1925 to 1935
Your Fifties
Under Construction
If you had been born in 1875, just as this the period covered by is course began, then you would have been in your fifties during this decade.
[Video Introduction of Session]
Outline
Course Decades of Biggest Change 1875 to 1945
Session 7 Topics
Topic 1 The Roaring Twenties
Topic 2 USA Election of 1928
Topic 3 The Crash of 1929
Topic 4 The Great Depression
Topic 5 The New Deal
Other Sessions
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Headlines
| YEAR | EVENTS |
|---|---|
| 1926 | Turkey: Kamal Government Launched Modernization Reforms |
| 1926 | Hollywood: Rudolph Valentino Starred in “The Son of the Sheik” |
| 1926 | Auburn, Massachusetts: Robert H. Goddard Fires the First Liquid Fuel Rocket |
| 1927 | Germany: Inter-Allied Military Control of Germany Ends |
| 1927 | Moscow: Trotsky Expelled from Communist Party |
| 1927 | Hollywood: First Movie with Sound “The Jazz Singer” Starring Al Jolson Released |
| 1927 | North Atlantic: Charles A. Lindberg Flew Monoplane, “Spirit of St. Louis” Across Atlantic |
| 1928 | China: Chiang Kai-shek Elected President |
| 1928 | Hollywood: Walt Disney Released First Mickey Mouse Films |
| 1928 | St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London: Alexander Fleming Discovered Penicillin |
| 1929 | Munich: Hitler Appoints Himmler, “Reichsfuhrer S.S.” |
| 1929 | Wall Street, New York City: New York: Stock Market Crash; Great Depression Begins |
| 1929 | Hollywood: First Academy Awards Made |
| 1930 | Germany: Election Resuls: Nazis Gain 107 Seats from the Center Parties |
| 1930 | Tokyo Station: Premier Hamaguchi Assassinated |
| 1930 | Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona: Planet Pluto Discovered by Clyde Tombaugh |
| 1931 | London: Statute of Westminster Defines Dominion Status |
| 1931 | Chicago: Al Capone Jailed for Income Tax Evasion |
| 1931 | Columbus, Ohio: Jehovah’s Witnesses Formed From International Bible Studies Association |
| 1931 | Africa: Benguella-Katanga, the First Trans-African Railroad Line Completed |
| 1932 | Germany: Election Resuls: Nazis 230 Seats, Socialists 133, Center 97 |
| 1932 | USA: Franklin D. Roosevelt Beats Herbert Hoover for President |
| 1932 | Saudi Arabia: Ibn Saud Renames His Kingdom Saudi Arabia |
| 1932 | Los Angeles: Will Durant Begins “Story of Civilization” |
| 1933 | Berlin: Adolph Hitler Appointed German Chancellor |
| 1933 | Berlin: Hitler Uses Reichstag Fire to Outlaw all Opposition Parties |
| 1933 | Germany: First Concentration Camps Erected |
| 1934 | China: Mao Zedung’s Communists Begins Long March |
| 1934 | U.S.S.R.: Stalin’s Policies Cause Mass Famine |
| 1934 | Chicago: F.B.I. Kills John Dillinger, “Public Enemy No. 1” |
| 1935 | USA: Social Security Act Passed |
| 1935 | Iran: Persia Changes Its Name |
| 1935 | Upper Stowe, Northamptonshire, England: First Radar Equipment to Detect Aircraft Built |
| 1935 | Akron, Ohio: Alcoholics Anonymous Organized |
| YEAR | EVENTS |
Concepts
More Information
From the History Moments Library
| YEAR | TITLE | AUTHOR(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1048 | Holy Roman Emperor Takes Control of the Papacy | Ferdinand Gregorovius| |Joseph Darras |
| 1054 | Orthodox, Catholics Split | Henry F. Tozer| |Joseph Deharbe |
| 1066 | Battle of Hastings | Sir Edward Creasy |
| YEAR | TITLE | AUTHOR(s) |