Timeline project By DannyD21 Period: Apr 29, 1901 to Jan 7, 1989 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan Feb 1, 1914 Henry Ford opens assembly line to African Americans [The Henry Ford](<a href='http://blog.thehenryford.org/2013/02/african-american-workers-at-ford-motor-company/)' >Past forward</a> Feb 28, 1914 Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Wikipedia Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1981 WWI Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 Austria-Hungary surrenders to Allies May 7, 1915 Sinking of Lusitania Wikipedia Period: Mar 8, 1917 to Nov 8, 1917 Russian Communist Revolution May 18, 1917 Passage of Selective Service Act encyclopedia Jun 1, 1917 Russia withdraws from WWI synonym Jun 1, 1917 Espionage & Sedition Acts passed Wikipedia Jul 8, 1917 War Industries Board est. Wikipedia Aug 10, 1917 Food Administration set up by Herbert Hoover Wikipedia Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Dec 1, 1920 Worldwide Flu Epidemic Jan 8, 1918 Woodrow Wilson- Fourteen Points Peace Plan Wikipedia Apr 8, 1918 National War Labor Board est. United States History Nov 11, 1918 Armistice ends World War I Eye Witness to History Jun 28, 1919 Signing of Treaty of Versailles Wikipedia May 19, 1920 Woemen's Right to vote ourdocuments Jan 1, 1921 Lie Detector Invented Wikipedia Period: Oct 31, 1922 to Jul 25, 1943 Benito Mussolini - Prime Minister of Italy Nov 6, 1924 Herbert Hoover elected president Wikipedia Oct 20, 1926 Houdini Dies Wikipedia May 20, 1927 Charles Lindbergh - First nonstop Transatlantic flight Wikipedia Jan 1, 1928 Bubble Gum Invented The Great Idea Finder Jan 1, 1929 Bank Failures Begin Wessels May 17, 1929 Alcapone Imprisoned History Period: Oct 28, 1929 to Oct 29, 1929 Stock Market Crashes Jan 1, 1930 Japan invades Northern China Wikipedia Period: Jan 1, 1931 to Jan 1, 1936 Boulder Dam Project Begins Sep 18, 1931 Japan conquer Manchuria mtholyoke Jan 1, 1932 FDR elected President 1st time Wikipedia Apr 1, 1932 Scientists split the Atom cerncourier May 21, 1932 Amelia Earhart crosses Atlantic America's Story Jul 28, 1932 Hoover Disbands Bonus Army Witness to History Period: Jan 1, 1933 to Jan 1, 1942 Civilian Conservation Corps Jan 30, 1933 Hitler comes to power- Germany United States Holocaust Museum Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside chat by FDR American Rhetoric Mar 22, 1933 Hitler sets up Dachau History May 12, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act wikipedia Dec 5, 1933 Passage of Prohibition & end of Prohibition Encyclopedia Britannica Jan 1, 1934 Congress creates SEC U.S Securities and Exchange Commission Jan 1, 1934 Cheesebruger Invented cheese-burger.net May 23, 1934 Bonnie & Clyde killed History Jan 1, 1935 FDR elected President 2nd time Wikipedia Apr 8, 1935 Works Progress Administration established History Apr 14, 1935 Dust Bowl History Aug 14, 1935 Congress passes Social Security Act Social Security Jan 1, 1936 Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds Wikipedia Jan 1, 1936 Jesse Owens wins 4 gold medals at Olympics in Germany Olympic Period: Jul 17, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939 Civil War - Spain May 6, 1937 Hindenburg disaster Wikipedia May 27, 1937 Golden Gate Bridge opens History Sep 3, 1938 Germany invades Poland Britain and France declare war History Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht (night of the falling glass) - Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods ushmm Jan 1, 1939 Japanese Internment camps begin U.S History Jan 24, 1939 Major Earthquake in Chile kills 30,000 History Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign non aggression Pact Encylopedia Brittaniac Sep 17, 1939 Germany invades Poland History Sep 27, 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact History.com Mar 11, 1941 Lend Lease Act History Jun 22, 1941 Hitler invades the Soviet Union Holocaust Encyclopedia Oct 31, 1941 Mount Rushmore Opens History Period: Dec 7, 1941 to Sep 2, 1945 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor- U.S. enters in WWII Jan 16, 1942 WWII war production board created by Roosevelt Period: Jun 3, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942 Battle of Midway Jun 1, 1943 German General Rommel surrender in North Africa Wikipedia Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Invasion History Nov 7, 1944 FDR elected President 3rd time History Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1949 Nuremburg War Trials Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1952 Seven year occupation pf Japan by U.S. Jan 20, 1945 FDR elected President 4th time History Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference History Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945 IWO Jima May 8, 1945 V-E Day and V-J Day 20thcenturylondon Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki History
