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1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1929th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 929th year of the 2nd millennium, the 29th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1920s decade.
December 3 – Great Depression: U.S. President Herbert Hoover announces to the U.S. Congress that the worst effects of the recent stock market crash are behind the nation, and that the American people have regained faith in the economy.
1929 – St. Valentine's Day Massacre; March 4, 1929 – Hoover becomes the 31st president and Curtis becomes the 31st vice president. 1929 – Wall Street crash of 1929 occurs, resulting in the Great Depression.
1929 events in the United States by month (6 C) / 1929 disestablishments in the United States (28 C, 8 P) 1929 establishments in the United States (55 C, 36 P) A.
Prime Minister Tardieu. André Tardieu became 97th Prime Minister of France.The previous prime minister, Aristide Briand, was retained as foreign minister. [7]Official returns showed that the anti-Young Plan referendum narrowly surpassed the threshold to make it binding on the Reichstag. 10% of Germany's eligible voters had to subscribe to the referendum, and it passed that mark by less than 1 ...
September 7, 1929: Sinking of the SS Kuru kills 136 people in Finland September 30, 1929: The world's first rocket powered-plane, Germany's RAK-1, piloted by Fritz von Opel September 5, 1929: Economist Roger Babson warns investors, "Sooner or later, a crash is coming.."
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, 1928–1930. The "Roaring Twenties", the decade following World War I that led to the crash, [4] was a time of wealth and excess.Building on post-war optimism, rural Americans migrated to the cities in vast numbers throughout the decade with hopes of finding a more prosperous life in the ever-growing expansion of America's industrial sector.
President Hoover left a Christmas Eve reception for children in order to direct efforts to retrieve important documents, but not all records could be saved. It was the most serious fire at the White House since it was burned by the British in 1814. [47] Congress would authorize the construction of a new West Wing to replace the burned building.