly on Salt Production.
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  Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight in 11 hours and 45 minutes, he crash lands in New Zealeands west coast.
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  In Washington D.C. the police fire tear gas on WW1 veterans who attempted to masrch to the White House.
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  THe 20th amendment was ratified and changed the date of US presidential inauguration to the 20th of January.
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  THe U.S. Court of Appeals upheald lower aourt ruling striking down goverments attempt to band controversial novel "Ulysses"
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  Black Saturday is considered the worst sand storm as it ravages in the U.S. midwest (created The Dust Bowl)
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  The sirst semi-automatic rifles were adopted by the U.S. Army
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  William H Hastle becomes the first black federal judge
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  The Nazi Germany invades Austria
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  Black Friday bush fire burns 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia killing 71 people.
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  Roosevelt was elected to a third term as president