US History

Franz Ferdinand Assasination

Jun 28, 1914

Franz Ferdinand along with his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist,Gavrilo Princip.

Austria and Serbia

Jul 28, 1914

Austria made known to Serbia that war was beginning between the two countries.

Schlieffen Plan

Aug 3, 1914

Belgium was invaded by the Germans. Belgium soon swept through Paris while France was very weak. Then, Germany defeated Russia. All of this was caused by the stategy the Schlieffen Plan.

Trench Warfare

Oct 29, 1914

As Turkey formed an alliance with Germany, Trench Warfare began to overshadow the Western Front.

German U-Boats/Lusitania

May 7, 1915

The British Blockade caused the Germans to react with a counterblockade with U-boats (also known as submarines). The disaster of Lusitania (which was a British liner) happened because of a German U-boat.

Italy, Germany, and Austria

May 23, 1915

Shortly after Lusitania, Italy claimed war with both Germany and Austria.

Start of Somme

Jul 1, 1916

The Battle of Somme begins.

Wilson Re-elected

Nov 1, 1916

Woodrow Wilson was re-elected into presidency only winning by a mere 1,500 votes. His slogan was: "He Kept Us Out of War."

Neutrality Ceases

Apr 2, 1917

Wilson sends a war address to Congress for the United States to begin war with Germany.

The Germans Withdrawal

Apr 5, 1917

The German army retreated at the Hindenburg Line.

German Fokker DR.I

Sep 2, 1917

For a short period of time, the German Fokker DR.I was a triplane used in combat until many were killed while in flight the next month.

Armistice for Germany

Oct 4, 1918

Germany wanted a peace-establishing agreement with the Allies.

Austria

Nov 3, 1918

Austria reconciles with their enemies.

Germany Signs Armistice

Nov 11, 1918

Germany signs a peace agreement to offically end World War I.

Treaty of Versailles

Jun 28, 1919

The Germans signed this treaty post-war to bring a complete end to World War I.

Harlem Renaissance

Jan 1, 1920

This was an artistic movement founded in Harlem. It celebrated African- American culture and creativity.

Prohibition

Jan 16, 1920

The eighteenth amendment stated that the use, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol was illegal.

The K.K.K.

Jun 11, 1920

The Ku Klux Klan launched a recruitment campaign which added 85,000 members to the organization.

Nineteenth Amendment

Aug 18, 1920

This legislation passed gave women the right to vote.

Warren G. Harding

Nov 11, 1920

Harding was elected as the 29th president.

Sacco and Vanzetti

May 2, 1921

Two Italians were convicted of murder and bank robbery of a paymaster and his guard in Massachusetts.

Quota System

May 19, 1921

Congress set restrictions on European immigrants migrating to the United States.

Teapot Dome

Apr 7, 1922

Oil reserves were increased in Wyoming creating a scandal.

Disarmament

Oct 11, 1922

There was an agreement between: the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Japan, and the U.S. to restrict naval construction.

Talkie

Apr 7, 1923

The first motion picure ("Phonofilm") was shown.

Calvin Coolidge

Aug 2, 1923

Coolidge was elected president after Harding died.

John Scopes

Jul 10, 1925

The "Monkey" Trial had started creating controversy over both the teachings of Evolution and Fundamentalism.

Charles Lindbergh

May 20, 1927

Lindburgh was the first to fly a plane across the Atlantic Ocean. He landed in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Babe Ruth

Oct 11, 1927

Ruth hit 60 home runs, breaking the record.

Black Tuesday

Oct 29, 1929

On this day, the stock market had crashed. This event had jump started "The Great Depression."

The Banks Fail

Mar 13, 1930

Over 40% of the banks had failed.

Migrant Workers

Feb 2, 1931

Many unemployed Americans started looking for jobs across the U.S. and migrated from state to state to find small jobs.

Unemployed

Sep 30, 1931

8.02 million workers had lost their jobs and families had to turn to breadlines for food.

Largest Bank Failure

Dec 3, 1931

Over $200 million in bank deposits caused the largest bank failure in the United States.

R.F.C.

Jan 4, 1932

Congress created the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to lend $2 million to failed banks.

