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Hollywodd
Hollywood, becomes the center of movie production in the U.S. In the early 1900s, most motion picture patents were held by Thomas Edison's Motion Picture Patents Company in New Jersey. Also, the weather was ideal and there was quick access to various settings. Los Angeles became the capital of the film industry. -
Assasination of Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinad and his wife are assasinated. A teenage Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, as their motorcade maneuvered through the streets of Sarajevo. They received six handheld bombs, four semi-automatic pistols and cyanide suicide capsules to attempt to kill them. -
Germany declares war
Germany declares war on Russia anf France. Great Britian declares war on Germany and AustriahHungary. With Germany officially at war with France and Russia, a conflict originally centered in the tumultuous Balkans region. With the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, and the subsequent standoff between Austria-Hungary, -
Albert Einstein Proposes
Albert einstein Proposed his general theory of relatively.It culminated in the theory of special relativity proposed by Albert Einstein, and subsequent work of Max Planck, Hermann Minkowski and others. -
Alexander Graham
Alexander Bell makes first transcontinental telephone call. -
Lusitana Sinks
German U-boats sink the Lusitania, and 1,198 people die. During the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The ship was identified and torpedoed by the German U-boat U-20 and sank in 18 minutes. -
Battles of verdun
The battles of Verdun and the somme claim millions od lives.When the German Army began the Battle of Verdun on the Meuse on 21 February 1916, many French divisions intended for the Somme were diverted and the supporting attack by the British became the principal effort. -
Woodrow Reelected
Woodrow wilson is reelected president. Thomas Woodrow Wilson, the twenty-eighth President of the United States guided the country through The First World War. A Democrat, Wilson was elected to the US presidency in 1912 -
U.S. Declares war on Germany
The United States declares war on germany. At 8:30 on the evening of April 2, 1917, President Wilson appeared before a joint session of Congress and asked for a declaration of war against Germany in order to "make the world safe for democracy." On April 4, Congress granted Wilson's request. -
The selective service.
The Selective service Act sets up the draft. The Selective Service Act was passed authorizing the President to increase temporarily the military establishment of the United States. -
Russia Withdraws
Russia withdraws from the war.By the end of 1916 some 1,700,000 Russian soldiers were dead. As 1917 dawned, riots and mutiny forced Tsar Nicholas to abdicate in February. The new socialist government led by Alexander Kerensky hoped to negotiate a peaceful withdrawal. -
Wilson proposes league of nations
President Wilson proposes the league of nations in 1918. The League of Nations was an international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes. -
The sedition act
Congress pases the sedition act. The United States Congress passes the Sedition Act, a piece of legislation designed to protect America's participation in World War I. -
Bolsheviks stablishes regime
Blosheviks establishes a Communist regime in russia.The Bolsheviks came to power in Russia during the October Revolution phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917, and founded the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic which would become the chief constituent of the Soviet Union in.1922.Blosheviks establishes a Communist regime in russia. -
Congress approves the Nineteenth Amendment
Congress approves the Ninetenth Amendment, Granting the right for woman the vote. The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, is passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification. It passed both houses of Congress and was sent to the states for ratification.