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Francis Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo
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Austria was promised support from Germans by Kaiser William 11 against Serbia.
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Austria declared war on Serbia.
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Germany declared war on Russia.
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Germany declared war on France and then invaded Belgium.
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Germany was attacked by the British.
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At Tannenburgh and the Masurian Lakes the Russian army was defeated
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The Battle of the Marne started.
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This was the 1st battle of Ypres.
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Turkey entered Germany's side during the war. Trench warfare took over the Western Front.
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1st Zeppelin raid on Britain happened.
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Britain attacked Turkish forts in Dardanelles.
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Troops landed in Gallipoli.
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The Germ U-boat sunk the Lusitania.
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Italy attacked Austria and the Germans.
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End war.
League of Nations held its first meeting & the Treaty of Versailles was ratified ending the first world war. -
Rights.
women were given the right to vote with the 19th ammendment granted to the U.S. for women's suffrage. -
Immigrants.
The amount of incoming immigrants were established by the United States Congress, allowing legal immigration. -
Declarement.
Congressional resolution is signed by both houses and Pres. Warren G. Harding. declaring peace in World War I hostilities with Germany, Austria, and Hungary. -
Leads to limit naval construction.
Armaments Congress ends. Leads to the Five Power Disarmament Treaty between the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Japan & the U.S. -
National Monument.
Aztec Indian ruins in New Mexico are distinguished as a National Monument by Pres. Warren G. Hardin It is known as Aztec Ruins National Monument. -
Sudden death.
President Warren G. Harding dies after being ill on a trip to Alaska. -
The Indians.
The Indians are now citizens by the legislation in the U.S. signed by Pres. Calvin Coolidge. -
Site of Volcanic Rock.
The Lava Beds National Monument in California is designated by Pres. Calvin Cooldige. It was the site of a volcanic rock, natural fortress used by the Modoc Indians during the Modoc War. -
First trip.
First flight to the North Pole & back, by the pilot Floyd Bennet & his navigator Richard Evelyn Byrd. They flew in a 3 engine monoplane. -
Civil War.
China's civil war caused 1,000 marines from the U.S. to land in order to protect the U.S. property. -
The flood.
The Great Mississippi Flood occured, affecting over 700,000 people. -
First woman.
The first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean is Amelia Earhart. -
Construction of Boulder.
U.S. Congress approved the construction of the Boulder later named the Hoover Dam. -
Future Leader.
Martin Luther King was born, later the future civil rights leader -
In Arizona
Clyde Tombaugh discovers the planet Pluto -
Treaty
The London Naval Reduction Treaty is signed into law by the United States, Great Britain, Italy, France, and Japan. -
Act
The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act is signed by President Herbert Hoover. -
National Monument
The ruins of the ancient Indian villages by Canyon de Chelly is now a national monument by President Herbert Hoover. -
The Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats President Hoover in the presidential election for his first of an unprecedented four terms. -
New Deal
The New Deal social and economic programs are passed by the United States Congress it's a special 100 day session to address depression economics. -
The Troopers
The United States pulls its troops from Haiti. -
Famous baseball player
Babe Ruth, retires from Major League Baseball. -
Paying contribute
the Homestead Act of 1862, the Homestead National Monument in Nebraska is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
Judge
William Henry Hastie became the first African-American to become a federal judge. -
In Lakehurst
the German airship Hindenburg bursts into flames while mooring. The fire consumes the largest airship in the world,within one minute, causing the death of 36 people. -
Passed Act
Naval expansion act passed. -
Nationwide scare
Orson Welles broadcasts his War of the Worlds radio drama, stating that a Martian invasion had begun on earth. -
Defense budget
President Franklin D. Roosevelt asks the U.S. Congress for a defense budget hike. -
WW11
The United States declares its neutrality in the European war after Germany invaded Poland, beginning World War II. -
Invasion
Germany invades USSR -
Set fire
Germany firebombs London in Battle of Britain -
US
United States and Britain sign destroyers-for-bases deal -
New Group
Isolationist group America First Committee founded & led by Charles Lindbergh -
Taking over
Japan occupies Indochina -
Bombing
United States launches Manhattan Project effort to build atomic bomb -
Attackings
Japan attacks U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i killing nearly 2,400 Americans. -
This means war
United States declares war on Japan -
Invaders
Allies invade Italy -
Presidency
Frankilin R. reelected president for unprecedented fourth term -
Again with the invaders
Allies invade Normandy, France, -
Findings
University of Chicago students found Congress of Racial Equality -
Battle begins
Battle of the Bulge begins to break down Axis position on Western Front -
Captured
American capture Okinawa from Japan -
Our bombs
United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima & Japan, killing approximately 110,000, mostly civilians -
new beginning
the atomic ages begin -
war materials
atomic energy commission was established for wars -
hungary
communists take over in Hungary -
cut off
the berlin blockade was put up & no one was allowed to get in the western part -
bombing
soviet union explodes an atomic bomb -
Approval
Harry Truman approved of the hydrogen bomb and sends air force and navy to Korea -
other treaty
Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Paris establishing the European Coal and Steel Community -
treaty
Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands sign the European Defence Community Treaty in Paris. -
war ending
the korean war ends in peace -
racicism
Racial segregation is ruled unconstitutional in public schools by the U.S. Supreme Court -
refusal
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama. -
trading
High Authority confirms the free circulation of steel products imported from third countries within the Community. -
success!
first u.s. satellite orbits the sun -
airlines
first domestic jet-airline passenger service is begun by National Airlines between New York City and Miami. -
New states
Alaska & Hawaii become the 49th & 50th state -
presidential
First Televised Presidential Debates -
renewal
Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho Released -
founders
Peace Corps Founded -
killing
First Person Killed Trying to Cross the Berlin Wall -
dead president
JFK Assassinated -
i have a dream
Martin Luther King Jr. Makes His "I Have a Dream" Speech -
passing act
Civil Rights Act Passes in U.S. -
train
Japan's Bullet Train Opens -
new party
Black Panther Party Established -
revolution
Mao Zedong Launches the Cultural Revolution -
3 killed
Three U.S. Astronauts Killed During Simulated Launch -
long war
Six-Day War in the Middle East -
killing
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated -
another killing
Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated -
Kennedy
Senator Edward Kennedy Leaves the Scene of an Accident -
Disaster
An earthquake kills more than 50,000 people in Peru -
Christmas Bombs
Nixon orders Christmas Bombings to be dropped on N. Vietnam -
The King
Elvis Presley was found dead -
princess
princess diana died in a car accident -
Stanley Cup
Detroit d. Washington 4-0 won the Stanley Cup -
Turkey
A 7.4 earthquake hits Turkey and kill smore the 15,600 people and the other thousands homeless -
Pill
The abortion pill wins its approval by US -
Harry Potter
Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone was released in theaters and made $93 million dollars that opening weekend. -
World Series
Florida d. New York won 4-2 for the World Series -
ike turner
Ike was the ex of tina turner and was a songwriter, muscian, and producer, -
Bo Didley
Bo died from heart failure. He was inducted to the Rock'n Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. -
Micheal Jackson
Micheal Jackson died of heart failure. He was one of the greatest music heros of the 20th century. -
Worst earthquake
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit haiti and was the worst in the past 200 years -
Terrorist
Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. troopers in Pakistan -
Drowning
Whitney Houston, pop star singer died from "effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use"
