• 1929


    Order of Italian Canadians, a benevolent society, is created in Montreal. It comprises antifascist lodges that had left the Order Sons of Italy due to increasing fascist interference.

  • February 11, 1929


    The Lateran Accords are signed between the Kingdom of Italy and the Holy See. At the time the agreement is ratified Italy is under the fascist rule of Benito Mussolini. The signing of the Lateran Accords gave the Papacy full territorial rights over the Vatican City, separate from the state of Italy. 

    — Benito Mussolini, right, signs the Lateran Pact, while Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, secretary of state to Pope Pius XI, waits his turn, Rome, Italy, Photographer Unknown, February 11, 1929, UPI Telephoto, Columbus Centre Collection

  • October 24, 1929


    The United States stock market crashes. The crash marks the beginning of a 10 year period known as the Great Depression. 

    — Investor Walter Thornton tries to sell his luxury roadster on the streets of New York after the 1929 stock market crash, Photographer Unknown, October 29, 1929, Columbus Centre Collection