Great Depression By kaleandjenn Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie Wikipedia assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 WWI May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania 20th Centry History sinking of the Lusitania May 18, 1917 passage of the Selective Service Act Jul 28, 1917 War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI Aug 10, 1917 Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover Oct 10, 1917 Russian Communist Revolution begins Jan 1, 1918 Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million Jan 1, 1918 Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan Feb 1, 1918 Russia withdraws from WWI Apr 8, 1918 National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson May 16, 1918 Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress Oct 30, 1918 Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies Nov 11, 1918 Armistice ends World War 1 Jun 28, 1919 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WW1 Sep 1, 1919 Hitler comes to power in Germany wikipedia Adolf Hitler's rise to power Jan 1, 1920 Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers Period: Jan 17, 1920 to Apr 7, 1933 Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition Sep 1, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy Jan 1, 1924 The Stock Market Skyrockets Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight Jun 18, 1928 Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight Nov 6, 1928 Herbert Hoover elected President wikipedia Herbert Hoover Feb 2, 1929 Ban on Bank Loans fo Margin Trades Oct 29, 1929 The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday" Jan 1, 1930 Boulder Dam Project begins History Hoover Dam Jun 17, 1930 Smoot Hawley Tariff wikipedia Smoot Hawley Tariff Act Sep 1, 1930 Bank failures begin Dec 31, 1930 1350 banks suspend operations Period: Jan 1, 1931 to Jan 1, 1939 Dust Bowl Sep 19, 1931 Japan invades Northern China Dec 1, 1931 Major Bank Collapse in New York City Feb 27, 1932 Japan conquers Manchuria Jul 28, 1932 Hoover disbands the Bonus Army wikipedia Bonus Army Nov 1, 1932 FDR elected President once Jan 1, 1933 Radio Priest Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside Chat by FDR History FDR broadcasts first fireside chat Mar 22, 1933 Hitler sets up Dachau wikipedia Dachau concentration camp Mar 31, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps May 12, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act Jan 1, 1934 Congress creates the SEC U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission May 8, 1934 Longshoremen Strike Jan 1, 1935 Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany Apr 8, 1935 Works Progress Administration established History WPA established by Congress Aug 14, 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act wikipedia Social Security Sep 8, 1935 Huey Long Assassination Period: Jul 17, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939 Civil War in Spain Nov 3, 1936 FDR elected President two times May 6, 1937 Hindenburg disaster wikipedia Hindenburg disaster Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht -Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods Feb 20, 1939 Nazi Ralley in New York City Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Wikipedia Invasion of Poland Period: Sep 1, 1939 to May 8, 1945 WWII Sep 3, 1939 Germany invades Poland Britain and France Declare War Sep 27, 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact History The Tripartite Pact is signed by Japan, Germany, and Italy Nov 1, 1940 FDR elected President three times Mar 1, 1941 Lend Lease Act wikipedia Lend-Lease Jun 22, 1941 Hitler invades the Soviet Union Holocaust Encyclopedia Invasion of the Soviet Union Dec 7, 1941 Mobilization Lifts Economy Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor Wikipedia attack on Pearl Harbor Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Internment Camps Begin wikipedia Internent of Japanese Americans Jun 7, 1942 Battle of Midway wikipedia Battle of Midway May 13, 1943 German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Invasion U.S. Army D-Day Nov 1, 1944 FDR elected President four times Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge Jan 1, 1945 Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States Jan 16, 1945 WW2 War Production Board Created by Roosevelt Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference wikipedia Yalta Conference Mar 26, 1945 Iwo Jima wikipedia Battle of Iwo Jima May 8, 1945 V-E Day and V-J Day Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki History Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Nov 1, 1945 Nuremberg War Trials History Nuremberg Trials
