World History Timeline By bvenner Jan 1, 1917 Bolshevik Revolution Jan 1, 1917 Bolshevik's Take Power Period: Jan 1, 1917 to Jan 1, 1999 World History Timeline Jan 1, 1918 American's Find Another Reason to Dislike Moscow's New Regime Jan 1, 1919 Red Scare Jan 1, 1933 FDR Takes Office as The United States President Jan 1, 1934 First American Embassy in the Soviet Union is Opened Jan 1, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact is Formed Jan 1, 1941 German Attack - U.S. Enters Second World War Jan 1, 1943 Big Three Agreed to Open Second Front Jan 1, 1944 The Second Front of the War is Created Jan 1, 1944 World Bank is Founded by The Big Three Jan 1, 1945 Crumble of the Second World Alliance Jan 1, 1945 The Big Three Meet at the Yelta Conference Jan 1, 1980 Political Changes Sweep the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe Jan 1, 1991 Collapse of Soviet Union Jan 1, 1991 Discrediting of Communist Idealology