The Great Depression got worse on this day in 1930, with the closing of the Bank of the United States in New York City. The bank—with more than 400,000 depositors—was the largest to date of the more than 1,300 bank closings across the country /1
/2 Days before, President Hoover asked Congress to fund a massive public works program for the growing ranks of unemployed. Lawmakers would soon allocate $116 million for a jobs program
Three days after the U.S. declared war on Japan, Japan's allies - Nazi leader Adolf Hiter and Germany's ally Italy - declared war on the United States. The U.S. responded in kind. The United States now found itself in a two-front war 
