U.S History 2

Assassination of Archducke Franz Ferdinand

Jun 1, 1914

Assassinated by GavriloPrincip

Austria Hungery declared war on Serbia

Jul 28, 1914

Was expect to be a short war but grow.

German Treaty

Aug 1, 1914

Treaty to support Austria-Hungry.

Germany declares war on France

Aug 3, 1914

Germany invades Belgium to get to France.

U.S jobs

Jan 1, 1915

Major job shortage in the U.s soon led to the see of firearms.

First Teleophone Call

Apr 28, 1915

Alex Graham Bell makes first transcontinel phone call.

60,000 Casualities

Jul 1, 1916

The British suffered 60,000 casualites

Wilson Again

Nov 28, 1916

Woodrow Wilison is reelected.

U.s forced in to war

Apr 2, 1917

Mobilized for war against the Central Powers

U.s declares war on Germany

May 28, 1917

U.S enters the war aginest Germany.

Russia withdraws

Dec 29, 1917

Russia withdraws from WW1.

Wilson proposes

Mar 1, 1918

Proposes the leauge of nations.

WW1 ends

Aug 29, 1918

WW1 comes to a final end.

Steel Strike in Pittsburgh

Sep 22, 1919

Was to try to organize U.S steel.

Pittsbugh Pirates

Sep 30, 1919

Casey lead the 4th place Pirates with a .293 batting Avg.

Woman Granted the Right to Vote

Jan 18, 1920

19th amendment

Radio

Feb 18, 1920

First Commercial Radio Broadcast

Olympic

Feb 18, 1924

First Olympic Winter Games

F.B.I

Oct 18, 1924

Hoover Appointed FBI Director

Scopes

Aug 20, 1925

The Scopes Trail for the teaching of evolution

English Channle

May 18, 1926

First to swim the English Channle was a woman

Babe Ruth

Oct 1, 1927

Babe Ruth set the Mlb home run recored

First Talkie

Nov 18, 1927

The first Talking Movie, the Jazz Singer

Mickey Mouse

May 1, 1928

The very first Mickey Mouse Cartoon was created.

Bubble Gum

Jun 18, 1928

Bubble Gum was invented

Bread

Oct 19, 1928

Sliced bread was invented and was sold.

St. Valentin's Day Massacare

Feb 14, 1929

Most Famous killings in Us history.

Car Radio

Jul 1, 1929

The very first car radio was installed

Penicillin

Oct 19, 1929

Penicillin was crated.

Stock Market Crashes

Oct 24, 1929

Prices began to plummet and the sell of all stocks to get some very small amounts of money

Work Programs

Feb 1, 1930

Hoover urges congressional leaders to examine possible public works program.

Al Capone sent to Jail

Jun 1, 1930

Al Capone arrested on prejury charge.

Hoover signs Smoot- Hawley Tariff

Jun 17, 1930

placing the largest tariffs on American goods

Hoover Urges Congress

Dec 31, 1930

$150 million for public works to crete jobs.

Committee for Unemployment Relief

Jan 1, 1931

4 to 5 million claims of unemployment.

Las Vegas

Mar 19, 1931

Nevada leglizes Gambling

Empire State Building

May 1, 1931

the worlds tallest structure

Star Spangled Banner

Sep 19, 1931

Hoover signs act making "Star Spangled Banner" national anthem

Al Capone found guilty

Nov 1, 1931

guilty of tax evasion in Federal Court sentenced to 11 years

Hitler

Jan 1, 1933

Adolph Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany

GM strikes

Dec 1, 1936

United Auto Workers begin sit-down strike at GM plant in Flint, Michigan; ends Feb 1937

GMC

Jan 1, 1938

General Motors mass produces diesel engines

Jefferson Monmoral

Dec 1, 1938

FDR presides over the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Jefferson Memorial

2 year defense budget

Jan 12, 1939

Roosevelt recommends a 2 year defense budget of $535 million

Wizard of Oz

Jul 1, 1939

The Wizard of Oz was realsed at the first adiuo film

Ferderal Works

Jul 1, 1939

Roosevelt established the Federal Works Agency as a consolidation of five existing agencies

Great Smoky Mountain Park

Sep 2, 1940

Great Smoky Mountain Park became an National Park

Mount Rushmore

Feb 22, 1941

Mount Rushmore is fanlly completed

Jeep

Apr 22, 1941

The very first all terrian war car the Jeep.

