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On December 18, 1878, Joseph Stalin was born. He was born in Gori Georgia. His birth name was Losif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvil (Hannaway 173).
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In 1879, the first electric tram was exhibited by Siemens at Berlin Trade exhibition. The electric tram is still used to date. In cities like San Francisco, trams or street cars are used as daily transport (Grun 439).
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On March 14, 1879 Albert Einstein born. Einstein studied physics. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his discovery of the law of photoelectric effect (Grun 439).
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In the year of 1907, Stalin organized the robbery and seizure 375,000 rubles from a transport of the state bank in Tiflis. Rubles is the currency in Russia. Stalin used this to fund military activities (Grun 464).
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in 1912, Lenin and Stalin first establish connections. This is when Stalin took over editorship of Pravda. Pravda was the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Grun 460).
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In 1913 Stalin adopted the name "Stalin". Stalin meant "man of steel". He went by his birth name prior of Losif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvil prior to adopting the name Stalin (Biography.com editors).
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In 1922, Stalin was appointed as general secretary of the Communist Party. This was a new position with little significance when he was appointed. It did give Stalin control over all party member appointments, which allowed him to build his base (biography.com editors).
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In 1924, Stalin, Zinoviev, and Kamenev ally against Trotsky. Trotsky had started a revolution against Lenin. He engaged in a power struggle against Joseph Stalin which led to his death. He was assassinated by Russian agents (Grun 486).
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In 1928, Brazil's economy collapsed. State subsidies had supported coffee export prices in the 1920's. This led to an overproduction of coffee, resulting in a collapse in the economy and the beginning of the Great Depression (Grun 503).
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In 1932, the winter Olympics were held in the United States. This was the first time the Winter Olympics were held in the U.S. The games were held in Lake Placid New York(Grun 503).
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Stalin's sargent, Kirov was assassinated in Leningrad. This was the beginning of the purge of the communist party. These purges were designed to to get rid of the members who joined the party simply to be on the winning side (Grun 506).
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The first electronic brain was developed in the United States. The electronic brain was an automatic computer. It was call the Atanasoff-Berry Computer, or ABC (Grun 519).
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The win of the Battle of Stalingrad played a key role in World War 2. This was the turning point of the war. This led to the decline of the Germans military strength due to the massive amount of deaths (History.com Staff).
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April 6, 1945, President Roosevelt died. Roosevelt was replace by Harry S. Truman. This change was a turning point because the Americans now wanted to avoid Soviet involvement in a postwar Japan (biograph.com editors).
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In 1953, Joseph Stalin was succeeded by G.M. Malenkov. Beria was dismissed and executed. Khrushchev was appointed as the first secretary of the central committee of the communist party (Grun 534).
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Joseph Stalin died on March 5, 1953. When Joseph Stalin died, he was 74 years old. After his death, Russia began its decommunization period (biography.com editors).
