history By Jordan Hoffman By red necks Nov 15, 1891 German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa wikipedia Jan 1, 1901 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan wikipedia Dec 1, 1913 henry ford opens his assembly lines to african american workers wikipedia Jan 1, 1914 austria-hungary surrenders to the allies wekipedia Jul 28, 1914 WW1 wikipedia Mar 8, 1917 russian communist revolution begains wikipedia Apr 1, 1917 passage of the selective service act wikipedia Jun 15, 1917 espionage and sedition acts passed by congress wikipedia Aug 10, 1917 food administration set up under herbert hoover wikipedia Oct 1, 1917 Russia with draws from WW1 wikipedia Jan 1, 1918 worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million wikipedia Apr 8, 1918 war industries board established by woodrow wilson wekipedia Oct 16, 1918 woodrow wilson president his fourteen points peace plan wikipedia Nov 11, 1918 armistice ends world war 1 wikipedia Jan 1, 1919 Passage of Prohibition wikipedia Jan 21, 1919 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WW1 wikipedia Oct 25, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed prime minister of italy wikipedia Nov 6, 1928 Herbert hoover elected president wikipedia Oct 1, 1929 Congress creates the SEC wikipedia Oct 29, 1929 the stock market Crashes "black tuesday" wikipedia Jan 1, 1930 Dust bowl wikipedia Jan 1, 1930 Hitler comes to power in Germany wikipedia Jan 1, 1930 Bank failures begin wikipedia Jul 7, 1930 Boulder Dam project begins wikipedia Sep 18, 1931 japan conquers manchuria wikipedia Sep 18, 1931 Japan invades Northern China wikipedia Jan 1, 1932 Hoover disbands the Bonus Army wikipedia May 21, 1932 charles lindbergh made the first nonstop transatlantic flight wikipedia May 21, 1932 amelia earhart crosses atlantic solo flight wikipedia Mar 1, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps wikipedia Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside Chat by FDR wikipedia Mar 22, 1933 Hitler sets up Dachau wikipedia Dec 5, 1933 end of prohibition wikipedia Apr 8, 1935 Works Progress Administration established wikipedia Apr 8, 1935 Works Progress Administration established wikipedia Aug 14, 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act wikipedia Jan 1, 1936 FDR elected President one times wikipedia Jul 18, 1936 Civil War in Spain wikipedia Aug 9, 1936 Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany wikipedia May 6, 1937 hindenburg disaster wikipedia Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts the War of the Worlds wikipedia Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht (night of the falling glass)-Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods wikipedia Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact wikipedia Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland wikipedia Sep 3, 1939 Germany invades Poland Britain and France Declare War wikipedia Jul 18, 1940 FDR elected President two times wikipedia Sep 27, 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact wikipedia Mar 11, 1941 Lend Lease Act wikipedia Jun 22, 1941 Hitler invades the Soviet Union wikipedia Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor-U.S. enters WW 2. World War 2 wikipedia Jan 16, 1942 WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt wikipedia Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Internment Camps begin wikipedia Jun 3, 1942 Battle of Midway wikipedia Jun 5, 1944 D-Day invasion wikipedia Nov 7, 1944 FDR elected President three times wikipedia Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge wikipedia Jan 1, 1945 FDR elected President four times wikipedia Jan 1, 1945 Nuremburg War Trials wikipedia Jan 1, 1945 Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States wikipedia Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference wikipedia Feb 19, 1945 Iwo Jima wikipedia Aug 14, 1945 V-E Day and V-J Day (Victory in Europe and Victory in Japan) wikipedia Oct 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki wikipedia
