Timeline: WWI-Great Depression-WWII | Timetoast

Dec 1, 1913

Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African Aerican Workers

History
Jan 1, 1914

Adolf Hitler paints The Alter Hof in Munich in watercolour

The World Wars
Jan 5, 1914

Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hr day to $5.00/8-hr day

Indipendant Sentinel
Jan 7, 1914

1st steamboat passes through Panama Canal

Mango Salute
Jan 14, 1914

The Gandhi-Smuts Agreement is reached between Gen. J.C. Smuts and Mahatma Gandhi, regarding voluntary registration, poll tax, recognition of Indian marriages and other matters

SAHO
Apr 11, 1914

Mexican President Huerta breaks off diplomatic relations with the US

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Apr 25, 1914

US President Woodrow Wilson is persuaded by Argentina, Brazil, and Chile to accept mediation in the conflict with Mexico

Wikipedia
May 29, 1914

May 29th Ship rams Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St Lawrence River; 1,024 die

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Jun 28, 1914

Assination of Arch Duke Franz Ferinand and his wife Sophia

History
Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

WWI Started

History
Aug 6, 1914

Austria-Hungray Surrenders to the Allies

Sparknotes
Aug 15, 1914

Aug 15th A male servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright sets fire to the living quarters of the architect's Wisconsin home, Taliesin, murders seven people and burns the living quarters to the ground.

Wikipedia
Aug 15, 1914

US Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan, in a letter to J P Morgan, declares that loans to any of the belligerents go against US neutrality

WWI
May 7, 1915

Passage of the Selective Service Act

Encyclopedia
May 7, 1916

SInking of the Lusitinia

History
Jan 1, 1917

Russia withdraws from WWI

Classroom
Period: Mar 8, 1917 to Nov 8, 1917

Russian Comminist Revloution Begins

New York Times
Jul 28, 1917

War Idustries Board establiched to regulate production in WWI

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Aug 10, 1917

Food Administration set up under Herbert Hover

Wikipedia
Jan 1, 1918

National War Laborer Board established by Woodrow Wilson

Wikipedia
Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Jan 1, 1919

Worldwide Flu Epidemic kills 30 Million

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Jan 8, 1918

Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan

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May 16, 1918

Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress

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Nov 11, 1918

Armistice ends WWI

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Jun 28, 1919

Signing of the Treat of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI

Wikipedia
Sep 1, 1919

Hitler comes to power in Germany

USHMM
Period: Jan 16, 1920 to Dec 5, 1933

Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibtion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States
Nov 20, 1920

Establishment of Warsaw Pact

History
Jan 1, 1922

Benito Mussolini appinted Prime Minister of Italy

Wikipedia
Dec 25, 1926

Hirohito becomes emporor of Japan

Wikipedia
May 20, 1927

Charles Lindenbergh makes forst nonstop transatlantic flight

Charles Lidenbergh
Mar 21, 1928

First Meeting of League of Nations

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Nov 6, 1928

Herbert Hover elected President

[Wikipedia](<a href='<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1928)' >Wikipedia</a>' >Wikipedia</a>
Oct 1, 1929

Bank failures begin

History
Oct 29, 1929

The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"

Money Zine
Mar 21, 1930

Civil disobedience movement in India

History
Jan 1, 1931

Boulder Dam Project Begins

Wikipedia
Sep 18, 1931

Japan invades Nothern China

Wikipedia
Feb 27, 1932

Japan conquers Manchuria

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Manchuria](<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Manchuria)' >Wikipedia</a>
May 21, 1932

Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight

Amelia Earhart
Nov 8, 1932

FDR elected President for the 1st time

[Wikipedia](<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt)' >Wikipedia</a>
Mar 1, 1933

