WORLD HISTORY TIME LINE By Jodona Jun 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated Archduke Franz ferdinand of austria is killed Jul 28, 1914 Unrestricted submarine warfare Aug 4, 1914 Great Britain declares war on Germany Jan 31, 1915 Battle of Bolimow May 7, 1915 Lusitania sunk The lusitania is sunk by a german U-boat May 23, 1915 Italy joins the allies Jul 1, 1916 Battle of Somme begins Feb 28, 1917 Zimmermann note released to the media Mar 8, 1917 February Revolution begins Apr 6, 1917 USA declares war on Germany Jul 31, 1917 Battle of Passchendaele begins Apr 21, 1918 Red baron is shot down and killed Oct 8, 1918 Alvin york kills 25 germans and captures 132 Nov 3, 1918 Austria-Hungary surrenders Nov 11, 1918 Germany surrenders ends WWI Jan 16, 1920 Prohibition begins Oct 31, 1926 Harry houdini dies Feb 14, 1929 st valentines day massacre Oct 29, 1929 US Stock market crashes Feb 5, 1930 Ghandis salt march Nov 8, 1930 FDR elected president May 1, 1931 Empire state building is opened Mar 1, 1932 Lindburgh baby is kidnapped May 16, 1932 Al capone imprisoned for tax evasion May 23, 1934 Bonnie and Clyde killed by police Aug 2, 1934 Adolf Hitler comes to power Jun 13, 1935 James j. Braddock defeats max baer May 6, 1937 The Hindenburg disaster Mar 30, 1938 Benito Mussolini comes to power Dec 7, 1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor Jun 7, 1942 Battle of midway Feb 2, 1943 Battle of Stalingrad Jun 6, 1944 D-Day invasion Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini is killed Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide May 8, 1945 Germany surrenders Jun 19, 1945 Mao Zedong comes to power Aug 6, 1945 Little boy is dropped on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki Aug 15, 1945 Japan officialy surrenders Aug 16, 1948 Babe Ruth dies Jun 25, 1950 Korean war begins Mar 5, 1953 Joseph Stalin Dies Jul 27, 1953 Korean war ends Nov 3, 1954 Godzilla released in Japan Dec 8, 1954 Brown v. Board of education Apr 18, 1955 Albert Einstein dies Aug 28, 1955 Emmett Till is killed Oct 6, 1956 Ten comandments released Sep 4, 1957 Elvis presley releases jailhouse rock Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik I launched May 1, 1960 U2 incident
