Timeline Monday 4 March 1929

Events on Monday 4 March 1929 4

• 1923 – 1929 Coolidge presidency 30th President — 1923 to 1929 Calvin Coolidge assumed the presidency on August 2, 1923 after Harding's death, serving until March 4, 1929. He presided over the economic boom of the Roaring Twenties but declined to run for re-election in 1928.
• 1929 Founding of Mexico's National Revolutionary Party Calles creates the forerunner of the PRI Former president Plutarco Elías Calles founded the Partido Nacional Revolucionario to unite Mexico's revolutionary factions. As the PRI it went on to govern Mexico without interruption until 2000.
• 1929 Herbert Hoover inaugurated as US President Hoover becomes the 31st president Herbert Hoover was sworn in as the 31st President of the United States after defeating Al Smith in the 1928 election. Months later the Wall Street Crash began the economic collapse that would define his single term.
• 1929 – 1933 Hoover presidency 31st President — 1929 to 1933 Herbert Hoover served as the 31st President from March 4, 1929 to March 4, 1933. The Wall Street Crash of October 1929 occurred just months into his term, leading to the Great Depression.