Great Depression: US President Herbert Hoover announces to the Congress of the United States that the worst effects of the recent stock market crash are behind the nation and the American people have regained faith in the economics.,
Bhopal Disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800 people outright and injures 150,000-600,000 others (some 6,000 of whom would later die from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.,