MUSH timeline By facebooker_1184447149 Jun 28, 1914 assanation of the Arch duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Period: Jul 20, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 WW1 May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania Jan 1, 1917 espionage and sedition acts passed by congress Period: Mar 8, 1917 to Nov 8, 1917 Russian Communist Revolution begins Apr 18, 1917 Russia withdraws from WW1 May 4, 1917 food administration set up under herbert hoover May 18, 1917 Passage of the Selective Service Act Period: Jul 28, 1917 to Jan 1, 1918 war industries board established to regulate production in WW1 Period: Jan 22, 1918 to Dec 22, 1920 worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million Period: Apr 1, 1918 to May 1, 1919 national war labor board established by woodrow wilson