Timeline: World War 1- Great Depression-World War 2 | Timetoast

Jun 28, 1914

Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand_of_Austria wikipedia
Aug 1, 1914

World War 1 Begins

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I wikipedia
May 7, 1915

Sinking Lusitania

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snpwwi2.htm eyewitnesstohistory
Jan 8, 1917

Woodrow Wilson presents his fourteen points peace plan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Points wkipidia
Feb 25, 1917

zimmerman Telgram

http://www.shmoop.com/wwi/timeline.html shmoop.com
Mar 8, 1917

Russuan Communist Revolution Begins

http://www.history.com/topics/russian-revolution history.com
May 18, 1917

Passage of Selective Service Act

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_Service_Act_of_1917 wikipedia
Jun 1, 1917

Espionage and Sedition acts passed by congress

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=3479
digital history
Jul 28, 1917

War Industries Board establish to regulate production in WW1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Industries_Board wikipidia
Aug 10, 1917

Food Administration set up Under Herbert Hoover

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Food_Administration
Jan 1, 1918

Worldwide Flu epidemic kills 30 million

https://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ stanford.edu
Feb 10, 1918

Russia With Drawls form from World War 1

http://www.worldology.com/Europe/world_war_1_1917.htm world ology
Apr 8, 1918

National War Labor Board established by woodrow wilson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_War_Labor_Board
wikipidia
May 15, 1918

Austria-Hungary surrenders to the allies

http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/ww1/section11.rhtml
spark notes
May 28, 1918

Battle of Cantigny

http://www.shmoop.com/wwi/timeline.html shmoop.com
Nov 11, 1918

Armistice end World war 1

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/armistice.htm eye witness to history
Nov 11, 1918

World War 1 Ends 1918

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/armistice.htm eyewitnesshistory.com
Jan 1, 1919

Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/benito-mussolini history.com
Jun 28, 1919

Signing of the treaty of versailles establishing the peace at the end of world war 1

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/versailles.htm eyewitnesstohistory
May 21, 1927

Charles Lindbergh makes nonstop transatlantic flight

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/may-21-1927-charles-lindbergh-flies-solo-across-the-atlantic/?_r=0
Nov 6, 1928

Herbert Hoover elected president

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1928
Wikipedia.com
Oct 1, 1929

Bank failures begin

http://www.history.com/topics/bank-run history.com
Oct 1, 1929

Congress creates the SEC

http://investor.gov/introduction-markets/role-sec investor.gov
Oct 29, 1929

The stock market crashes "Black Tuesday"

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stock-market-crashes history.com
Jul 7, 1930

boulder Dam Projects begin

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/building-of-hoover-dam-begins history.com
Sep 18, 1931

Japan conquers Manchuria

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Manchuria
wikipedia.org
Jan 1, 1932

FDR elected President-once

http://www.shmoop.com/franklin-d-roosevelt-fdr/1932-election.html shmoop.com
May 21, 1932

Amelia earhart crosses the atlantic in a solo flight

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earhart-completes-transatlantic-flight history.com
Sep 10, 1932

Hoover disbands the Bonus Army

http://blogs.britannica.com/2009/01/6-hoovers-attack-on-the-bonus-army-top-10-mistakes-by-us-presidents/ britannica.com
Jan 30, 1933

Hitler Comes To Power in Germany

http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/upfront/features/index.asp?article=f031008_Hitler scholastic.com
Mar 1, 1933

Civilian Conservation Corps

http://www.history.com/topics/civilian-conservation-corps History.com
Mar 12, 1933

First Fireside Chat by FDR

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-broadcasts-first-fireside-chat History.com
Mar 22, 1933

Hitler sets up Dachau

https://www.kz-gedenkstaette-dachau.de/index-e.html gedenkstaette-dachau.de
Dec 5, 1933

Passage of prohibtion and end of prohibtion

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/prohibition-ends history.com
Dec 5, 1933

End of prohibition

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/prohibition-ends hisotry.com
Jan 1, 1934

Dust Bowl begins .... (ends 1937)

http://www.history.com/topics/dust-bowl History.com
Apr 8, 1935

Works Progress Administration established

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wpa-established-by-congress history.com
May 14, 1935

