1930 – The
Motion Picture Production Code becomes set of industry censorship guidelines governing production of the vast majority of United States motion pictures released by major studios; is effective for 38 years
1933 – Chicago Mayor
Anton Cermak killed during a failed assassination attempt on President-elect Roosevelt by
Giuseppe Zangara; the intended target was not wounded.
1933 - Over 12 million or 25% of Americans were unemployed
1933 –
20th Amendment, establishing the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices.
Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt
March 4, 1933 – Roosevelt becomes the 32nd president. He is the last president to be inaugurated on March 4. It also began his "
Hundred Days". Garner becomes the 32nd vice president. He is the last vice president to be inaugurated on March 4.
1933 – President Roosevelt establishes the
New Deal, a response to the Great Depression, and focusing on what historians call the "3 Rs": relief, recovery and reform
1934 –
Dust Bowl begins, causing major ecological and agricultural damage to the Great Plains states; severe drought, heat waves and other factors were contributors.
1939 –
Cash and carry proposed to replace the Neutrality Acts
1939 – President Roosevelt, appearing at the opening of the
1939 New York World's Fair, becomes the first president to give a speech that is broadcast on television. Semi-regular broadcasts air during the next two years
1941 – Regular commercial television broadcasting begins;
CBS and
NBC television networks launched.
January 20, 1941 – President Roosevelt begins third term; Wallace becomes the 33rd vice president
1941 –
Lend-Lease, which supplies the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, France and other Allied nations with vast amounts of war material during World War II
1941 –
Attack on Pearl Harbor; U.S. enters World War II by declaring war on Japan the next day on December 8; and three days later against Germany and Italy.
1941 –
Atlantic Charter, drafted by the UK and U.S., to serve as the blueprint for the postwar world after World War II
1947 –
Truman Doctrine establishes "the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures"
1930 – The
Motion Picture Production Code becomes set of industry censorship guidelines governing production of the vast majority of United States motion pictures released by major studios; is effective for 38 years
1933 – Chicago Mayor
Anton Cermak killed during a failed assassination attempt on President-elect Roosevelt by
Giuseppe Zangara; the intended target was not wounded.
1933 - Over 12 million or 25% of Americans were unemployed
1933 –
20th Amendment, establishing the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices.
Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt
March 4, 1933 – Roosevelt becomes the 32nd president. He is the last president to be inaugurated on March 4. It also began his "
Hundred Days". Garner becomes the 32nd vice president. He is the last vice president to be inaugurated on March 4.
1933 – President Roosevelt establishes the
New Deal, a response to the Great Depression, and focusing on what historians call the "3 Rs": relief, recovery and reform
1934 –
Dust Bowl begins, causing major ecological and agricultural damage to the Great Plains states; severe drought, heat waves and other factors were contributors.
1939 –
Cash and carry proposed to replace the Neutrality Acts
1939 – President Roosevelt, appearing at the opening of the
1939 New York World's Fair, becomes the first president to give a speech that is broadcast on television. Semi-regular broadcasts air during the next two years
1941 – Regular commercial television broadcasting begins;
CBS and
NBC television networks launched.
January 20, 1941 – President Roosevelt begins third term; Wallace becomes the 33rd vice president
1941 –
Lend-Lease, which supplies the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, France and other Allied nations with vast amounts of war material during World War II
1941 –
Attack on Pearl Harbor; U.S. enters World War II by declaring war on Japan the next day on December 8; and three days later against Germany and Italy.
1941 –
Atlantic Charter, drafted by the UK and U.S., to serve as the blueprint for the postwar world after World War II
1947 –
Truman Doctrine establishes "the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures"