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Heir of Austria-Hungary's throne Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by serbian nationalists Gavrilo Princip
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United KIngdom declares war on Germany, after Germany invades Belgium
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President Wilson announces that the US will remain neutral. The US will not attack other countrys in War World I
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Battle of Marne begins. Trench warefare begins as soldiers on both sides dig in.
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Germany declares a War zone around Great Britain, effecting a submarine blockade.
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First battle that the germans use poison gas
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Bloodiest and longest battle of War World I
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Germany send the Zimmerman note to Mexico to make Mexico join the war, and the British intercept the note and sees the coded message.
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Bolsheviks Successfully overthrow the Russian Government into the Revolution
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Germany signs the armistice Compiegne, France. Fighting end at the 11 hour of the 11 day of the 11 month
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Congress ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the sale of alcohol anywhere in the United States.
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While on a speaking tour president Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke. he becaame largely incapacitated for the final 18 months of his term.
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The Senate refuses to ratify the Versailles Treaty or authorize United States participation in the League of Nations.
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The Nineteenth Amendment is ratified, granting women the right to vote.
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Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti will eventually be convicted of murder and executed.
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Baseball's World Series is broadcast on radio for the first time; the New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees, five games to three.
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The market capitalization of Ford Motor Company exceeds $1 billion.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby
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Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo transatlantic flight
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Yankes star Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the season, breaking his own record of 59.
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The first Mickey mouse comic strip is published in the New York mirror
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American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers the planet Pluto at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.
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The London Naval Reduction Treaty is signed into law by the United States, Great Britain, Italy, France, and Japan, to take effect on January 1, 1931. It would expire on December 31, 1936.
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The ruins of the ancient Indian villages around Canyon de Chelly are designated a national monument by President Herbert Hoover.
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The Star-Spangled Banner, by Francis Scott Key, is approved by President Hoover and Congress as the national anthem.
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The Reconstruction Finance Corporation is established to stimulate banking and business. Unemployment in 1932 reached twelve million workers.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated for the first time.
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The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed, ending prohibition.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is established with the signing of the Securities Exchange Act into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt overwhelms his Republican challenger, Alfred Landon, for a second presidential term.Won 62% of the popular vote and insured his new deal plans.
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Mussolini and Hitler announce Italy's formal alliance with Germany against England and France.
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As German air attacks over Britain intensify, the British Royal Air Force begins night bombing of German targets.
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Britain receives its first American "Lend-Lease" aid shipments of food. By December, millions of tons of food will have arrived from the U.S.
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German troops invade Soviet Russia, breaking the "nonaggression" pact signed in 1939. Two days later, President Roosevelt promises US aid to Russia.
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The U.S. Congress establishes The Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC), under the direction of Oveta Culp Hobby, editor of the Houston Post.
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President Roosevelt authorizes the creation of the U.S. Office on War Information (OWI). The first director is Elmer Holmes Davis, a CBS commentator and novelist.
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Nazi and Germany for the city of Stalingrad and the soviet uinion.
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President Roosevelt submits his budget to the U.S. Congress. 100 billion of the 109-billion-dollar budget is identified with the war effort.
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Hitlers last offensive of attack
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Dropped on Nagasaki
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First East European Communist government set up in Albania.
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Winston Churchill gives Iron Curtain speech in Missouri, tensions rise between United States and Soviet Union
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Truman orders developement of hydrogen bomb
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Korean War begins when North Korean Communist forces invade South Korea
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Color television introduced in U.S. Libya gains independence
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Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower inaugurated president of United States
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Stalin dies on this day
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First atomic submarine Nautilus launched
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Soviet Union grants sovereignty to East Germany
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Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of USSR Communist Party, denounces Stalin's excesses
