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Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his family are assassinated by a Serbian named Gavrilo Princip
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
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Germany declares war on Russia
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Germany declares war of France
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The United Kindom declares war on Germany
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Germany declares a "war zone" around Great Britain
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The Battle of Verdun begins
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The United States declares war on Germany
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Russia signs the Treaty of Brest Litovsk
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Germany signs the armistice
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Banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol
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Nationwide fear of communists, socialists, and anarchists
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Officialy established prohibition in the United States
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Anarchists convicted guilty of murder without substantial evidence
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A bribery incident that transferred the control of its oil feilds over to the Department of the Interior
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Limit the annual rate of immigrants coming in to the United States
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A teacher that was arrested for teaching evolution in Dayton, Tennessee. Scopes was found guilty and the judge fined him $100
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First man to cross the Atlantic ocean
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Elected to be the 31st President of the United States
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The first ever animated video
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Communist party is established
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Communist party is founded
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Twinkies are invented
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Releaced their first cartoons
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Invented masking tape
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Adopted as the USA national anthem
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First American woman to win the Nobel Prize
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Elvis Presley was born
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Becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California
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Porky Pig makes his debut as the first major Loony Tunes character
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Holland surrenders to Germany
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Belgium surrenders to Germany
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Germans invades Paris
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Germany and the Soviet Union make the non aggression pact
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Hitler declares war with the United States
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Japan invades Philippines
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Germany attacks Sttalingrad
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Hitler committed suicide
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Germany surrendered ending the war in Europe
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Nuremburg war crimes trial began
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The Civil Rights Congress Formed
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US will not recognize communism
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Truman demands Russia withdraw from Iran
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Truman announces the Truman Doctrine
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First African American Pro Baseball Player
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The NATO treaty is signed
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Mao Zedong assumes power
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United States will build the hydrogen bomb
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North Korea invades South Korea
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Dwight Eisenhower is inaugurated as President