Timeline Project By leiazoromski Apr 2, 1912 Sinking of the Titanic http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1910to1919.html Dec 1, 1913 Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fords-assembly-line-starts-rolling Jan 1, 1914 The Panama Canal opens http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1910to1919.html Jun 28, 1914 Assasination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand_of_Austria Jul 1, 1914 Bank failures begin http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/money_08.html Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 WWI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Aug 1, 1914 Germany Declares War on Russia http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-world-war-erupts-in-europe Apr 1, 1915 Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies http://spartacus-educational.com/FWWaustriaA.htm May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snpwwi2.htm Feb 1, 1917 Russian Communist Revolution begins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Revolution May 18, 1917 Passage of the Selective Service Act http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Selective_Service_Act_of_1917.aspx Jun 15, 1917 Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage_Act_of_1917 Jul 28, 1917 War Industries Board established to regulate prouction in WWI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Industries_Board Aug 10, 1917 Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Food_Administration Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Dec 1, 1920 Worldwide Flu Epidemic Kills 30 Million https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic Jan 8, 1918 Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Points Mar 3, 1918 Russia withdraws from WWI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Brest-Litovsk Apr 8, 1918 National War Labor established by Woodrow Wilson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_War_Labor_Board Nov 11, 1918 Armistice ends World War I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_of_11_November_1918 Period: Jan 16, 1919 to Dec 5, 1933 Passage of Prohibition and the end of Prohibition http://www.history.com/topics/prohibition Jan 29, 1919 Eighteenth Amendment Passed http://www.shmoop.com/1920s/timeline.html Jun 28, 1919 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles estalishing the peace at the end of WWI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles Sep 1, 1919 Hitler comes to power in Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler%27s_rise_to_power Jan 2, 1920 Palmer Raids http://www.shmoop.com/1920s/timeline.html Jan 8, 1920 Steel Strike Ends http://www.shmoop.com/1920s/timeline.html Aug 1, 1920 Garvey Conference http://www.shmoop.com/1920s/timeline.html Aug 18, 1920 Nineteenth Amendment http://www.shmoop.com/1920s/timeline.html Mar 5, 1921 Herbert Hoover elected President https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1928 Oct 31, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini Aug 2, 1923 President Harding Dies http://www.shmoop.com/1920s/timeline.html Jul 28, 1924 Hoover disbands the Bonus Army http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snprelief4.htm Apr 1, 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald publises "Gatsby" http://www.shmoop.com/1920s/timeline.html Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito becomes emporer of Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirohito May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight http://www.charleslindbergh.com/history/paris.asp Jun 18, 1928 Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart Oct 24, 1929 The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday" http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stock-market-crashes Jan 1, 1931 Boulder Dam Project begins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam Aug 8, 1931 Japan invades Northern China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Manchuria Sep 18, 1931 Japan conquers Manchuria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Manchuria Jan 1, 1933 Hitler sets up Dachau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dachau_concentration_camp Jan 1, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_Conservation_Corps Period: Mar 4, 1933 to Apr 12, 1945 FDR elected President-once-twice-three-four times https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside Chat by FDR http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrfirstfiresidechat.html May 12, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_Adjustment_Act Period: Jan 1, 1934 to Jan 1, 1940 Dust Bowl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl Jun 16, 1934 Congress creates SEC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Securities_and_Exchange_Commission Jan 17, 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act https://www.ssa.gov/history/tally.html Apr 8, 1935 Works Progress Administration established http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wpa-established-by-congress Jul 17, 1936 Civil War in Spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War Aug 9, 1936 Jesse Owens wins four gold Medals at Olympics in Germany http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/owens-wins-4th-gold-medal May 6, 1937 Hindenburg Disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(radio_drama) Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht - Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods http://www.history.com/topics/kristallnacht 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.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 WWII https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II Sep 9, 1939 Germany invades Poland Britain and France Declare War http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/britain-and-france-declare-war-on-germany Sep 27, 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Triparye Pact https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripartite_Pact Feb 1, 1941 German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/erwin-rommel-erwin Mar 1, 1941 Lend Lease Act http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/lend-lease-act Jun 22, 1941 Hitler invades the Soviet Union http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005164 Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor - US enters WWII http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor Jan 16, 1942 WWII 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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Invasion http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference Feb 19, 1945 Iwo Jima https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima May 8, 1945 V-E Day and V-J Day http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/ve-and-vj-days-1945 Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki Nov 20, 1945 Nuremburg War Trials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_trials Apr 28, 1952 Seven Year occupatioon of Japan by United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan
