Timeline Project: WW1-Great Depression-WW2 By Dyvrish Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferinand and his wife Sophie Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 WW1 May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania May 18, 1917 Passage of the Selective Servive Act Jul 28, 1917 War Idustries Board established to regulate production in WW1 Dec 3, 1917 Russia withdrawrs from WW1 Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Jan 1, 1919 Worldwide Flu epidemic kills thrity million Jan 8, 1918 Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan Nov 3, 1918 Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies Nov 11, 1918 Armistice ends World War 1 Jun 28, 1919 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WW1 Period: Jan 16, 1920 to Dec 5, 1933 Passage of Prohibition and End of Prohibition Oct 29, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito becomes emporer of Japan May 20, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes the first nonstop transatlantic filght Mar 4, 1929 Herbert Hvooer elected President Oct 29, 1929 The Stock Market crashes "Black Tuesday" May 20, 1932 Amelia Earhart crosses the Alantic in a solo filght Jul 28, 1932 Hvooer disbands the Bonus Army Jan 30, 1933 Hitler comes to power in Germany Mar 4, 1933 FDR elected President Mar 22, 1933 Hitler sets up Dachau Apr 5, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps Jun 6, 1933 Boulder Dam Project begins Jun 6, 1934 Congress creates the SEC Aug 14, 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act Period: Jul 17, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939 Civil War in Spain Aug 3, 1936 Jesse Owens wins 4 Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany Nov 3, 1936 FDR relected President Jun 6, 1937 Hindenburg disaster Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht (night of the falling glass)- Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 Britian and France declare war Sep 27, 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact Nov 5, 1940 FDR relected President again Mar 11, 1941 Lend Lease Act Jun 22, 1941 Hitler invades the Soviet Union Jan 2, 1942 German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa Jan 16, 1942 WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Interment Camps begin Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Invasion Nov 7, 1944 FDR is relected President for an unpresidented forth trem Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference Feb 19, 1945 Iwo Jima May 8, 1945 V-E Day Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Bombing of Nagasaki Aug 14, 1945 V-J Day Aug 15, 1945 Seven Year occupation of Japan by the United States Nov 20, 1945 Nuremburg War Trials