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Valentine's Day Massacre
Actually a botched plan, the target got away. -
Hubble and the Expanding Universe Theory
Shocked everyone, started the big bang theory -
Stock market crash
The start of the Great Depression -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
Hoover sins the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, raises export tariffs causing issues in Europe -
Kreditanstalt Crashes
Bank of Austria crashes and causes panic throughout Europe -
England Drops the "Gold Standard"
England having economic issues and stops reinforcing their currency with gold -
Hitler for Fuhrer
On this day Hitler got named chancellor in Germany -
FDR Fireside Chat
President trying to calm down the American people. -
America Drops the "Gold Standard"
America stops backing their money with gold -
Life magazine published
Photorealism helped capture the struggle of the Great Depression -
Monetary Stability
France, Britain, and the US agree on monetary stabilization measures marking the beginning of international economic cooperation. -
Germany Starts WWII
Germany attacked Poland
