aOne way to learn what happened in one of history’s most noxious but disputed episodes is to ask Mizushima Satoru. After what he calls “exhaustive research” on the seizure of the then Chinese capital by Japanese troops in 1937, estimated to have cost anywhere from 20,000 to 300,000 ...
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In 1936, Japan joined Nazi Germany in a predecessor to the Axis Powers’ Tripartite Pact of 1940. By this time, the military was in de facto control of the increasingly powerless civilian government, even though various coup d’etat attempts had failed. In 1937, the Japanese army invaded Chi...
The recession of 1937-38 is sometimes called “the recession within the Depression.” It came at a time when the recovery from the Great Depression was far from complete and the unemployment rate was still very high. In fact, it was a disastrous setback to the recovery. Real GDP fell 11...
The crash happened after a long period of rising market growth that led to consumer overconfidence. In fact, after 1922, the stock market had increased by nearly 20 percent each year until 1929. People Bought Stocks With Easy Credit During the 1920s, there was a rapid growth in bank credit...
Died September 26, 1937 b. 1894 American blues singer, the most successful blues singer of the 1920s and '30s. After her death from a car accident, it was rumored that she died because white hospitals wouldn't admit her. However, later interviews with the ambulance driver and attending phy...
Mutiny on the Bounty happened. (1789)The crew of the HMS Bounty, a British Royal Navy ship, revolted against their captain because they found their captain oppressive and wanted to live in the paradise that is Tahiti. Perhaps the most well-known mutiny, this episode has been the subject of...
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In 1937, she attempted the voyage in her twin-engine Lockheed Electra. With about 7,000 miles left to go, she made a challenging landing at Howland Island in the mid-Pacific. Her radio transmissions became unclear, and the last thing she reported over her radio was, “We are running nort...