William Faulkner By baileymunk Jan 1, 1925 Wrote first novel Soldier's Pay Aug 6, 1926 Gertrude Ederle First Woman to swim the English Channel Sep 30, 1927 Babe Ruth makes home run record Oct 6, 1927 First Talking Movie, The Jazz Singer Jan 1, 1928 Bubble gum invented Jan 1, 1929 William loses secure financial position Apr 1, 1929 Estelle got her first divorce -Estelle was married before she was married to William Sep 4, 1929 William Married Estelle Oldham Oct 24, 1929 Stock Market Crashes Oct 29, 1929 The Great Depression Begins Jan 1, 1930 Faulkner began sending stories to magazines Jan 1, 1930 Dust Bowl Feb 18, 1930 Pluto Discovered Jun 19, 1930 As I Lay Dying Jan 1, 1931 A Rose For Emily Mar 3, 1931 Star Spangled Banned May 1, 1931 Empire State Building Completed Aug 5, 1931 Short Story, A Dry September May 1, 1932 William began working to be a screenwriter May 20, 1932 Amelia Earhart flys over Atlantic Jan 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany Feb 15, 1933 Assassination Attempt on Franklin Roosevelt Mar 20, 1933 First Nazi Concentration Camp Dec 5, 1933 Prohibition Ends in the U.S. Jan 1, 1934 Board Game Monoply Begins to Sell
