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J. Edgar Hoover became the head of the Bureau of Investigation (which later became the FBI) on May 10, 1924, when he was appointed as acting director by Attorney General Harlan Fiske Stone. -
On 18 July 1925, Hitler's book, Mein Kampf ('My Struggle') was published. He wrote it in prison, where he was serving a sentence for a failed coup he attempted in 1923. -
The stock market crash that signaled the start of the Great Depression began with "Black Thursday" on October 24, 1929, -
The persistent dry weather caused crops to fail, leaving the plowed fields exposed to wind erosion. The Great Plains' fine soil eroded easily and was carried east by strong continental winds. The first recorded dust storm occurred on September 14, 1930. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt was first elected President of the United States on November 8, 1932, defeating incumbent Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory during the Great Depression. -
Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933, by President Paul von Hindenburg. -
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried -
It was set up on May 6, 1935, by presidential order, as a key part of the Second New Deal. Works Progress Administration. Agency overview.
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James J. Braddock won the heavyweight boxing title on June 13, 1935, by defeating Max Baer in a stunning upset, earning him the nickname "Cinderella Man". -
Berlin hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad. These Games are historically significant as they were used by the Nazi regime for propaganda purposes, attempting to showcase a new, strong Germany. -
Sep 3, 2025 — On November 9–10, 1938, the Nazi regime coordinated an antisemitic riot, called Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass -
The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. -
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"The Wizard of Oz” premiered on 15 August 1939 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, later premiered in New York, and opened across the country on August 25th. But the GATEWAY Theatre in Kenosha premiered it before them all. -
The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union, and one day after ... -
The "Four Freedoms" speech, delivered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 6, 1941, outlined four essential human freedoms: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.