Timeline 1930-1975 By Jackthewizkid5 Apr 7, 1930 Hitlers nazi party gains majority in parliment Apr 7, 1932 1932 - FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT ELECTED PRESIDENT Apr 7, 1933 1933 - FDR INAUGURATED “100 DAYS” Apr 8, 1934 1934 - HINDENBURG DIES, HITLER APPOINTS HIMSELF PRESIDENT - “ FUEHRER” Apr 8, 1936 1936 - FDR RE-ELECTED- GERMANY AND ITALY SIGN “AXIS” TREATY Apr 8, 1939 (SEPTEMBER) WORLD WAR II STARTS IN EUROPE with German Invasion of Poland. In just five weeks Poland surrenders to Germany. Apr 8, 1940 (May) Germany invades Holland, Belgium and France – Churchill becomes P.M.- (May 30) British evacuate Continent at Dunkirk- (June) France Surrenders Apr 8, 1941 (June) Germany invades Russia- (DECEMBER) JAPANESE ATTACK PEARL HARBOR – U.S. DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN - HITLER DECLARES WAR ON U.S. Apr 8, 1942 Germans beging to retreat from Moscow area Apr 8, 1943 Roosevelt and churchill meet in Casablanca, North Africa Apr 8, 1944 Soviet troops have arrived in poland Apr 8, 1946 U.S troops in Korea Apr 8, 1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established Apr 8, 1950 U.S recognizes Vietnam Apr 8, 1951 22nd Amendment was enacted Apr 8, 1953 U.S provided militray aid for France Apr 8, 1954 Brown vs Board of Education Apr 8, 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott Apr 8, 1956 Eisenhower and Nixon re-elected Period: Apr 8, 1956 to Apr 8, 1961 Eisnehower Presidency Apr 8, 1959 Alaska and Hawaii become states Apr 8, 1961 U.S increases invovlement in vietnam Apr 8, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Nov 22, 1963 JFK Assassinated Apr 8, 1964 Johnson defeats Goldwater in the 1964 election Apr 8, 1969 Vietnam peace talk starts Apr 8, 1971 26th amendment was enacted to lower the voting age to 18 Apr 8, 1973 Vietnam war ends