<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression" id="mwpw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a>: President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" id="mwqA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> declares a "<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Banking_Act" id="mwqQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Emergency Banking Act">bank holiday</a>", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.