Civilian Conservation Corps

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Mar 12, 1933

First Fireside Chat by FDR
Mar 22, 1933

Hitler sets up Dachau

About Education
May 12, 1933

Agricultural Adjustment Act
Period: Jan 1, 1934 to Jan 1, 1937

Dust Bowl

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl
Feb 21, 1934

Sandino murdered in Nicaragua

Wikipedia
Jun 6, 1934

Congress creates the SEC

U.S. SECURITIES ANDEXCHANGE COMMISSION
Apr 8, 1935

Works Progress Administration established

History
Aug 14, 1935

Congress passes the Social Security Act
Period: Jul 17, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939

Civil War in Spain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War
Aug 3, 1936

Jesse Owens Wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_OwensAug 3- 100m
Aug 4- long jump
Aug 5- 200m
Aug 9- 4 x 100m relay
Nov 3, 1936

FDR elected Presidenet for 2nd time

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt
May 6, 1937

Hindenburg disaster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster
May 13, 1938

US Congress passes 1.156 bllion dollar Naval Expansian Bill

http://ww2timeline.info/ww21936.htm
Sep 15, 1938

Hitler Meats with Prime Minister about Sdetenland

http://history.howstuffworks.com/world-war-ii/buildup-to-world-war-28.htm
Oct 1, 1938

Germany Invades Sdetenland

http://history.howstuffworks.com/world-war-ii/buildup-to-world-war-28.htm
Oct 30, 1938

Orson Welles Broadcasts the War of Worlds

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/welles-scares-nation
Nov 9, 1938

Kristallnacht- Hitler destroys Jewish Neighborhoods

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005201
Aug 23, 1939

Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/german-soviet-nonaggression-pact
Sep 1, 1939

Germany Invades Poland

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005070
Sep 3, 1939

Britian and France Declare War

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005070
Sep 9, 1939

Battle of Hel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hel Ends 2 Oct. 1939
Sep 21, 1939

German Gns Oen on Villages from Seingfried Lne

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1939)
Nov 30, 1939

The Winter War between Finland and Soviet Union

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_WarEnded 13 March 1940
Jul 10, 1940

Battle of Britian

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_BritainEnded 31 Oct. 1940
Sep 3, 1940

Allied invasion of Italy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_ItalyEnds 16 Sep.1940
Sep 27, 1940

Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripartite_Pact
Nov 5, 1940

FDR elected as President for 3rd time

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-reelected-a-record-third-time
Mar 11, 1941

Lend-Lease Act

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/lend-lease-act
Mar 30, 1941

US Cature 65 Axis Ships

http://www.secondworldwarhistory.com/1941-ww2-events-timeline.asp
May 21, 1941

SS Robin Moor Sunk by German Submarine U-69

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Robin_Moor
Jun 22, 1941

Germany invades Soviet Union

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005164
Period: Sep 8, 1941 to Sep 2, 1945

World War II

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Dec 7, 1941

Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
Jan 16, 1942

WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Production_Board
Feb 19, 1942

Japanese Internment Camps begin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans
Jun 3, 1942

Battle of Midway

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midwayJune 3, 1942 to June 7, 1942
Jun 6, 1944

D-Day Invasion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings
Oct 14, 1944

German Genral Rommel surrender in North Africa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_African_Campaign
Nov 7, 1944

FDR elected as President for 4th time

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-wins-unprecedented-fourth-term
Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945

Battle of the Bulge

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge
Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1949

Nuremberg Trials

convictAxis powers convict war criminals.
Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945

Yalta Conference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalta_Conference
Feb 19, 1945

Iwo Jima

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
May 8, 1945

V-E Day

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/victory-in-europeVictory in Europe
Aug 6, 1945

Bombing of Hiroshime and Nagasaki

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasakiTwo seperate atomic bombs.
Aug 15, 1945

V-J Day

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-dayVictory In Japan
Period: Aug 28, 1945 to Apr 28, 1952

Seven Year Occupatoin of Japan by United States

Seven year Occupation of Japan by United StatesUnited States
Oct 24, 1945

Establishment ofj United Nations

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/un