Germany opens "concentration" camps for enemies of the regime.
In December Prohibition is repealed (21st Amendment).
1934
Heinrich Himmler takes control of the secret police in Germany.
A Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation is set up to reduce the number of farm closures.
The Fraternal Council of Negro Churches is established to campaign for social change.
Fugitives Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are killed in Louisiana.
Golf's U.S. Masters is played at Augusta Georgia for the first time.
1935
The National Labor Relations Act outlaws unfair practices by employers and establishes the right to form trade unions.
Storms exacerbate the "dust bowl" in the America mid-west.
More "New Deal" legislation is introduced in the U.S. by Roosevelt, including:
The Resettlement Administration.
Rural Electrification Administration.
The Social Security Act.
James J. Braddock wins the heavyweight boxing title from Max Baer.
1936
The Hoover Dam opens on the Colorado River.
1937
The National Housing Act creates the United State Housing Authority to help make housing more affordable to low-income families.
The Golden Gate Bridge opens in San Francisco.
Joe Louis wins the heavyweight boxing title.
1938
A minimum wage (40 cents/hr) is established in the U.S. under the Labor Standards Act.
Hysteria is caused in the U.S. by Orson Welles' CBS radio broadcast of his play, War of the Worlds.
1939
Albert Einstein writes to President Roosevelt, warning of the dangers of German atomic power prompting an acceleration in atomic research and the beginnings of the Manhattan Project.
Lou Gehrig retires after making 2,130 appearances for the New Yankees.
NBC begins the first regular television service in the U.S.
1940
The French government at Vichy strips Jews of citizenship and bans them from public service.
Nylon stockings, Colonel Sanders "Kentucky Fried Chicken" and the Willy's Jeep are introduced in the U.S.
1941
As the German army advances in Eastern Europe, special units begin the systematic elimination of Jews.
Roosevelt establishes the Fair Employment Practices Commission to investigate racial discrimination in employment.
The Mount Rushmore Memorial is completed.
1942
U.S. automobile production is suspended to maximize war production. Gasoline and sugar are rationed and "Victory Gardens" are introduced to increase food production.
The War Relocation Authority begins to move over a hundred thousand Japanese Americans from the Pacific Coast into internment camps.
In Chicago, physicist Enrico Fermi creates the first controlled chain-reaction in a nuclear reactor.
1943
The U.S. congress approves the "Pay-As-You-Go" scheme whereby employers will deduct income tax from salaries and wages.
Race riots break out in Detroit, following large-scale African American migrations to the north
1944
An international conference at Dumbarton Oaks, establishes the structure of a future United Nations.
A conference at Bretton Woods, establishes the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
1945
In Hood River, Oregon, the American Legion removed the names of 17 Nisei soldiers from the community honor roll.
FDR inaugurated for fourth term.
Detroit Tigers won the World Series.
Oklahoma A&M (Oklahoma State) won the NCAA basketball title.
The War Manpower Commission lifted all controls on wages.
