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Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria-Hungary's throne, and his wife, Sophie, are assassinated Gavrilo Princip while the couple were visiting Sarajevo
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Trench Warefare begins. took place just 30 miles northeast of Paris in the Marne River Valley of France.
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It is during this battle that the Germans first use poison gas
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torpedoed by a German U-boat and sunk. Of the 1,959 people on board, 1,198 died, including 128 Americans.
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The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle of World War I and was one of the bloodiest
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Germans hide from british in bunkers and then come out and attack to kill tons of people
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British intercepts the zimmerman note and it says that mexico was going to invade the U.S so U.S delcares war.
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woodrow wilsons plan to peace which mostly shut down.
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Baron Manfred von Richthofen was credited with over 80 planes shot down. His nicknames was the Red Barron.
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Fighting ends on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Armistice Day
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women win the right to vote with the 19th amendment
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The Teapot Dome scandal begins when the U.S. Secretary of the Interior leases the Teapot Oil Reserves in Wyoming.
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The Indian Citizenship Act granted this right to all Native Americans that had been born within the territory of the United States.
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providing aid and assistance to the airline industry, plus federal oversight under the Department of Commerce for civil air safety.
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mississippi flood begins and affects over 700,000
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becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
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hits 60 home runs, winning the hearts of Americans, and breaking the season record.
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The first appearance of Mickey and Minnie Mouse on film occurs with the release of the animated short film, Plane Crazy.
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Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean.
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-After reaching an all time high in September, the stock market crashes creating a worldwide economic crisis.
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al capone the worlds most popular gangster
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empire state building was built
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The first prisoners arrived in Dachau on March 22, 1933,
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the ban on alcohol is lifted
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police killed bonnie and Clyde after their 2 year crime spree.
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alcatraz became a prison
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finished construction of the hoover damn
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the hindenburgh was attempting to land and caught fire
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started by nazi germany
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Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg are invaded by Germany. British troops enter Belgium. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigns; Winston Churchill becomes new Prime Minister.
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FDR and churchhill meet
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The United States first attacks the Japanese by air.
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between Nazi Germany and its allies and the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in southwestern Russia.
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War rationing books are issued in America with coupons for gasoline, which joins sugar and coffee. Later, during 1943, meat, fats and oils, butter, cheese and processed foods are also rationed
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hitler looses at stalingrad
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hitlers last offensive attack
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Concentration Camps Buchenwald, Westerbok, Ravensbruck, and Sachsenhausen were freed
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Atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima
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Atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki
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33 people are killed after riots erupt in Chicago, Illinois, marking the first known case of “baseball riots” in the modern-era, sparking calls for a ban on professional sports
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way to get good to berlin
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The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical hegemony during the Cold War.
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hydrogen bomb or H-bomb, weapon deriving a large portion of its energy from the nuclear fusion of hydrogen isotopes.
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Uruguay beat Brazil 2–1 to win the 1950 World Cup
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Fidel Castro is recruited by the Pittsburgh Pirates as a baseball player in Havana, Cuba, sparking international attention
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The Checkers speech or Fund speech was an address made on September 23, 1952, by the Republican vice presidential candidate, California Senator Richard Nixon.
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The New York Giants traded Willie Mays to the San Francisco Seals for 2 Players and some cash.
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polio was a deady disease which killed millions of people and jonas salk discorered the vacination
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Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit
