Timeline Project: WWI-Great Depresion-WWII 2016-17

Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie

Jun 28, 1914

(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/archduke-ferdinand-assassinated)

WWI

Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

World War One(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history)

Sinking of the Lusitania

May 7, 1915

(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/lusitania)

Russian Communist Revolution Begins

Mar 8, 1917

(http://www.history.com/topics/russian-revolution)

Passage of the Selective Service Act

May 18, 1917

(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-selective-service-act)

War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI

Jul 28, 1917

War Industries Board(http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h4302.html)

Russia withdraws from WWI

Oct 1, 1917

(http://classroom.synonym.com/significance-russian-withdrawal-wwi-5281.html)

Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers

Jan 1, 1918

Henry Ford Assembly Line(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fords-assembly-line-starts-rolling)

Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million

Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Dec 1, 1919

Worldwide Flu(http://www.history.com/topics/1918-flu-pandemic)

Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Plan

Jan 8, 1918

Fourteen Point Plan(http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1324.html)

Espionage and Sedition Acts passed by Congress

Mar 16, 1918

Espionage and Sedition Acts(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-espionage-act)

National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson

Apr 8, 1918

Nation War Labor Board(http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401802880.html)

Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Aliies

Nov 3, 1918

Austria Surrenders(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-war-i-ends)

Armistice ends World War 1

Nov 11, 1918

World War 1 Ends(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-war-i-ends)

Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover

Feb 25, 1919

Food Administration(http://histclo.com/essay/war/ww1/cou/us/food/w1cus-usfa.html)

Signing the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WW1

Jun 28, 1919

Treaty of Versailles(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/treaty-of-versailles)

Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition

Period: Oct 28, 1919 to Dec 5, 1933

Prohibition(http://americanhistory.about.com/od/prohibitionera/a/prohibition.htm)

Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

Jan 1, 1922

Benito Mussolini(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/benito-mussolini)

Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

Jan 1, 1926

Hirohito(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/hirohito)

Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight

May 20, 1927

Transatlantic Flight(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lindbergh-lands-in-paris)

Herbert Hoover elected president

Nov 6, 1928

Herbert Hoover(http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/herbert-hoover)

The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"

Oct 19, 1929

Stock Market Crash(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stock-market-crashes)

Bank Failures Begin

Jan 1, 1930

Bank Failures(http://www.history.com/topics/bank-run)

Pluto Discovered

Feb 18, 1930

Pluto Discovered(http://history1900s.about.com/od/1930s/qt/Pluto.htm)

Boulder Dam project Begins

Jul 7, 1930

Boulder Dam(http://www.history.com/topics/hoover-dam)

Empire State Building Completed

May 1, 1931

Empire State Building(http://history1900s.about.com/od/1930s/a/empirestatebldg.htm)

Japan Conquers Manchuria

Sep 18, 1931

Jpan Conquers Manchuria(http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-two/causes-of-ww2/manchuria-1931/)

Dust Bowl

Period: Jan 1, 1932 to Jan 1, 1939

Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight

May 21, 1932

Amelia Earhart(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earhart-completes-transatlantic-flight)

Hoover disbands the Bonus Army

Jul 28, 1932

Bonus Army(http://www.american-historama.org/1929-1945-depression-ww2-era/bonus-army.htm)

Hitler comes to power in Germany

Jan 30, 1933

Hitler comes to power(https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adolf-Hitler/Rise-to-power)

Reichstag was burned

Feb 27, 1933

(http://www.historytoday.com/ajp-taylor/who-burnt-reichstag-story-legend)

First Fireside Chat by FDR

Mar 12, 1933

FDR Fire Chat(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-broadcasts-first-fireside-chat)

Hitler sets up Dachau

Mar 22, 1933

(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/dachau)

Civilian Conservation Corps

Apr 5, 1933

(http://www.history.com/topics/civilian-conservation-corps)

Agricultural Adjustment Act

May 12, 1933

AAA(http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1639.html)

FDR is elected President 1st Time

Nov 1, 1933

FDR 1st(http://www.biography.com/people/franklin-d-roosevelt-9463381#synopsis)

Bonnie and Clyde killed by Police

May 23, 1934

Bonnie and Clyde(http://history1900s.about.com/od/1930s/a/bonnieandclyde.htm)

Congress creates the SEC

Jun 6, 1934

SEC(http://www.history.com/topics/securities-and-exchange-commission)

Hitlers reign

Period: Sep 28, 1934 to Sep 29, 1945

(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/nazi-party)

Works Progress Administration established

Apr 8, 1935

(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wpa-established-by-congress)

Congress passes the Social Security Act

Aug 14, 1935

Social Security Act(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-signs-social-security-act)

Civil War in Spain

Period: Jul 17, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939

Spain Civil War(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spanish-civil-war-breaks-out)

Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany

Aug 9, 1936

Four Gold Medals(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/owens-wins-4th-gold-medal)

FDR is Elected President 2nd Time

Nov 3, 1936

FDR 2nd(http://www.biography.com/people/franklin-d-roosevelt-9463381#us-presidency)

Hindenburg Disaster

May 6, 1937

Hindenburg Disaster(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-hindenburg-disaster)

Japan Invades Northern China

Jul 7, 1937

Japan Invades(http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-ww2/sino-japanese-war)

Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds

Oct 30, 1938

(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/welles-scares-nation)

Kristallnacht (Night of the Falling Glass)-Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods

Nov 9, 1938

Kristallnacht(http://www.history.com/topics/kristallnacht)

Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact

Aug 23, 1939

(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/german-soviet-nonaggression-pact)

Germany Invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Germany Invades(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland)

World War II

Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945

WWII(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii)

Germany invades Poland Britain and France Declare War

Sep 3, 1939

(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/britain-and-france-declare-war-on-germany)

Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact

Sep 27, 1940

Tripartite Pact(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-tripartite-pact-is-signed-by-germany-italy-and-japan)

FDR is elected President 3rd Time

Nov 5, 1940

FDR 3rd(http://www.biography.com/people/franklin-d-roosevelt-9463381#us-presidency)

Lend Lease Act

Mar 28, 1941

(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/lend-lease-act)

Hitler Invades the Soviet Union

Jun 2, 1941

Hitler Invades Soviet Union(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa)

Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor-U.S. Enters WWI

Dec 8, 1941

Pearl Harbor(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor)

WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt

Jan 16, 1942

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Production_Board)

Japanese Internment Camps Begin

Mar 1, 1942

Japanese Internment Camps(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation)

Battle of Midway

Period: Jun 3, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942

(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway)

D-Day Invasion

Jun 6, 1944

D-Day(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day)

German General Rommel surrenders in North America

Oct 14, 1944

(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-desert-fox-commits-suicide)

FDR is elected President 4th Time

Nov 7, 1944

FDR 4th(http://www.biography.com/people/franklin-d-roosevelt-9463381#us-presidency)

Battle of the Bulge

Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945

Battle of the Bulge(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge)

Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States

Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1952

Seven Year Occupation(https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/japan-reconstruction)

Yalta Conference

Feb 4, 1945

Yalta Conference(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference)

Iwo Jima

Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945

(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima)

Hitlers death

Apr 30, 1945

(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide-in-his-underground-bunker)

V-E Day and V-J Day

May 8, 1945

V-E and V-J Day(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day)

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Aug 6, 1945

(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki)

Nuremberg War Trials

Period: Sep 28, 1945 to Sep 29, 1949

(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/nuremberg-trials)