modern history great depression timeline By lexieblake Nov 17, 1903 first powered flight Jan 1, 1913 Henry Ford Opens His Assembly Lines to African American Workers http://corporate.ford.com/careers/diversity/diversity-history-440p?releaseId=1244754317559&ccode=US Jan 9, 1913 Richard nixon born Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of the Arch duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/archduke-franz-ferdinand-assassinated Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 WW1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Jan 1, 1915 Dodge founded Apr 1, 1915 Austria-Hungary Surrenders to Allies http://spartacus-educational.com/FWWaustriaA.htm May 7, 1915 Sinking of the lusitania http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snpwwi2.htm Jul 15, 1916 boeing founded Mar 8, 1917 Russian Communist Recolution Begins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Revolution May 8, 1917 passage of the selective act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_Service_Act_of_1917 Jun 15, 1917 Espionage act of 1917 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage_Act_of_1917 Jul 28, 1917 War Industries Board created http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Industries_Board Aug 10, 1917 Food Administration Created http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Food_Administration Oct 1, 1917 Russia withdraws from WWI http://www.worldology.com/Europe/world_war_1_1917.htm Nov 5, 1917 Russia withdraws from the war http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/eastern_front_01.shtml Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Dec 1, 1920 Worldwide flu epidemic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic Jan 8, 1918 President Wilson Presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan to Congress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Points Apr 8, 1918 Nationa War Labor Board Established http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_War_Labor_Board May 16, 1918 sedation act of 1918 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedition_Act_of_1918 Nov 11, 1918 Armistic ends WWI http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/armistice.htm Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles signed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles Period: Jan 17, 1920 to Dec 5, 1933 Prohibition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States#Repeal Oct 31, 1922 Benito Mussolini Appointed Prime Minister of Italy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini Jan 1, 1925 TWA founded Jan 1, 1926 First television created Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito Becomes Emporer of Japan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirohito May 20, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first transatlantic flight http://www.charleslindbergh.com/history/paris.asp Jun 17, 1928 Amelia Earhart Crosses The Atlantic in Solo Floght http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/earhart/aa_earhart_atlantic_1.html Mar 4, 1929 Herbert Hoover Elected as President http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States#Repeal Aug 21, 1929 hawaii became a state Oct 29, 1929 Black Tuesday http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Crash_of_1929 Jan 1, 1931 Hoover Dam Construction Starts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam Feb 27, 1932 Japan Conguers Manchuria http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Manchuria Jul 28, 1932 Hoover Disbands Bonus Army http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army Nov 19, 1932 Hitler comes to power in Germany http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007671 Jan 1, 1933 Hitler Sets up Dachau http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dachau_concentration_camp Jan 1, 1933 Bank failures start http://thegreatdepressioncauses.com/facts/facts-banks/ Mar 4, 1933 FDR Elevted first term http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt#Fourth_term_and_death.2C_1945 Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside Chat by FDR http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-broadcasts-first-fireside-chat Mar 31, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_Conservation_Corps May 12, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_Adjustment_Act Period: Jan 1, 1934 to Jan 1, 1940 Dust Bowl http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl Jun 6, 1934 Congress Creates SEC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Securities_and_Exchange_Commission Apr 8, 1935 Works Progress Administration Established http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration Aug 14, 1935 Congress Passes Social Security act http://www.ssa.gov/history/35act.html Period: Jul 18, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939 Civil War in Spain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War Aug 9, 1936 Jesse Owens Wins Four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/owens-wins-4th-gold-medal Jan 1, 1937 FDR Term 2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt#Fourth_term_and_death.2C_1945 May 6, 1937 Hindenburg disaster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster Jul 7, 1937 Japan Invades Northern China http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War Oct 30, 1938 Orson Wells Brodcasts War of the Worlds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnacht Nov 9, 1938 Kyrstallnacht http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnacht Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign a Non Aggression Pact http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/nonaggression.htm Sep 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland Sep 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland Nov 3, 1939 France Declares War on Germany http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/britain-and-france-declare-war-on-germany Sep 24, 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripartite_Pact Jan 1, 1941 FDR Term 3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt#Fourth_term_and_death.2C_1945 Mar 11, 1941 Lend Lease Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lend-Lease Jun 22, 1941 Hitler Invades Soviet Union http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa Period: Dec 7, 1941 to Sep 2, 1945 Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor WWII http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan Jan 16, 1942 WW2 War Production Board Created by Roosevelt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Production_Board Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Internment Camps Begin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans May 13, 1943 German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Rommel#End_of_Africa_campaigns Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Invasion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge Jan 1, 1945 FDR Term 4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt#Fourth_term_and_death.2C_1945 Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1952 Seven Year Occupation of Japan by the United States https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/japan-reconstruction</a> Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945 Yalta Conference http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/651424/Yalta-Conference Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945 Iwo Jima http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima May 8, 1945 Victory in England Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_in_Europe_Day Aug 6, 1945 Bombing on Heroshima http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki Period: Aug 8, 1945 to Oct 1, 1946 Nuremburg war trials http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007722 Aug 9, 1945 Bombing on Nagasaki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki Aug 15, 1945 Victory in Japan Day http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/15/newsid_3581000/3581971.stm Oct 24, 1947 Grumman HU-16 Albatross first flight Nov 2, 1947 spruce goose first flight Apr 15, 1955 mcdonalds founded Jan 1, 1962 walmart founded Nov 2, 1963 JFK Shot