Bonus Army

Jul 28, 1932

Hoover promised a bonus pay to all World War I veterans but failed to do so.This caused the death of two veterans.

Elected

Nov 29, 1932

FDR was elected president to serve his first term. He had beat Hoover in that election.

Inaugurated

Mar 4, 1933

Franklin Delano Roosevelt gets inaugurated on this day in history.

Bank Holiday

Mar 6, 1933

F.D.R. announces a five day bank holiday for all town banks. It was to restore the banking industry.

C.C.C

Apr 17, 1933

The Civilian Conservation Corps was established to design a relief unemployment system.

Social Security Act

Jan 17, 1935

Congress passed the Social Security Act.

WPA

Apr 3, 1935

F.D.R. signed the legislation for the Works Progress Administration. It employed more than 8.5 million people with small government jobs.

Dorothea Lange

Mar 9, 1936

Lange caputured the harsh lifestyle of those living in the Midwest during the Great Depression by taking notable photographs. These photos showed those in the east what life was like for the families living there.

Rome-Berlin Axis

Nov 1, 1936

Germany (Nazi) and Italy (Fascist) signed this treaty of cooperation.

Reelected

Nov 3, 1936

FDR was reelected to begin his second term.

Anschluss

Mar 13, 1938

Austria was annexed by Germany.

Munich Conference

Sep 29, 1938

Germany, Italy, Great Britian, and France signed an agreement to assign Sudetenland.

Oz

Aug 12, 1939

"The Wizard of Oz" was the first color feature film that was released in movie theatres.

Nonagression Pact

Aug 23, 1939

Germany and the Soviet Union signed an agreement to divide eastern Europe.

War With Germany

Sep 3, 1939

Great Britain and France decalred war on Germany.

Norway and Denmark

Apr 9, 1940

Germany invaded Denmark and Norway with a result of Denmark surrendering.

Puppet Government

May 10, 1940

Germany signed an armistice to claim the northern part of France (Vichy France).

Italy

Jun 10, 1940

Italy entered the war.

Battle of Britain

Oct 31, 1941

Germany is defeated at the end of the Battle of Britain.

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Japan invaded the naval base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii which resulted in the U.S. entering World War II.

Island-Hopping

Aug 1, 1942

The American troops delayed Japanese island-hopping until November of 1942.

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

U.S and British troops attacked the Germans on France's Normandy Beach.

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

The German troops made a lasting effort to split the allied forces which resulted in a retreat by Germany.

A Lasting Mark

Apr 30, 1945

Hitler commited suicide.

Atomic Bombing

Aug 9, 1945

The Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

NATO

Apr 4, 1949

Twelve nations at the time formed together to dismiss any possible invasion from the Soviet Union,

Alger Hiss

Jan 25, 1950

Hiss was convicted for suspected communism while working for the government. The trial against Mr. Hiss was very large and media-based.

Hydrogen Bomb

Jan 31, 1950

President Harry Truman called order for this deadly bomb that was 1,000 times stronger than the atomic bombs that hit Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Joseph McCarthy

Feb 15, 1950

This senator from Wisconsin began a Communist witch hunt against suspected communists. This event severely effected America, causing a scare that communism was spreading.

MacArthur

May 11, 1951

General MacArthur was fired by President Harry Truman.

Joseph Stalin

Mar 5, 1953

The powerful leader of the Soviet Union died.

Nikita Khrushchev

Mar 5, 1953

Khrushchev became the leader of the Soviet Union after Joseph Stalin's death. He was a devout supporter of the Communist Party, but he was not as harsh as Stalin.

The Rosenburgs

Jun 19, 1953

Julius and Ethel Rosenburg were the very first American civilians to be executed for espionage. Mr, Rosenburg, who worked on the Manhattan Project was translating information to the Soviet Union with his wife's help.

Korean War

Jun 24, 1953

This was a battle between North and South Korea. At the Battle of Inchon, a surprise attack pushed the forces back to the 38th Parallel which is where North and South Korea are split.

Mao Zedong

Sep 27, 1954

Zedong became the chairman of China.

Warsaw Pact

Jan 1, 1955

Several satellite nations along with the Soviet Union signed this agreement.

