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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
heir to the austrian throne and visited the Bosnian Capitol Sarajevo -
Austris-Hungary
declaired what was expected to be a short war against Serbia. -
War
germany declaired war on Russia -
Tannenberg
Germans stop russian advance -
WW1 begins
world war 1 begins -
belgium invasion
germany invades belgium -
Gallipolli
Allied forces defeated in bid to establish a supply route to Russia -
Ypress
Germans use chemical weapons for the first time. -
Lusitania
u boat sank the brittish liner Lusitania -
Verdun
French hold the line in the longest battle of war -
Germany broke a promise
torpedoed an un armed passenger steamer -
Sommee
First battle of the sommee began -
Election
woodrow wilson got renominated -
War resolution
president wilson delivered his war revolution -
cantigny
U.S troops fill gaps between French and Brittish lines during German offensive -
Airmail
First transcontinental Airmail service in the U.S -
Flappers
Flappers started in the 1920's as a new fashion era showing their freedom by their clothing. -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment gives women the right to vote -
China
Chinas comunist party was founded -
Margaret Sanger
Margaret sanger invented birth control and founded American Birth Control Leauge and faught for the legal rights of physicians to give birth control information to their patients. -
King Tut
king tuts tomb is discovored in egypt -
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith was "empress of the blues" she sold 1 million recordings of "Down Hearted Blues" -
Calvin Coolidge
He is elected Preseident, -
Scopes Trial
over night scopes trial became a national sensation. -
Pan American Airways
Pan American Airways is founded to handle airmail deliveries. First route is between key west, Florida and Havana. -
Babe ruth
hit 60 homeruns, America went wild -
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh established a record of 33 hours 29 minutes in his 3,614- mile non stop solo flight across the Atlantic. -
Herbert Hoover
herbert hoover is elected president. -
president Alvaro
president Alvaro Obregon of Mexico is assasinated -
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, in a record time of about 15 hours from New Foundland to Ireland. -
Hitler
Hitler and the nazi party come to power in germany. -
Franklin Delano Rosevelt
Franklin Delano Rosevelt is inaugurated. -
Indian
Indian reorganization act is passed. -
SEC
Congress creates the SEC to regulate the stock market. -
Mussolini
Mussolini leads Italian invasion of euthiopia. -
Brittish Parliment
Brittish Parliment passes the Govornment of india act. -
SSA
congress passed the social security act. -
Civil War
Civil War begins in Spain -
President Rosevelt
President Rosevelt is reelected -
Japan
Japan invades Northern China -
Labor Unions
Labor Unions begin using sit-down strikes -
Route 66
Route 66 is completed, linking Chicago,Illinois, to Los Angeles, California. -
Germany
Germany Invades Poland -
Wizard of Oz
The wizard of oz is released in movie theatres. -
Rosevelt
president roseveltis elected a third time. -
Bomb
The japaneese bomb Pearl Harbor. -
Invasion
Hitler invades soviet union. -
War Production Board
Rosevelt creates the war production board to cordinate mobilization. -
Pacific
In the pacific, the battle of midway turns tide in favor of allies. -
Japanese
Japanese Americans are sent to relocation centers. -
Nazi
Nai's develop " The Final Solution" for exterminating jews. -
Rommel's forces
Rommel's forces surrender in North Africa. -
Zoot- Suit
Zoot - suit riots take over Los Angeles -
President Rosevelt
President Rosevelt is elected to a fourth term. -
GI
GI bill of rights is passed. -
Allies
The Allies launch a massive invasion of Europe. -
Nazi retreat
Nazi retreat begins after the battle of the bulge. -
US marines
U.S Marines take Iwo Jima -
Japan Surrenders
Japan Surrenders after atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman becomes president when Rosevelt dies, -
Korean War
In 1950, the start of the Korean War happens. -
United States
The United States sends their troops to korea. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
During the 1952 Eletion president Dwight D. EIsenhower was chosen for president. -
Hydrogen Bomb
During this year the United states tests their very first hydrogen bomb. -
mr. & Mrs. Rosenberg
In 1953 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed as spies . -
"Korean War"
The participants in the Korean war agree on cease- fire, -
U.S Army
During 1954, Senator Joseph McCarthy alleges communists involvement in the United States Army. -
French
The French are defeated by Vietnam. -
Defeat
The french defeat vietnam -
Brown v. Board of education
Brown v. Board of education Topeka outlaws school segregation -
USSR
USSR opens the first small nuclear power plant. -
Eisenhower
in this year president eisenhower is reelected. -
Soviets
Soviets crush uprising in hungary. -
Sputnik
The soviets launch sputnik 1 during 1957 -
Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba. -
South Vietnam
The national liberation front forms in south korea -
John F. Kennedy
during this year john F. Kennedy was elected president -
Nelson Mandela
Nelson mandela was imprisoned and he was the South African civil rights leader -
Urganda
The African Nation of Urganda becomes independent -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson was elected the new president after john F. Kennedy was assasinated. -
Kennedy is assasinated
kennedy is assasinated and lyndon b johnson becomes president -
Civil Rights Act
During this year and time congress decided to pass the Civil rights act. -
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong begins the cultural revolution in China -
China
in 1966, the Cultural revolution starts to begin in China -
Race Riots
in major United States cities, typically in the south Race Riots Occured -
Israel
Israel captures Gaza strip and west bank in six - Day war -
Richard M. Nixon
in 1668, Richard M. Nixon is elected president -
Martin Luther King Jr.
in 1968, the man who changed america and the equality of people no matter what color was assasinated, -
Tet Offensive
Tet offensive begins in Vietnam -
Martin Luther King.
Martin Luther king jr. and Robert kennedy are assasinated -
U.S Astronauts
The united States Astronauts walk on the moon
