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1923
June
14
Hyperinflation in Germany
On 14 June 1923 the dollar in Berlin passed 100,000 marks for the first time. By autumn it cost trillions, and German savings had been wiped out.
1928
November
06
Hoover wins the presidential election
On 6 November 1928 the Republican Herbert Hoover soundly beat Al Smith. A year later the Wall Street Crash began the Great Depression, which changed the world.
1929
October
29
Key event
The Wall Street Crash
On 29 October 1929, Black Tuesday, the New York stock market had the worst day of the crash. The Great Depression began, and it helped Hitler come to power.
1930
September
14
Key event
The Reichstag election of 1930
On 14 September 1930 the NSDAP won 18.3 per cent and 107 seats. Hitler’s party leapt from the fringe to second place, and the republic lost its majority.
1932
November
08
Roosevelt wins the presidential election
On 8 November 1932 Franklin Delano Roosevelt routed Herbert Hoover, winning 472 electoral votes. A Depression-stricken America put its faith in a “new deal”.
1933
March
04
Roosevelt's inauguration and the New Deal
On 4 March 1933 Roosevelt took office as US president, saying that the only thing to fear was fear itself. The Hundred Days of the New Deal began.
1936
November
03
Roosevelt re-elected
On 3 November 1936 Roosevelt defeated Alf Landon, carrying 46 of the 48 states and 523 of 531 electoral votes. Americans backed the New Deal.
1937
January
20
Roosevelt's second term
On 20 January 1937 Roosevelt took the oath for a second term in the rain. It was the first inauguration held on that date, moved by the 20th Amendment.
June
21
The fall of Léon Blum's government
On 21 June 1937 Léon Blum resigned when the Senate refused him emergency financial powers. A year of Popular Front government in France was over.