December 10, 1930 — The Bank of the United States collapses
Although the effects of the Depression had been gaining momentum since Black Tuesday, on October 29, 1929, and several smaller...
May 24, 2019
The Past
August 7, 1930 — Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith are lynched
On the evening of August 6, 1930, Thomas Shipp, Abram Smith and James Cameron were arrested for the murder of...
May 29, 2019
July 6, 1929 — Franz Werfel and Alma Mahler are married
Franz Werfel was husband number three for Alma Mahler. She’d already been having an affair with him and even living...
June 4, 2019
June 6, 1929 — “Un Chien Andalou” premieres
For a silent film running only 15 minutes, Un Chien Andalou casts a long shadow. It is seen as a...
June 9, 2019
May 21, 1929 — The Great King Rat is born
Little is known of the circumstances of the Great King Rat’s birth, other than its date of May 21st. Even...
June 14, 2019
January 2, 1929 — Wop May and Vic Horner fly badly needed medicine to Little Red Bay
Already a celebrated war ace (and one of the contenders for the title of “shot down the Red Baron”), Wilfred...
June 19, 2019
May 25, 1928 — Claude Debussy dies
One of the most popular and influential of all French composers, Claude Achille Debussy was on August 22, 1862. Debussy...
June 24, 2019
March 19, 1928 — “Amos ‘n’ Andy” premieres on radio station WMAQ Chicago
Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll were a pair of comedians and actors who, in 1926, created one of the earliest...
June 29, 2019
January 31, 1928 — Leon Trotsky exiled from the Soviet Union
Trotsky was Lenin’s second-in-command during the Russian Revolution, and later the first leader of the Red Army and a high-ranking...
July 4, 2019
November 29, 1927 — Alexander Alekhine becomes World Chess Champion
Alekhine had been a grandmaster since 1914 or thereabouts (the title is not a formal one), and he was on...
July 7, 2019
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