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Franz Ferdinand and his wife are assassinated.
Both where on their way to the throne and where shot dead in the streets by Gavrilo Princip. -
Germany declares war on Russia and France.
Two days after declaring war on Russia, Germany declares war on France, moving ahead with a long-held strategy. -
German U-boats sink the Lusitania.
Of the 1,959 people on board, 1,198 died, including 128 Americans. Their was 128 americans that died and this caused WWI. -
The battles of Verdun and the Somme claim millions of lives.
During this fight they used trench warfar where they would rush the trench to beat the forces to beat germany. -
Woodrow Wilson is reelected president.
The election was a rare four-way contest. Wilson gained a majority of the voets from the electorial college. -
Russia withdraws from the war.
The shortage of supplies and food and the trouble of their own country which lead to the Russian Revolution in 1917. -
United States declares war on Germany.
President Wilson appeared before a joint session of Congress and asked for a declaration of war against Germany. -
The Selective Service Act sets up the draft.
Made it so the goverment could choose the people they wanted for the army also made it where people had to sign up for the army for more troops. -
The Bolsheviks establish a Communist regime in Russia.
Workers took control of their factories through elected committees; peasants expropriated lands belonging to the state, church, nobility, and gentry; and armies melted away as peasant soldiers deserted to take part in the land seizures. -
President Wilson proposes the League of Nations.
Reacted after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes. -
Congress passes the Sedition Act.
A piece of legislation designed to protect America's participation in World War I. -
A worldwide influenza epidemic kills over 30 million people.
During the war their was rough conditions, more people died of influenza in a single year than in four-years of the Black Death Bubonic Plague from 1347 to 1351. -
The First World War ends.
At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ends. The war ends because germany ran out of forces and supplies. -
Congress approves the Nineteenth Amendment.
The women's suffrage movement was founded in the mid-19th century by women who had become politically active. -
Treaty of Versailles was singed.
The negotiations revealed a split between the French, who wanted to dismember Germany to make it impossible for it to renew war with France. -
Women granted the right to vote.
The 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. -
First Commercial Radio Broadcast Aired.
Created by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation world's first commercial radio station. -
Albert Einstein.
Albert Einstein lectures in New York about his theory of relativity. -
First Miss America Pageant.
The first Miss America pageant is held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It is won by Margaret Gorman for the title of the Golden Mermaid trophy, later dubbed Miss America. -
Reader's Digest Newspaper.
Reader's Digest is founded and the first issue published by Dewitt and Lila Wallace. -
First Winter Olympics.
The first Winter Olympic Games are held in the French Alps in Chamonix, France with sixteen nations sending athletes to participate, including the United States, which won four medals. -
Babe Ruth.
American hero Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs winning the hearts of Americans. -
Mickey and Minnie Mouse.
The first appearance of Mickey and Minnie Mouse on film occurs with the release of the animated short film, Plane Crazy. -
California Dam.
In southern California the two-year-old St. Francis Dam gives way killing over 500 people. -
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre.
Six gangsters from the Bugs Moran mob and another man are gunned down in a Chicago garage. -
Jane Addams shares the Nobel Peace Prize.
Jane Addams was the second women to receive the peace prize. She founded the Womens International League for Peace and Freedom. -
Japan invades Manchuria.
Japan invaded Manchuria to increase their size the population was to big for japan to accommodate so they fought Manchuria and won. -
The Bonus Army arrives in Washington, D.C.
The bonus army was a massive group of army veterans that didn't get paid the money they were promised so Walter Waters lead the group to get their early payment. -
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected president.
Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in themselves. He brought hope as he promised prompt, vigorous action, -
Adolf Hitler takes power in Germany.
Hitler was a powerful and spellbinding speaker who attracted a wide following of Germans desperation for change. -
"Century of Progress Exposition" begins.
Century of Progress World's Fair Exposition in 1933 Chicago served as an ordering space for progress. During this time advansments where made such as buildings without windows airwave entertainment -
Japan withdraws from the League of Nations.
Japan left the League of Nations because a report blaming them for the invasion on Manchuria. -
Congress Passes The Social Security Act
An act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of Federal old-age benefits and by enabling the several States to make more adequate provision. -
Hindenburg Disaster
The disaster killed 35 people on the airship and one member of the ground crew, but miraculously 62 of the 97 passengers and crew survived. -
Germany Invaded Poland
Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. From East Prussia and Germany in the north and Silesia and Slovakia in the south. -
Hitler Invades the Soviet Union
Under the codename Operation "Barbarossa," Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, in the largest German military operation of World War II. -
United States Enters World War II
The United States did not enter the war until after the Japanese bombed the American fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. -
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor
The bombing was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. -
Zoot-suit Riots Rock Los Angeles
The Zoot Suit Riots were in part the effect of the infamous Sleepy Lagoon murder trial which followed the death of a young Latino man in a barrio near Los Angeles. -
The Allies Launch a Massive Invasion of Europe
Allied forces took the fight to the Axis Powers in many locations across Western Europe. The push into Italy began in Sicily but made it to the Italian mainland, with landings in the south. -
U.S Marines take Iwo Jima
Major battle in which the United States Armed Forces landed and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. -
United Nations is Established
Nations were in ruins, World War II was over and the world wanted peace. -
Churchill Gives His "Iron Curtain" Speech
At Westminster College in the small Missouri town of Fulton, Churchill gave his now famous "Iron Curtain" speech to a crowd of 40,000. -
Berlin Airlift Begins
At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. -
United States Joins NATO
United States joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. -
Korean War Begins
The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States of America fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower is Elected President
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II. -
Korean War cease-fire is Signed
Was designed to "insure a complete cessation of hostilities and of all acts of armed force in Korea until a final peaceful settlement is achieved. -
USSR Opens the First Small Nuclear Power Plant
The first nuclear power plant has been built in Russia or Soviet Union as it was called at that times. It has been built in high hush-hush mode, even the construction workers on site didn't know what exactly they were doing there. -
Brown v. Board of Education Decision Orders the Desegregation of Public Schools
Court unanimously ruled that "separate but equal" public schools for blacks and whites were unconstitutional. The Brown case served as a catalyst for the modern civil rights movement, inspiring education reform everywhere and forming the legal means of challenging segregation in all areas of society. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott Begijns
Which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating. -
Suez Canal Crisis Occurs in Egypt.
The Suez Crisis, also named the Tripartite Aggression, was an invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel, followed by Britain and France. The aims were to regain Western control of the Suez Canal and to remove Egyptian president Nasser from power. -
Soviets Crush Uprising in Hungary
Following nearly two weeks of protest and political instability in Hungary, Soviet tanks and troops viciously crush the protests. Thousands were killed and wounded, and nearly a quarter-million Hungarians fled the country. -
African Nation of Ghana Wins Independance
Ghana became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Ghana was led to independence by Kwame Nkrumah who transformed the country into a republic, with himself as president for life. The country made history in the continent by becoming the first country to gain independence. -
Fidel Castro Assumes Power in Cuba
Established the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere after leading an overthrow of the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959.
