The “Black Tuesday” stock market crash
On Oct. 29, 1929, the “Black Tuesday” stock market crash was the most devastating financial collapse in the…
On Oct. 29, 1929, the “Black Tuesday” stock market crash was the most devastating financial collapse in the…
On May 29, 1929, Senator W. J. Harris, Georgia, introduced S. 4531, authorizing a survey in connection with…
On Apr. 23, 1929, Senator W. J. Harris, Georgia, introduced S. 466, “To authorize the Public Health Service…
On Feb. 28, 1929, the Walter Reed Medal, a military decoration of the U.S. Army was created by…
In 1929, the Priestley Medal was awarded to Francis P. Garvan by the American Chemical Society “to recognize…
In 1929, Philip Drinker and Louis Shaw developed the ‘iron lung’ to aid respiration.
In 1929, The Cook County Hospital added a children’s hospital, men’s hospital, new morgue, and a receiving/admitting building….
In 1929, Clarence Cook Little founded cancer research center in Bar Harbor (The Jackson Laboratory).
In 1929, Hoffman-La Roche established a U.S. Plant in Nutley, N.J. The Swiss company moved much of its…