Suez War

Oct 29, 1956

A war over the Suez Canal began against France and Great Britian.

Sputnik I

Oct 1, 1957

The Soviet Union had launched this first satellite to orbit the Earth. The Soviets were the first to do so. This event had sparked the space race with the United States.

Sputnik II

Nov 3, 1957

The Soviet Union launched their second satellite to where they put a dog on board to test survival. Laika (the dog) did not live.

Fidel Castro

Feb 16, 1959

Castro became the leader of Cuba. He was a strong believer of Communism and incorporated it into Cuba's form of government. This was an extreme threat to the United States because of its country's close proximity.

John F. Kennedy

Jan 8, 1960

J.F.K. was elected president and launched "The New Frontier."

U-2 Incident

May 1, 1960

The Soviets had shot down an American spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers.

Soviet Union Takes Lead in Space Race

Apr 12, 1961

Yuri Gagrin is the first human that reaches outer space.

The Bay of Pigs Invasion

Apr 17, 1961

Kennedy apporved the plan to train Cuban exiles to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro. This was a failed attempt. Many of the exiles were put to death or imprisoned. This event publicly embarrassed J.F.K. as a new president.

Berlin Wall

Aug 13, 1961

Nikita Khrushchev decided to build a wall to seperate East and West Berlin to mantain communism. West Berlin was guarded and housed barbed wire fences. East Berlin was the free side to where the people could do whatever they pleased.

Cuban Missle Crisis

Oct 22, 1962

America became terrified after learning that the Soviet Union had nuclear weapons ready to launch from Cuba. The United States had also placed missles in Turkey.

John F. Kennedy is Assasinated

Nov 22, 1963

On this fateful day,J.F.K. was shot in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. One bullet had hit him as well as the Texas governor in a matter of 8.5 seconds.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Apr 4, 1964

Johnson is elected president in his own right after being sworn into office after J.F.K's assasination.

Economic Oppurtunity Act

Aug 20, 1964

Congress passed this act to create several government programs to help the needy.

Vietnam

Apr 10, 1965

The U.S. troops enter the Vietnam War.

Mao Zedong

Aug 29, 1966

Zedong began the culture revolution in his country of China.

Marshall

Oct 2, 1967

Thurgood Marshall was the first African American ever elected into the Supreme Court.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Apr 4, 1968

M.L.K.J. was assasinated after several years of being a civil rights activist.

Nixon

Apr 5, 1968

Richard M. Nixon was finally elected president after loosing to John F. Kennedy in 1960.

Neil Armstrong

Jul 20, 1969

Neil Armstrong was an American who was the first man to ever land on the moon. This event surely put the United States in the lead of the Space Race.

The Beatles

Apr 7, 1970

The most popular rock band in the late 1950s and early 1960s broke up.

Earth Day

Apr 22, 1970

America celebrated it's first holiday involving planet Earth.

Richard M. Nixon

Jan 20, 1972

President Nixon was reelected to a second term of presidency.

Watergate Scandal

Aug 9, 1972

The Watergate scandal involving Nixon had begun.

The End of the War

Jan 27, 1973

The American troops pulled out of Vietnam.

Wounded Knee

Feb 27, 1973

Native Americans staged a protest involving civil rights in South Dakota.

Middle East

Mar 17, 1973

War broke out in this area. Seven Arab states were attacked.

Gasoline

May 15, 1973

The prices for gas started to rise after an energy crisis began.

Spiro Agnew

Oct 10, 1973

President Nixon's vice president had resigned.

Gerald R. Ford

Aug 9, 1974

Vice President Ford became the president after Nixon resigned post-Watergate scandal.

Jimmy Carter

Jan 20, 1976

President Carter was elected after Ford finished the shortest term in history.

Vietnam Republic

Apr 30, 1976

North and South Vietnam had united as one unit.

Elvis

Aug 16, 1977

The King of Rock 'n Roll was found dead in his Memphis,Tennessee home.

Disco Fashion

Dec 16, 1977

This type of fashion was inspired by the movie Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta.

Three Mile Island

Mar 28, 1979

In our home state, a nuclear accident had occured.