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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
06/28/1914	Archduke Franz Fertinand Assassinated	Archduke Franz Fertinand assassinated.
07/13/1914	Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.	Austria-Hungary declares War on Serbia for assassination of their heir to the throne
08/23/1914	Japan declares war on Germany	Japan is about to OWN Germany.
10/14/1914	First Battle of Ypres
01/19/1915	First German attack on English Zepplins	Germans attack English Zepplins.
03/11/1915	British announces blockade of German ports.	British blocks German ports cutting off resources and reinforcements.
04/01/1916	British forces in Mesopotamia begin advance on Baghdad.	British begins advancing onto Baghdad for its strategical position.
08/28/1916	Italy declares war on Germany.	Italy announces war on Germany.
02/08/1917	US severs diplomatic ties with Germany	US cuts all diplomatic ties with Germany.
03/11/1917	British capture Baghdad	After a long campaign, Brits finally capture Baghdad.
06/15/1918	Italians prevail against Austro-Hungarian forces at Battle of Piave	Italians beat Austro-Hungary
07/06/1918	US President Woodrow Wilson agrees to US intervention in Siberia.	President agrees to help out Siberia.
08/03/1918	Allied intervention begins at Vladivosto	allied begins helping out Russia.
01/18/1919	Start of peace negotiations in Paris	The end of the war is coming.
05/07/1919	Treaty of Versailles drafted and signed	Treaty of Versailles drafted and signed for global peace.
01/01/1920	Red Scare begins	A panic in the United States.
01/01/1920	Pancho Villa surrenders.	Pancho Villa stops rebel attacks and retires.
01/16/1920	Prohibition and the 18th amendment.	Banned the sale, transportation, and consumption of alcohol.
01/16/1920	Volstead Act	Volstead act enforced prohibition
06/15/1920	KKK refounded.	KKK was refounded to deliver their form of justice.
08/28/1920	19th amendment passed.	19th amendment ratified which allowed women to vote.
09/27/1921	Quota system announced.	Established guidelines for how many foreign people who could enter the US.
02/27/1922	19th amendment founded	19th amendment stated women had the right to vote.
09/01/1922	Fordney-McCumumber Tariff	Raised taxes on US imports to 60 percent, the highest ever.
11/07/1922	Teapot Dome scandal.	A scandal in which the government had set aside oil rich public lands at Teapot Dome, Wyoming. In which was reserved for a Goverment official who used the lands for oil excavating for his own monetary gain.
12/23/1923	Coolidge supports prohibition.	Coolidge supports the 18th amendment, prohibition.
04/12/1924	League of Nations established.	League of Nations inducted.
08/28/1924	The Automobile was created.	The automobile was created which changed transportation forever.
01/01/1927	Babe Ruth makes homerun record.	Babe Ruth sets record for home runs.
01/01/1931	Al Capone arrested for Tax evasion	Al Capone arrested for tax evasion.
02/01/1931	U.S Officially adopts national anthem.	The United States officially gets their national anthem, The Star Spangled Banner.
04/01/1931	Empire State building construction complete.	The construction of the Empire State building was completed.
03/01/1932	Lindbergh's baby kidnapped.	Charles Lindbergh's baby kidnapped.
05/20/1932	Amelia Earhart flies over Atlantic Solo.	Amelia Earhart the first woman to fly over the atlantic completes her journey.
01/30/1933	Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor or Germany.	Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933 by President Hindenburgh.
03/01/1933	First Nazi concetration camp established.	First Nazi concetration camp. Dachau was established.
04/04/1933	Prohibition ends in the U.S	21st amendment repealed prohibition.
11/13/1933	Dust bowl.	Dust bowl recognized in the U.S.
04/19/1935	Social Security enacted in the U.S	Social Security enacted in the U.S for the first time.
05/06/1936	Hindenburg disaster.	The Hindenburg (A German Airship) bursts into flames and burns out.
12/03/1936	King Edward VIII abdicates.	King Edward announces his resignation.
11/09/1938	Night of The Broken Glass	Multiple Jewish houses were ransacked.
03/04/1939	First commercial flight over the atlantic.	First commercial flight over the Atlantic ocean,
09/01/1939	World War II begins.	The beginning of World War II.
01/17/1940	German "Blitzkrieg" overwhelms Belgium, Holland and France.	German's used "Blitzkrieg" to overhelm these territories.
07/01/1940	German U-boats attack merchant ships in the Atlantic	Germans begin attacking.
09/15/1940	Pact signed by Germany, Italy and Japan	Treaty and pact signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan declaring them alllies.
04/16/1941	Jeep invented.	The first model of 'Jeep' was invented.
10/16/1941	Mount Rushmore Completed	Mount Rushmore one of the most recognized monuments of America was completed.
12/07/1941	Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor	Japan uses Kamikazis to attack Pearl Harbor.
01/13/1942	Germany launches a U-boat offensive along east coast of USA	Germany begins their offensive against USA.
08/23/1942	Battle of Stalingrad	Battle of Stalingrad where German fought the Soviet Union + allies.
10/16/1942	Japanese-Americans Held in Camps	Japanese-Americans held in camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
04/12/1945	FDR Dies	FDR passes away from brain hemorrhage.
05/01/1945	Germans Surrender the war in Europe.	Germans surrender in Italy to the allied forces.
08/06/1945	U.S. Drops Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki	The United states drops the atomic bomb on cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.
09/02/1945	Japan surrenders.	Japan surrenders after being hit by atomic bomb.
12/15/1945	Hitler Commits Suicide
01/01/1946	Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god.	Emperor Hirohito announces that he is not a God despite popular belief.
05/06/1960	President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960.	President Eisenhower signs the civil rights act.
01/15/1961	Berlin Wall built.	Berlin Wall built to protect Berlin from intruders.
03/12/1961	Peace corps founded.	United States peace corps founded to keep peace within the land.
04/12/1961	Soviets launch first man in space.	Soviets launch first man into space: Yuri Gangarin.
07/01/1961	Bay of Pigs Invasion	CIA's efforts in Cuba pays off.
03/12/1962	Cuban Missile crisis.	JFK fights against Castro in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
08/05/1962	Marilyn Monroe Found Dead	Marilyn Monroe found dead in her bedroom.
04/01/1970	Beatles break up.	The beatles disband their group.
05/04/1970	Kent state shootings	Kent state massacre. National guard opened fire on non-violent protesters,
06/01/1972	Munich terrorist attacks	Hostages taken at the Olympic games held in Munich, Germany.
03/01/1973	US pulls out of Vietnam	The United States withdraws the last of its troops from Vietnam.
08/16/1977	Elvis found dead	Elvis found dead in his room by girlfriend.
05/23/1980	Mount Saint Helens eruption.	Mount Saint Helens erupts
12/08/1980	John Lennon assasination	John Lennon assassinated.
03/30/1981	Assassination attempt on President Reagan.	John Hinkley Jr. Attempts to assassinate President Reagan.
07/07/1981	First woman appointed to the US Supreme Court	Sandra Day O'Connor appointed to the US Supreme Court.
03/26/1982	Vietnam War Memorial Opened in Washington, DC	The Vietnam War Memorial finally opened in Washington D.C
04/24/1986	Hubble Telescope Launched Into Space	Hubble space telescope launched into space.
01/01/1991	Collapse of the Soviet Union	Soviet Union collapsed under economic weight.
06/24/1991	Official End of the Cold War	Cold War officially over.
09/11/2001	Terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers	Terrorist suicide mission takes out Twin Towers in New York City.
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
01/01/1921 to 11/27/1929	Labor movement	Labor movement begins. Workers are unhapy.