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. A date that will live in Infamy

Pvt. Joe Louis

Jan 10, 1942

Heavyweight boxing champion joins the army at war

The Bataan Death march

Apr 9, 1942

Phipopano soulders where taken over by the Japaneses and were forced in to being there salves.

Atomic Bomb

Jun 7, 1942

The developent of the atomic bomb started

Baseball Greats join the army

Jan 1, 1943

Joe DiMaggio Ted Willams Josh Gibson Jackie Robinson all joined the army.

Battle for Kasserine Pass

Feb 22, 1943

The US first victory in the WW2

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

Was the very first amphibious invasion

Slinky

Feb 22, 1945

The very fist slinkies hit the toy stores. Was invented in Pa.

Color break in baseball

Apr 1, 1945

Jackie Robinson singed a contract with the Dodgers to be the first perfesonal AA in the MLB

FDR dies

Apr 12, 1945

FDR dies from brain hemorrhage Truman take over

Atomic bomb

Aug 6, 1946

Us droped the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Apr 25, 1947

Theodore Roosevelt National Park is established by President Harry Truman

Credit Card

Jan 1, 1950

First credit card interduced

Highest Paid Baseball Player in 1950

Feb 7, 1950

Ted Williams earns 150,000 dollars with his new contract

Yankees win world series

Oct 1, 1950

Yankees sweep Philies in the 1950 WS

TVs in house

Jan 1, 1951

Tv's in houses for family enteriment

Joe Dimaggio

Oct 10, 1951

Joe played his last game in the World Series

Cigarettes are Bad

Jan 1, 1954

Reports say Cigarettes cause Cancer

Disney Land

Jan 1, 1955

Disney Land opened in Flordia in 1955

McDonalds

Mar 17, 1955

Start of the McDonalds Corporation

Rosa Parks

Apr 1, 1955

Didnt give up her seat on the bus and made a stand

Albert Einstien

Apr 18, 1955

Albert Einstein died

DC-7

Oct 1, 1955

America's first ever non-stop transcontinental service began with flights by American Airlines using DC-7 aircraft.

Cat and the Hat

Mar 1, 1957

Dr. Seuss Publishes The Cat in the Hat

Dwight Has Stroke

Nov 27, 1957

Dwight D. Eisenhower has stroke.

First Satalite

Jan 31, 1958

First Satalite obitis the Earth

Daytona 500

Feb 22, 1959

Daytona 500 stock car ran for the first time

Pirates win the WS

Oct 1, 1960

Defeated the New York Yannkees 4 to 3 games

Berlin Wall

Jan 1, 1961

Berlin Wall was constructed

Alcatraz

Jan 1, 1962

The famous Escsape from Alcatraz

Wal-Mart

Feb 1, 1962

First Wal-Mart is opened

James Meredith

Apr 1, 1962

James Meredith Admitted Into the Segregated University of Mississippi

J.F.K

Nov 22, 1963

J.F.K is assassinated in Texas

Beatles

Jan 1, 1964

The Beatles become popluar and become maybe the best band of all time

Nelson Mandela

Jun 12, 1964

Nelson Mandela Sentenced to Life in Prison

U.S troops to NK

Mar 8, 1965

U.S. Sends Troops to Vietnam

Super Bowl

Dec 1, 1967

First Super Bowl

1st Heart Transplant

Dec 1, 1967

South Afican surgents proformed the transplant

Zodiac

Mar 1, 1968

Zodiac Killer Strikes

Martin Luther King Jr.

Apr 4, 1968

Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated

Neil Armstrong

Apr 4, 1969

Neil Armstrong became the First Man To Walk on the Moon

Woodstock

Sep 1, 1969

The hippie rock n roll concert

Kent State

May 4, 1970

National Guard fired upon the crowd

Terrorists Attack at the Olympic

Sep 5, 1972

8 members of the Palestinian terrorist organization, Black September, snuck into the Olympics

Microsoft

Jan 1, 1975

Bill Gates founds Microsoft

Tangshan Earthquake

Jul 28, 1976

Magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the Chinese city of Tangshan

Star Wars

May 20, 1977

Star Wars saqa is starts

Jonestown Massacre

Nov 18, 1978

Cult leader Jim Jones instructed his followers to commit revolutionary suicide by drinking cyanide-laced fruit punch

Walkman

May 20, 1979

Sony introducted the walkman