WW1 - Great Depression - WW11 By sydneybobinski Dec 1, 1913 Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fords-assembly-line-starts-rolling Jun 28, 1914 *Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/archduke-franz-ferdinand-assassinated Jul 28, 1914 WW1 http://www.shmoop.com/wwi/timeline.html May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snpwwi2.htm Mar 8, 1917 Russian Communist Revolution begins http://www.history.com/topics/russian-revolution May 4, 1917 Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover http://histclo.com/essay/war/ww1/cou/us/food/w1cus-usfa.html May 18, 1917 Passage of the Selective Service Act http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-selective-service-act Jul 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 WW1 http://www.american-historama.org/1913-1928-ww1-prohibition-era/war-industries-board.htm Oct 1, 1917 Russia withdraws from WW1 http://classroom.synonym.com/significance-russian-withdrawal-wwi-5281.html Jan 8, 1918 Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1324.html Jan 27, 1918 Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million https://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ Apr 8, 1918 National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h4303.html Nov 11, 1918 Austria-Hungary Surrenders to the Allies http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/ww1/section11.rhtml Nov 11, 1918 *Armistice ends World War 1 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-war-i-ends Jun 28, 1919 *Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/treaty-of-versailles Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1933 Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition britannica.com Aug 18, 1920 Women were granted the right to vote https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=63 Jan 1, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy History.com Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan http://www.biography.com/people/hirohito-37173 May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight history.com Nov 6, 1928 Herbert Hoover elected President https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1928 Period: Jan 1, 1929 to Jan 1, 1933 Bank failures begin http://www.history.com/topics/bank-run Oct 24, 1929 Stock Market crashed in the United States http://www.history.com/topics/1929-stock-market-crash Oct 29, 1929 *The Stock Market crashes "Black Tuesday" history.com Jul 7, 1930 Boulder Dam Project begins http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/building-of-hoover-dam-begins Jan 1, 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt elected President for the first time History.com May 21, 1932 Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo fight http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earhart-completes-transatlantic-flight Jul 18, 1932 Hoover disbands the Bonus Army history.com Sep 18, 1932 Japan conquers Manchuria https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/WorldWar2/manchuria.htm Jan 1, 1933 Hitler sets up Dachau history.com Jan 30, 1933 Hitler comes to power in Germany https://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007671 Mar 1, 1933 Civilian Conservation Camps History.com Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside Chat by FDR http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-broadcasts-first-fireside-chat May 12, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act https://www.britannica.com/topic/Agricultural-Adjustment-Administration Jan 1, 1934 Congress creates the SEC history.com Period: Jan 1, 1934 to Jan 1, 1937 Dustbowl history.com Apr 8, 1935 Works Progress Administration established History,com Aug 14, 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Social_Security_in_the_United_States Jan 1, 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt elected President for the second time History.com Jul 18, 1936 Civil war in Spain 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 May 1, 1937 Neutrality Act https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/neutrality-acts May 6, 1937 Hindenburg disaster http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-hindenburg-disaster Jul 7, 1937 Japan defeats China http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/24/books/book-reviews/chinas-contribution-to-japans-defeat/ Feb 20, 1938 Hitler supports Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany%E2%80%93Japan_relations May 17, 1938 Naval Expansion Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Act_of_1938 Sep 29, 1938 Hitler promises peace http://longstreet.typepad.com/thesciencebookstore/2012/04/appeasement-and-peace-in-our-time-1938.html Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds history.com Period: Nov 9, 1938 to Nov 10, 1938 *Kristallnacht - Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods http://www.history.com/topics/kristallnacht Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact history.com Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland Sep 3, 1939 Britain and France declare war http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/britain-and-france-declare-war-on-germany Sep 3, 1939 Germany invades Poland, Britain and France declare war history.com Jan 1, 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt elected President for the third time History.com 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 Mar 11, 1941 Lend Lease Act history.com Jun 22, 1941 Hitler invades the Soviet Union https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005164 Dec 7, 1941 *Japan bombs Pearl Harbor - U.S. enters WWll. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor Dec 18, 1941 Japan invades Northern China history.com Jan 12, 1942 WW2 War Production Board created by Roosevelt history.com Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Internment Camps begin http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway History.com Jun 21, 1942 German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa history.com Jan 1, 1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt elected President for the fourth time History.com Jun 6, 1944 *D-Day Invasion http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge Time period: December 16, 1944 - January 25, 1945 Feb 4, 1945 *Yalta Conference http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference Feb 19, 1945 Iwo Jima history.com Apr 12, 1945 FDR dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-dies Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide http://www.history.co.uk/this-day-in-history/04-30/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide May 8, 1945 V-E Day and V-J Day http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day Aug 6, 1945 *Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki history.com Sep 2, 1945 Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/special/japan_1900_occupation.htm 1945- 1952 Nov 20, 1945 Nuremburg War Trials history.com
