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Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated -
Germany
Germany, obligated by treaty to support Austria-Hungary, declared war on Russia -
Shlieffen Plan
Germant invaded Belgium, following a strategy known as the Shlieffen Plan -
Lusitania
U-boat sunk the Brisish liner Lusitania off the southern coast of Ireland. -
Arabic
Three months later, a U-boat sank another Brtish liner, the Arabic, drowning two Americans. -
Sussex
Germany broke its promise and torpedoed and unarmed French passenger steamer, the Sussex. -
Battles
The battles of Verdun and the Somme claim millions of lives -
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson is reelected president. -
A peace without victory
The president called for "A peace without victory...a peace between equals" -
US Servers
US servers diplomatic ties with Germany -
German Troops
German troops break through the northernmost end of the Russian front during the Riga offensive. -
Seperate Piece
A separate peace treaty is signed by Soviet Russia and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey) at Brest-Litovsk. -
Woodrow Wilson
President Woodrow Wilson delivers his fourteen points speech to the U.S. Congress. -
Peace Settlement
Wilson appeals directly to the Italians in an effort to gain their support for his views on the peace settlement. -
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles is drafted and submitted to the German delegation. -
Communists
Communists begin a revolt in Berlin. -
The peace Treaty
The peace Treaty of St Germain-en-Laye is signed between the Allies and Austria. -
Women's Bureau
The Women's Bureau is formed within the Department of Labor. -
Nineteenth Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment gives women the right to vote -
Reparations Committee
A Reparations Committee ruled that Germany owed $33 billion in payment for the war. -
Joint resolution
A joint resolution to officially end World War I in the U.S. finally passes. -
Cable Act
The Cable Act is passed in the U.S. -
Filmmakers
Filmmakers set up their own organization so they can censor their own movies. -
Bessie Smith
The popular Jazz singer Bessie Smith records her first jazz album. -
Warren G. Harding
Warren G. Harding dies 2 and a half years into his presidential term and is succeeded by Calvin Coolidge -
President
Calvin Coolidge is elected president. -
Scope's Trial
The Scope's trial takes place in Tennessee. -
Germany
Germany is successfully admitted into the League of Nations. -
First man to fly solo
Charels Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. -
President Alvaro Obregon
President Alvaro Obregon of Mexico is assassinated. -
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover is elected president -
St. Valentines Day massacre
The happening of the St. Valentines Day Massacre -
Banks Fail
More than 40% of the nations banks fail -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams shared the nobel piece prize -
Japan
Japan invades Manchuria -
Bonus Army
The bonus army arrives in Washington DC -
FDR
FDR was elected President -
Hitler
Adolf Hitler takes power in Germany -
21 Amendment
The twenty first amendment ends Prohibition -
Congress
Congress creates the SEC to regulate the stock market -
SSA
Congress passes the social security act -
President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt is reelected -
Labor unions
Labor unions begin using sit down strikes -
McCarthy
Senator Joseph McCarthy gaines power and McCarthism begins -
Korean War
The Korean War begins -
22nd Amendment
The 22nd Amendment was established -
General Douglas MacArthur
General Douglas MacArthur fired by President Truman for comments about using nuclear weapons on China -
Anzus Treaty
The Anzus Treaty enters into the force -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected the United States President -
Rosenbergs
Rosenbergs was executed -
Joseph McCarthy
Joseph McCarthy discredited in Army-McCarthy hearings -
Warsaw Pact
Warsaw Pact, which establishes a mutual defense treaty subscribed to by eight communist states in Eastern Europe (including the USSR) -
Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk develops polio vaccine -
United States presidential election
United States presidential election, 1956 (Eisenhower re-elected) -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Civil Rights Act of 1957, primarily a voting rights bill, becomes the first civil rights legislation enacted by Congress since Reconstruction -
National Defense Education Act
National Defense Education Act -
Landrum-Griffin Act
Landrum-Griffin Act, a labor law that regulates labor unions' internal affairs and their officials' relationships with employers, becomes law -
U-2
U-2 incident, wherein a CIA U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace -
Civil Rights Act of 1960
Civil Rights Act of 1960, establishing federal inspection of local voter registration polls and penalties for those attempting to obstruct someone's attempt to register to vote or actually vote -
23rd Amendment
23rd Amendment, which grants electors to the District of Columbia -
Alan Shepard
Alan Shepard pilots the Freedom 7 capsule to become the first American in space -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis, which becomes the closest nuclear confrontation (as of 2010) involving the U.S. and USSR -
Martin Luther King JR.
March on Washington; Martin Luther King, Jr. "I have a dream" speech -
President Kennedy
President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas; Lyndon Johnson becomes President. The man accused of assassinating President Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, is shot and killed as he is led to jail by Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby. The assassination marks the first 24-hour coverage of a major news event by the major networks -
Act of 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1964, outlawing major forms of discrimination against blacks and women, and ended racial segregation in the United States -
act of 1965
Immagration Act of 1965 -
Miranda v. Arizona s
Miranda v. Arizona establishes "Miranda rights" for suspects -
Department of Housing
- Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) established
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Jack Ruby
Jack Ruby died of a pulmonary embolism, secondary to bronchogenic carcinoma (lung cancer), on January 3, 1967 at Parkland Hospital, where Oswald had died and where President Kennedy had been pronounced dead after his assassination. -
Tet Offensive
The National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam launches the Tet Offensive -
Act of 1968
Civil Rights Act of 1968, commonly known as the Fair Housing Act -
Presidential Election
United States presidential election, 1968 (Richard Nixon elected president) -
Inauguration
Richard Nixon is inaugurated as President -
Kent State
Kent State and Jackson State shootings occur during student protests which grow violent -
OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Act, or OSHA, is signed into law. -
26th amendment
26th Amendment ratified, allowing 18-year-olds to vote. -
Nixon
President Richard Nixon ends the United States Gold standard monetary policy known as the Nixon Shock -
Richard Nixon
President Richard Nixon visits China, an important step in formally normalizing relations between the United States and China. -
Roe . Wade
Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling overturns state laws against abortion -
resign
President Nixon resigns, becoming the first President to step down. Vice president Ford becomes President. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York becomes the second person to be appointed Vice President under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution -
Watergate Scandal
Watergate scandal: The House Judiciary Committee votes to impeach the President -
North Vietnam
North Vietnam launches a massive assault on South Vietnam. -
Ford
President Ford survives two assassination attempts in a 17-day time span. -
Vietnam
North and South Vietnam Join to Form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam -
Elvis
Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll dies in his home in Graceland at age 42. 75,000 fans lined the streets of Memphis for this funeral -
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union and Vietnam signed a twenty-five year mutual defense treaty -
Vietnam
Vietnam launched a full-scale invasion of Kampuchea -
China
China invades Vietnam -
Civil War
Civil war begins in Spain -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower inaugurated as President
