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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, his assassination sparked the first war. -
Serbia appeals to Russia for help
Russian military experts were able to help create a better Serbian army -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
This was the first true global war, it began in Europe but spread throughout the world very quickly. -
Germany declares war on Russia
They claimed Russia had already crossed their frontier, which started the war. -
Germany invades Belgium
Germany's plan to attack France called for an attack against Belgium. -
Big Bertha used against Liege Forts
German Army asked Gustav Krupp to improve this gun so it has the capability of destroying the heaviest fortification. -
French troops enter Lorraine
The French soldiers were no match for the machine-guns and heavy artillery, they were later forced to retreat. -
Battle of Mons begins
French ordered their men to dig defensive positions near the Mons Canal. -
Battle of the Frontier begins
Series of battles fought against the eastern frontier of France. -
Battle of Tannenberg begins
Strikes with lethal force against the advancing Russian 2nd Army -
Battle of Albert
Name of three battles fought near the town of Albert, of northern France during World War -
Canadian troops arrive in Britain
They arrived by by train and quickly boarded five grey ships for England -
Battle of Dogger Bank
A German force were sent out to Dogger Bank with the intention of disrupting the British to sink their escorts. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The ship was named after the ancient Roman province of Lusitania. -
Edith Cavell executed
She is celebrated for saving the lives of casualties -
10,000 US union & socialist organizers arrested (Palmer Raids)
Palmer Raids were attempts by the United States Department of Justice To arrest radical leftisits. These occured in November of 1919, and January of 1920. Which was led by Alexander Mitchell Palmer. -
League of Nations established
An organazation founded as a result to the Paris Peace Confrence. Which ended the first world war. -
French passenger ship Afrique sinks near La Rochelle
553 people died from this. -
Swiss men vote against women's suffrage
The majority of them voted no. Switzerland was the last country in Europe to give women the right to vote. -
First Organized Negro League
Andrew "Rube" Foster served as the president of this oranization, became known as "The father of black baseball" -
League of Nations recognizes perpetual neutrality of Switzerland
They considered preserving this neutrality essential to Switzerland's economic and political developmenth -
U.S. Senate votes against membership in League of Nations
United states senators Senators Henry Cabot Lodge, William E. Borah, and Hiram Johnson, opposed more than others. -
Nineteenth Amendment
Womens right to vote. -
Harding denounces the League of Nations.
In Marion, Ohio he gave a speech on his front porch. -
Woodrow Wilson Nobel Peace Prize
He won th Nobel Peace Prize for supporting lasting peace after war. -
U.S. Census Bureau
They reported that for the first time in America 51% live in cities and towns of more than 2500 -
Pancho VIlla Retires
Pancho Villa agreed to retire as part of a peace agreement with the president of Mexico. -
Hitler Publishes Mein Kampf
Wrote a book while imprisoned on "political crimes" -
Hitler Jailed After Failed Coup
Sentenced to 5 years in prison for storming into a beer hall and attempting to force the trimvirate. -
The First Assassination Attempt on Mussolini
He was an Italian Fascist leader who gave a speech in Rome when somebody with a mental illness tried to shoot him, -
The London Naval Reduction Treaty
Signed by the United States, Great Britain, Italy, France, and Japan. Took effect January 1, 1931, expires December 31, 1936. -
The ruins of the ancient Indian villages
Designated a national monument by President Herbert Hoover. -
The Star-Spangled Banner
Lyrics were inspired by the bombing of Fort HcHenry. -
Legalizing Gambling
Nevada legalizes Gambling -
Charles Lindbergh son kidnapped
Later found dead close to home. Three years later Bruno Hauptmann was convicted of the crime. -
President Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated for the first time
His speech began to rally the public and congress to deal with the great depression. -
The 21st Amendment was passed
Ended prohibition -
Troops get pulled from Haiti
The United States pulls troops from Haiti -
Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treat and London Naval Treaty
Also known as the 5 power naval treaty -
The Historic Sites Act
Declared a national policy to preserve historic sites, such as National Historic Landmarks -
Hoover Dam
Dedicated by President Roosevelt -
Naval Expansion
Act is passed -
Fair Labor Standards Act
Minimum wage is enacted -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Asked the U.S. Congress for a defense budget hike -
Declares neutrality
United States declares neutrality with European War -
German Planes
attacked 12 ships off British coast, 3 sank, 35 dead -
Battle of Britain
intense air battle between Germans and British over great Britain's airspace -
Leon Trotsky
assaignated by Mercader with a mountaineering ice pick -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese launched air attack on the U.S Naval Base at Pearl Harbor -
Japanese-Americans Held in Camps
American citizens, were rounded up and shipped to internment camps. -
Reinhard Heydrich
killed by a grenade while travelling in his car in Prague. -
Battle of Midway
defeated imperial Japanese Navy -
Anne Frank
When Anne Frank and her family went into hiding -
battle of stalingrad
Germany Army was in full retreat. -
Italy Joins the Allies
after going through rough military conditions italy decided to join the allied powers -
Hitler Escapes Assassination Attempt
after the attempt to be killed he used an excuse to go after anybody in the war -
FDR dies
after defeating Germany the FDR dies -
Franklin Roosevelt dies
Harry Truman becomes 33rd president of the United States -
Hitler commits suicide
After Russian troops fought within yards of his subterranean bunker he shot himself -
Surrender of Germany
after hitler dies german troops laid down their arms -
Hitler dies
Supposably commited suicide -
War in Europe
The war in europe came to an end -
Atomic bombs
Harry Truman orders atomic bombs to be used -
Potsdam Declaration
Rejected by Japan -
U.S. Drops Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The only use of nuclear weapons in war to date. -
United Nations Founded
Founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries. -
Marshall Plan
help all countries to stop communism -
Ghandi
was assaignated -
China
Becomes communist -
Nato
was established to keep peace -
4 black college students
protested for being denied service -
First weather satellite
was launded by the United States -
U,S figure skating team
killed in plane crach near Belgium while on their way to world championships -
Bay of Pigs
invasion of Cuba replused by Cuban forces -
1st manned sub-orbital space flight
completed with commander Alan B. Shepard Jr. -
National Park Service
extended to the United States virgin islands -
3000 troops quell riots
allowed James Meredith to enter the University of Mississippi as the first black student -
Cuban missile crises begins
bulit offensive missiles in Cuba -
Last 27 prisoners of Alcatraz
were moved by General Robert F. Kennedy -
Computer Floppy Disks Introduced
introduced in 1970s but faded in 1990s -
Kent State Shootings
National Guard suddenly fired upon a crowd of student protesters, four killed, nine wounded -
Terrorists Attack at the Olympic Games in Munich
Two Israeli athletes were killed during the raid and nine others were taken hostage