Agricultural Adjustment Act

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/fdr-aaa/ pbs.org
Aug 14, 1935

Congress passes the Social Security Act

https://www.ssa.gov/history/tally.html www.ssa.gov
Jan 1, 1936

FDR elected President-twice

http://uspolitics.about.com/od/history/a/Why-Presidents-Can-Serve-Only-Two-Terms.htm about.com
Jul 18, 1936

Civil war in Spain

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spanish-civil-war-breaks-out history.com
Aug 9, 1936

Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/owens-wins-4th-gold-medal history.com
May 6, 1937

Hindenburg disaster

http://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster airships.net
Jul 7, 1937

Japan invades Northern China

https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/WorldWar2/china.htm mtholyoke.edu
Oct 30, 1938

Orson Welles broadcast the WAR of the Worlds

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/welles-scares-nation history.com
Nov 9, 1938

Kristallnacht (night of falling glass)- Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods

http://www.history.com/topics/kristallnacht history.com
Apr 7, 1939

Facist Italy invades annexes Albania

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007306 ushmm.org
Apr 28, 1939

Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression pact

http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/nonaggression.htm about.com
Sep 1, 1939

Germany Invades Poland (sep. 1, 1939)

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland
history.com
Sep 3, 1939

Germany invades Poland Britain and France Declare war

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/britain-and-france-declare-war-on-germany History.com
May 1, 1940

Auschwitz Concentration camp (Operational)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_concentration_camp wikipedia.org
Jun 21, 1940

Italy invades Southern France

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007306 ushm.org
Jul 18, 1940

FDR elected President-third

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-nominated-for-unprecedented-third-term
Sep 27, 1940

Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite pact

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-tripartite-pact-is-signed-by-germany-italy-and-japan history.com
Nov 20, 1940

Hungary Joins Axis

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007306 ushmm.org
Nov 22, 1940

Romania Joins Axis

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007306 ushmm.org
Nov 23, 1940

Slovakia joins axis

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007306 ushmm.org
Feb 12, 1941

German General rommel surrenders in North Africa

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/defeat/defeat-desert.htm hisotryplace.com
Mar 1, 1941

Bulgaria joins Axis

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007306 ushmm.org
Mar 11, 1941

Lend Lease Act

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/lend-lease-act history.com
Jun 22, 1941

Hitler invades the Soviet Union

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa history.com
Dec 11, 1941

Nazi Germany and its Axis partners dclare war on the United States

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007306 ushmm.org
Jan 16, 1942

WW2 War production Board Created by Roosevelt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Production_Board wikipedia.com
Jun 4, 1942

Battle of Midway

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway history.com
Aug 24, 1942

Japanese Internment Camps begin

http://www.historyonthenet.com/ww2/japan_internment_camps.htm
historyonthenet.com
Jun 6, 1944

D-day Invasion

http://www.army.mil/d-day/ army.mil
Nov 7, 1944

FDR elected President-fourth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1944 wikipedia.org
Dec 16, 1944

Battle of the Bulge

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge history.com
Jan 1, 1945

Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States

http://isreview.org/issues/29/japan_occupation.shtml isreview.org
Jan 25, 1945

End of the Battle of the Bulge

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge hisotry.com
Feb 4, 1945

Yalta Conference

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Yalta_Conference.aspx encyclopedia.com
Feb 19, 1945

Iwo Jima

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima
Aug 6, 1945

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki history.com
Sep 2, 1945

V-E Day and V-J Day (Victory in Europe and Victory in Japan)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_over_Japan_Day wikipedia.org
Sep 2, 1945

Japan bombs parl Harbor- U.S enters world war 2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_of_World_War_II_in_Europe wikipedia.com
Nov 1, 1946

Nuremburg War Trials

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/nuremberg-trials history.com
Apr 7, 1947

Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers

http://www.makingtracks.org/
Dec 7, 1947

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor- U.S enters WW2. World War2 (end 8 May 1945)

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/pearl.htm eyewitnesstohistory.com
Dec 25, 1989

Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/hirohito History.com