In 1929...
Cost of a gallon of Gas $ 0.21
Yearly Inflation Rate USA 1.17
Dow Reaches Peak of 381.17 on September 3rd prior to the slide and eventual wall street crash in October
The Wall Street Crash of 1929, is the stock-market crash that occurred in late October and started the period of The Great Depression in the United States , starting a world-wide economic crisis lasting till the mid 30's
Oil $1.75 per barrel
The 1929 St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Seven gangsters rivaling Al Capone are murdered in Chicago, Illinois
Total of over 200,000 die from Influenza Epidemic
The United States and Canada sign an agreement to protect Niagara Falls
US Population reaches 120 Million
Popeye, a comic strip character created by Elzie Crisler Segar, makes his debut.
The soft Drink 7-up is invented by Charles Leiper Grigg
The first car radio is made by Motorola
Edwin Hubble continued to publish much of the foundations for understanding our galaxies and much of the theory that modern astronomy is based on ( Possibly why the Hubble Space Telescope was named after him )
The growth of Airplane travel continues with flights to destinations further and further apart including India, Australia, Europe, North and South America and Asia
The bikes of '29
2 comments:
Hello!, my Grandfather used one of this Indians....
I would like to have photos, but...
MrDonda
Cool man thanks for looking, did he have a 4 or the twin?
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