Modern US Timeline by Tyler Tinkey and Tristan Berlik By tylertinkey Jun 28, 1914 Assassination Of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie Wikipedia Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 WWI Wikipedia Oct 18, 1914 First Battle of Ypres Wikipedia Nov 2, 1914 Russia Declares War on Turkey Wikipedia May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania Wikipedia May 23, 1915 Italy Enters the War Wikipedia Jan 27, 1916 Conscription Introduced Wikipedia May 18, 1917 Passage of the Selective Service Act Wikipedia Jul 28, 1917 World Industries Board Established Wikipedia Aug 10, 1917 Food Administration Established Wikipedia Oct 1, 1917 Russia Withdraws for WWI BBC Nov 7, 1917 Russian Communist Revolution Begins Wikipedia Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Dec 1, 1920 Worldwide Flu Epidemic Kills 30 Million Stanford Jan 8, 1918 Woodrow Wilson Presents His 14 Points Peace Plan Wikipedia Apr 8, 1918 National War Labor Board Established Encyclopedia May 16, 1918 Espionage and Sedition Acts Passed by Congress Wikipedia Nov 3, 1918 Austria-Hungary Surrenders to the Allies Wikipedia Nov 11, 1918 Armistice Ends WWI Wikipedia Nov 11, 1918 Turning Point for Germany Wikipedia Period: Jan 19, 1919 to Oct 1, 1919 Prohibition Period History Jun 28, 1919 Signing of theTreaty of Versailles Wikipedia Jan 1, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Miniser [History] (http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/benito-mussolini0 Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito Becomes Emporer of Japan Wikipedia May 20, 1927 Charles Lindbergh's nonstop flight CharlesLindbergh Jan 1, 1929 Herbert Hoover Elected for President Wikipedia Oct 29, 1929 Black Tuesday Google Jan 1, 1930 Bank Failures Begin Wikipedia Jan 1, 1931 Boulder Dam Project Begins Wikipedia Period: Jan 1, 1931 to Jan 1, 1939 Dust Bowl PBS Sep 18, 1931 Japan Invades Northern China Wikipedia Sep 18, 1931 Japan Conquers Manchuria Wikipedia Jan 1, 1932 FDR elected the first time History Jul 28, 1932 Hoover Disbands the Bonus Army Jan 1, 1933 Hitler Sets up Dachau Wikipedia Period: Jan 1, 1933 to Jan 1, 1942 Civilian Conservation Corps Wikipedia Jan 30, 1933 Hitler Rose to Power Wikipedia Mar 4, 1933 Franklin Roosevelt Inaugurated Wikipedia Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside Chat by FDR Wikipedia May 12, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act Wikipedia May 20, 1933 Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic on a solo flight FindingDulcinea Jun 6, 1934 Congress Creates SEC Wikipedia May 6, 1935 Works Progress Administration Established Wikipedia Aug 14, 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act Wikipedia Jan 1, 1936 FDR's second term History Jul 17, 1936 Civil War in Spain Wikipedia Aug 9, 1936 Jesse Owens Wins 4 Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany Wikipedia May 6, 1937 Hindenburg Disaster Wikipedia Sep 29, 1938 Henry Ford allows African American Workers The Cliometric Society Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles Broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds Wikipedia Period: Nov 9, 1938 to Nov 10, 1938 Kristallnacht-Hitler Destroys Jewish Neighborhoods Wikipedia Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin Sign a Nonaggression Pact Wikipedia Sep 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland-Britain and France Declare War Wikipedia Jan 1, 1940 FDR's Third Term History Sep 27, 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy Sign the Tripatite [Wikipedia] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripartite_Pact Mar 1, 1941 Lend Lease Act Wikipedia Jun 1, 1941 Hitler Invades the Soviet Union {Wikipedia] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa) Period: Dec 7, 1941 to May 8, 1945 Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor-U.S Enters WWII Wikipedia Jan 16, 1942 WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt Wikipedia Mar 1, 1942 Japanese Internment Camps Begin Wikipedia Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Wikipedia Jan 1, 1944 FDR's Forth and Final Term History Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Invasion Wikipedia Jul 20, 1944 German General Rommel Surrenders in North Africa Wikipedia Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge Wikipedia Jan 1, 1945 Seven Year Occupation of Japan by United States Wikipedia Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945 Yalta Conference Wikipedia Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945 Iwo Jima Wikipedia May 8, 1945 V-E Day Wikipedia Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima Wikipedia Aug 9, 1945 Bombing of Nagasaki Wikipedia Sep 2, 1945 V-J Day Wikipedia Jan 1, 1947 Nuremberg War Trials Wikipedia