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è stato aggiornato 29 nov 2018
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Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes
the first female governor (Wyoming)
in the United States.
Twelve days later, Ma Ferguson
becomes first female governor of Texas.Frank Heath and his horse
Gypsy Queen leaves
Washington, D.C. to begin
a two-year journey to visit
all 48 states.The Ku Klux Klan, the largest
fraternal organization in the
United States, demonstrates
its popularity by holding a
parade with an estimated
30,000-35,000 marchers in
Washington DCThe first commercial air
route to South Africa is
established by Alan Cobham.Germany and the Soviet Union
each pledge neutrality, in the
event of an attack on the other
by a third party, for the next five yearsThe United States Numbered
Highway System, including U.S.
Route 66, is established.The Cristero War erupts
in Mexico, when Catholic
rebels attack the government,
which had placed heavy
restrictions on the Catholic ChurchA diamond rush in South Africa
includes trained athletes, who
have been hired by major
companies to stake claims.The Food, Drug, and Insecticide
Administration (FDIA) is
established as a United States
federal agencyThe OGPU arrests Leon Trotsky
in Moscow; he assumes a status
of passive resistanceLeon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-AtaPassage of the Representation
of the People Act in the United
Kingdom lowers the voting
age for women from 30 to 21,
giving them equal suffrage
with men on July 2Joseph Stalin launches the first
five-year plan (1928–1932); the
average nonfarm wage falls by
50% in the Soviet UnionThe longest bridge in the world
at this time, the San Francisco
Bay Toll-Bridge, opensThe Wall Street Crash of 1929,
also known as the Stock Market
Crash of 1929 or the Great Crash,
is the stock market crash that occurred
in late October, 1929. It started on
October 24 ("Black Thursday")
and continued until October 29, 1929
("Black Tuesday"), when share prices
on the New York Stock Exchange
collapsed.The 1st Conference of
the Communist Parties of
Latin America is held in Buenos Aires
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