WI-Great Depression-WII By cwenman Dec 1, 1913 Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers Jan 1, 1914 The First Commercial Flight Jun 28, 1914 Assasinations of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/archduke-franz-ferdinand-assassinated Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 World War 1 Aug 5, 1914 First Traffic Light Installed May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snpwwi2.htm May 4, 1917 Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover May 18, 1917 Passage of the selective service act http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-selective-service-act Jun 15, 1917 Espionage and Sedition acts passed by congress http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-espionage-act Jul 28, 1917 War industries board established to regulate production in WWl Oct 26, 1917 Russia withdraws from WW1 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/russia-makes-a-separate-peace Nov 7, 1917 Russian Communist Revolution begins Jan 8, 1918 Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan Period: Jan 29, 1918 to Dec 29, 1920 Worldwide Fly Epidemic kills 30 million Apr 8, 1918 National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401802880.html Nov 3, 1918 Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies Nov 11, 1918 Armistice ends World War I Jun 28, 1919 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWl Sep 1, 1919 Hitler comes to power in Germany Period: Jan 17, 1920 to Feb 20, 1933 Passage of Prohibition Jan 1, 1921 Bank Failures Begin Oct 1, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mussolini-founds-the-fascist-party Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan May 20, 1927 Charles Lindebergh makes first nonstop tansatlantic flight Jun 18, 1928 Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight Nov 6, 1928 Herbert Hoover elected President http://hoover.archives.gov/info/HooverTimeLine.html Oct 28, 1929 The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday" Jan 13, 1930 Mickey Mouse Comic 1st appears Mar 13, 1930 Clyde Tombaugh announces discovery of Pluto May 19, 1930 white woman win voting rights in South Africa Jun 7, 1930 NY Times agrees to capitalize the "n" in "Negro" Jan 1, 1931 Boulder Dam Project begins http://www.history.com/topics/hoover-dam Feb 27, 1932 Japan Conquers Manchuria Jul 28, 1932 Hoover disbands the Bonus Army http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bonus-marchers-evicted-by-u-s-army Nov 8, 1932 FDR elected President- once Mar 1, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside Chat by FDR Mar 22, 1933 Hitler Sets Up Dachau May 1, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act Jun 6, 1934 Congress creates the SEC http://www.history.com/topics/securities-and-exchange-commission Apr 8, 1935 Works Progress Administration established Aug 14, 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act Jul 7, 1936 Civil War in Spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War Aug 9, 1936 Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany Nov 3, 1936 FDR elected President twice May 6, 1937 Hindenburg Disaster Jul 7, 1937 Japan invades Northern China Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht (night of the falling glass) - Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sin the Non aggression Pact Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Britain and France Declare War Sep 27, 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact Nov 5, 1940 FDR elected President three times Mar 1, 1941 Lend Lease Act http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/lend-lease-act May 1, 1941 Cheerios 1st introduced Jun 22, 1941 Hitler Invades the Soviet Union http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa Oct 31, 1941 Mount Rushmore Completed Period: Dec 7, 1941 to Dec 8, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor - U.S. enters WWll Jan 12, 1942 WWll War Production Board Created by Roosevelt http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/roosevelt-recreates-the-national-war-labor-board Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Internment Camps begin http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation Jun 3, 1942 Battle of Midway http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway Jun 21, 1942 German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/allies-surrender-at-tobruk-libya Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Invasion http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle Of The Bulge http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge Jan 20, 1945 FDR elected President four times Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference Feb 19, 1945 Iwo Jima http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima May 8, 1945 V-E Day http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/victory-in-europe Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki Aug 15, 1945 V-J Day http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day Oct 8, 1945 Microwave Oven Invented Nov 20, 1945 Nuremburg War Trials http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/nuremberg-trials Jul 5, 1946 Bikini First Introduced Feb 21, 1947 Polaroid Camera invented Oct 14, 1947 Chuck Yeager Breaks Sound Barrier Apr 28, 1952 Seven Year Occupation of Japan by United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan
