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End of World War 1918-1919
On the 11th of November, Germany signed an armistice that was prepared by France and Britain which agreed that all nations would put the war on pause while they all decided on the terms of peace. -
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The Interwar Years
These are the years that are between the end of World War 1 and the beginning of World War 2. Covering such events as the Valentines Massacre, the Great Depressing, the Nanjing Massacre, the Night of Broken Glass and the opening of Alcatraz. All of these events had impacts on the decades/decades to come. -
Valentine's Massacre
The turf war between Bugs Moran and Al Capone rages on with followers of Al Capone shooting down 6 followers of Bugs Moran, leaving its mark on history -
The Great Depression
The collapse of the stock market signalled the beginning of the Great Depression. -
Discovery of Pluto as a Planet
An astronomer named Clyde Tombaugh who worked at the Lowell
Observatory discovered a ninth planet which he would name Pluto. -
Opening of the Empire State Building
On the 1st of May president Herbert Hoover presses the button that turns on the lights to the Empire State Building, finalising the construction of the Empire State Building. -
Alcatraz Opening
After deciding that they wanted a federal prison capable of housing the criminal population that was too dangerous for other penitentiary. After months of construction they finally opened it to the public. It is now also known as “The Rock” -
Shrine of Remembrance
The Shrine of Remembrance was opened to help the grieving community mourn the loss of soldiers during the First World War. -
Nanking Massacre
Over the course of six weeks, Imperial Japanese Army forces brutally murdered thousands
of people and sexually assaulting thousands of women in the chinese city named Nanking. -
Night Of Broken Glass
Nazi parties rally and proceed to beat Jewish people, burn Jewish businesses and arrest thousands of Jewish people. The Nazi’s also broke over $4 million worth of windows, given the reason why this event was called the “Night of Broken Glass”.