Today, 61 years ago, on 20 October 1964 (Calendar 15 September 1964), Hoover was the 31st President of the United States. Herbert C. Hoover (August 10, 1874, Iowa ¨C October 20, 1964, New York) died in New York on 20 October 1964, aged 90 years. Hoover was born in a small town in Iowa. He supported so-called ¡°loyal individualism¡± throughout his life. During the First World War he worked with Hoover to relieve European famine led after the war. Herbert C. Hoover: the 31st President of the United States (March 4, 1929 ¨C March 3, 1933), before he was elected president in 1928, he served as a business minister during the tenure of President Hoover and President Cooley. Evil critics have accused him of a massive decline in the stock market in 1929 and the economic crisis