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in retalliation of the assassination of archdfuke ferdinand
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The UK declaered war on Germany after Germany invaded Belgium
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Austria-Hungary declared war on Russia and Serbia declares war on Germany after Austria Hungary declared their war on Russia.
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The Battle of Tannenberg was between Russian and German Empirein the very beginning of WW1
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Germany declared a "war zone" close to Great Britain, effecting a submarine blockade where even neutral merchant vessels were to be potential targets
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the worst diaster occured on this date when the U boat sank the British liner Luisitania off the southeren coast of Ireland
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Germany agreed not to sink anymore passenger ships but they broke its promise and torpedoed an unarmed French passenger steamer the Sussex.
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the kaiser announced that U-boats would sink all ships in British waters hostile or neutral on sight.
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Congress passed the Selective Service Act. This act required men to register witht the goverenment in order to be randomly selected for millitary service.
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In this time the US launched 95 ships
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BY the early 1918 the germans found it increasingly difficult to replace their losses
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The League of Nations is established with the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, ending the hostilities of the first World War.
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August 18, 1920 - Women are given the right to vote when the 19th Amendment to the United States constitution grants universal women's suffrage.
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Calvin Coolidge was elected president at this time
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A Congressional resolution by both houses is signed by President Warren G. Harding, declaring peace in World War I hostilities with Germany, Austria, and Hungary.
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Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted even though there was no hard evidence.
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He organzied the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car porters
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He introduces the automobile this year.
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He was elected president
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He launched the first of his five year plans in the USSR.
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The Smoot-Hawley high tariff is approved.
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The U.S. signs a naval disarmament treaty with other European nations.
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The Empire State Building opens in New York, becoming the world's tallest skyscraper.
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Veterans in the Bonus Army protest in Washington, D.C. to get their money from WWI early.
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The holiday closes the nation’s banks for several days.
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The law aims to shore up the nation’s troubled banking
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The Tennessee Valley Authority is created to revitalize and give jobs to the Tennessee Valley.
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It creates the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).
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It spent about $800 million employing over 4 million men on various infrastructure projects
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The Works Progress Administration is set up to improve America and create jobs.
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Germany attacks western Europe—France and the neutral Low Countries.
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The Soviet Union forces Romania to cede the eastern province of Bessarabia and the northern half of Bukovina to the Soviet Ukraine.
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Italy invades Greece from Albania on October 28.
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The leaders of the terrorist Ustasa movement proclaim the so-called Independent State of Croatia.
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Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States.
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British and US navies halt the Japanese naval advance in the central Pacific at Midway.
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United States and British forces land in French North Africa.
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Italy declares war on Germany.
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Hitler committed suicide on this date.
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Atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima.
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President Truman signs the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 transferring Manhattan Project assets and responsibilities to the civilian Atomic Energy Commission.
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Soviet Union begins blockade of West Berlin
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Soviet Union detonates first atomic device.
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North Korea invades South Korea. The Korean War begins.
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President Truman approves a $1.4 billion expansion of Atomic Energy Commission facilities to produce uranium and plutonium for nuclear weapons.
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The Experimental Breeder Reactor No. 1 produces the first electric power from a nuclear reactor
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Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated President.
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President Eisenhower delivers the “Atoms for Peace” speech at the United Nations launching efforts to develop peaceful uses of nuclear energy both at home and abroad.
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The Navy launches the first nuclear-powered submarine, U.S.S. Nautilus.
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President Eisenhower announces a moratorium on nuclear weapons testing to begin on October 31.
