Kaiser William II promised German support for Austria against Serbia
Austria declared war on Serbia
Germany declared war on Russia
Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium. Germany had to implement the Schlieffen Plan.
The BEF started its retreat from Mons. Germany invaded France.
Russian army defeated at Tannenburg and Masurian Lakes.
Battle of the Marne started
Start of the Battle of Loos
First Battle of Ypres
Turkey entered the war on Germany’s side. Trench warfare started to dominate the Western Front.
The first Zeppelin raid on Britain took place
The “Lusitania” was sunk by a German U-boat
The Germans captured Warsaw from the Russians
The Allies started the evacuation of Gallipoli
league of nations holds its first meeting, 9 days later U.S. senate votes to not join the league of nations.
Women are granted the right to vote due to the 19th amendment
Warren G. Harding wins presidency by a landslide
A national quota system was passed by congress on how many immigrants may come to the united states
The limitation on armaments congress convented in Washington D.C
The Lincoln memorial is dedicated in Washington D.C
The 12th century aztec ruins in New Mexico is declared a national monument by Warren G. Harding
President Warren G. Harding dies from ilness after a trip to alaska
J. Edgar Hoover is appointed to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation
President Coolidge wins his first election as president
Nellie Tayloe Ross is inaugurated as first woman governor of the united states, Wyoming
The Grand Ole Opre transmits it's first radio broadcast
The first flight to the North Pole and back occurs, Flord Bennett and Richard Evelyn Byrd
The Great Missippi flood occurs affecting 700,000
Future civil right leader Martin Luther King is born in his grandfathers home
The Hawely-smooth tariff act was signed by president Herbert Hoover
The Star Spangled Banner by; Francis Scott Key is approved by Herbert Hoover to be the national anthem
The state of Nevada legalizes Gambling
Charles Lindenberg's son is kidnapped
Charles Lindenberg's son is found dead
Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats President Hoover
Bruno Hautmann is found guilty of killing Lindenberg's son
Harold Lamb, author of "March of the Barbarians," discusses "1240 and 1940 ; The Mongol Invasion and the Situation in Eastern Europe," at the Paul Elder Gallery.
“Red Cross Day” celebrated at the Treasure Island World’s Fair
Benefit for British War Relief at Treasure Island.
Benefit Dance and Show, Greek War Relief, at the Scottish Rite Auditorium. Native type entertainment sponsored by the Philoptohos Greek Ladies Society.
British War Relief benefit at the Scottish Rite Auditorium.
John H. Tobin, newsreel editor and commentator for the Telenews Theatre, speaks in the Emporium Auditorium about "Propaganda in the War News."
•The attack lasted 110 minutes, pearl harbor
Today was the deadline for enemy aliens in San Francisco to surrender to the Western Defense Command radio transmitters, shortwave receivers and precision cameras.
California Congressional delegation met in Washington to urge the evacuation of enemy aliens from the West Coast
A Japanese submarine fired 13 shells at the Bankline Refinery at Goleta in Southern California shortly after 7 p.m. One oil well was damaged. The Civilian Defense control center in San Francisco's City Hall was activiated when the news arrived from Goleta
Battle of the Coral Sea began.
In the Aleutians, U.S. Army Air forces began bombing, strafing, and incendiary attacks on Japanese Kiska Harbor installations.
All organized Japanese Army resistance ended in the Aleutians
An explosion at the Port Chicago munitions center at 10:19 p.m. broke windows in San Francisco. 322 people were killed and 1000 injured in the worst military loss of life in the U.S. during WW II. The blast was felt as far away as Nevada
Yalta conference held
United states used first atomic bomb
Russia enters war against Japan
Japan surrenders-End of world war II
Berlin Blockade Begins
Berlin Blockage stops
Korean war begins
Federal Civil Defense Administration established
President Truman authorizes the seizure of United States steel mills in order to avert a strike
Rosenberg Execusions
First color tv went on market
Sputnik launched in to orbit
Castro takes over Cuba
first floppy disc was introduced
VCR was introduced
vietnam signs truse with u.s
starwars was released
new plauge known as A.I.D.S was identified
E.T was released
DNA first used to convict criminals
Berlin wall falls
nelson mandela freed from prison
Bill Clinton becomes president
OJ Simposon arrested for double murder
JFK JR dies in plane accident
world trade center attcked by terrorist
President George W bush runs for reelection
Barack Obama elected as the first african american president of the united states
