1. Adolf Hitler announced the production of a state sponsored people's car in Germany. By 1972, the Volkswagen surpassed the Model T in sales.
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2. The average house price was $5750. A battery powered radio was $52.00. A gallon of gas was 10 cents. A loaf of bread cost 7 cents.
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3. The Volstead Act was repealed, ending Prohibition.
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4. Civil War erupted in Cuba, forcing American businesses to close up shop.
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5. One-third to one-quarter of all Americans were unemployed, making it the worst year of the Great Depression.
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6. Diptheria vaccine was first introduced in the Western World.
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7. Wiley Post flied solo around the world only six years after Charles Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight.
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8. The Inverness Courier reported a sighting of a monster in Loch Ness for the first time in Scotland.
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9. Charles Darrow, an unemployed steam radiator repairman, invented the board game Monopoly. It sold just over 2 million copies in its first two years on store shelves.
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10. China's Yellow River overflowed its banks, damaging crops and leading to mass starvation.
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Source: www.thepeoplehistory.com.
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