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Also known as "black tuesday," the the Stock Market Crash of 1929, began on October 24, 1929 , and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States,
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By March of 1930, more than 3.2 million people are unemployed, up from 1.5 million before the October, 1929 crash.
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New York's bank collapsed, making it the largest single bank failure in the nation's history. It is also said to have started the collapse of banking during the Great Depression.
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"Food riots" begin to break out in parts of the U.S. In Minneapolis, several hundred men and women smash the windows of a grocery market and make off with fruit, canned goods, bacon, and ham.
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Michael J. Gallagher creates a lithograph depicting the harsh unemployment of the Great Depression.
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Donato Rico creates a wood engraving of a man enhaling fumes during the Great Depression. The fume is supposed to be dust, in which causes the man's lungs to swell, destroying his lungs.
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The U.S. unemployment rate drops below 10%, ending the Great Depression.
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George Segal creates a sculpture depicting three men in a bread line during the Great Depression.
