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2003 - Rwandans voted to approve a new constitution
that instituted a balance of power between Hutu and
Tutsi.
In 1938 …
President: Franklin D Roosevelt
Vice President: John N. Garner
Population: 129,824,939
Federal spending: $6.84 billion
Consumer Price Index: 14.1
Unemployment: 19.0%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.03
• Orson Welles broadcasts his adaptation of H.G.
Wells's War of the Worlds, creating a nationwide panic
as listeners believe that aliens have landed in New
Jersey (Oct. 30).
• Fair Labor Standards Act establishes minimum
wage.
• Unexpected hurricane wreaks havoc on Long Island,
N.Y. and in New England.
• Hitler marches into Austria; political and
geographical union of Germany and Austria proclaimed.
• Munich Pact—Britain, France, and Italy agree to
let Germany partition Czechoslovakia.
• Nazis destroy Jewish shops, homes, synagogues in
Kristallnacht riots; 20,000-30,000 sent to concentration
camps.
• First oil strike in Kuwait transforms the
emirate's economy.
Alaska …
Nickname: The state is commonly called “The Last
Frontier” or “Land of the Midnight Sun”
Origin of name: Corruption of Aleut word meaning
“great land” or “that which the sea breaks against”
State parks: more than 100 (3.5 million acres)
Selected famous natives and residents:
• Aleksandr Baranov first governor of Russian America
• Benny Benson designed state flag at age 13
• Vitus Bering explorer
• Susan Butcher sled-dog racer
• William A. Egan first state governor
• B. Frank Heintzleman territorial governor
•
Joe Juneau prospector
• Austin Lathrop industrialist
• Sydney Lawrence painter
• Virgil F. Partch cartoonist |
