WW1-Great Depression-WW2 By amwiese Period: Jul 29, 1883 to Apr 8, 1945 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org Dec 1, 1913 Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American Workers http://www.history.com Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie http://time.com Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 WW1 http://www.bbc.co.uk May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania http://www.history.com Mar 8, 1917 Russian Communist Revolution begins http://www.history.com May 18, 1917 Passage of the Selective Service Act https://en.wikipedia.org Jun 15, 1917 Espionage act passed by Congress https://en.wikipedia.org/Act_of_1917 Jul 28, 1917 War Industries Board established to regulate production in WW1 https://en.wikipedia.org Aug 10, 1917 Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover https://en.wikipedia.org Oct 26, 1917 Russia withdraws from WW1 https://en.wikipedia.org Dec 19, 1917 First NHL Hockey game played http://www.nhl.com Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Dec 1, 1920 Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million https://en.wikipedia.org Jan 8, 1918 Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan https://history.state.gov Apr 8, 1918 National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson https://en.wikipedia.org/ May 19, 1918 Sedition act passed by Congress https://en.wikipedia.org Nov 4, 1918 Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies http://www.answers.com Nov 11, 1918 Armistice ends World War 1 http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com Apr 11, 1919 The International Labour Organization is founded http://www.ilo.org Apr 19, 1919 Boston Marathon http://www.baa.org Jun 28, 1919 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace plan at the end of WW1 http://www.history.com Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Dec 5, 1933 Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition http://www.history.com Sep 26, 1920 First NFL game played http://www.profootballhof.com Mar 15, 1922 First Southern Radio Station Begins https://sites.google.com Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan http://www.britannica.com May 20, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight http://www.charleslindbergh.com/ Nov 6, 1928 Herbert Hoover elected president http://hoover.archives.gov Oct 1, 1929 Bank failures begin [http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/money_08.html](<a href=')' >http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org</a> Oct 29, 1929 The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday" http://www.history.com/ Jan 1, 1930 Dust Bowl http://www.history.com Jul 7, 1930 Boulder Dam Project begins http://www.history.com Sep 18, 1931 Japan conquers Manchuria https://en.wikipedia.org Jan 1, 1932 FDR elected President once http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu May 21, 1932 Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight http://www.history.com/ May 25, 1932 Goofy first appears in "Mickey's Revue" by Walt Disney https://en.wikipedia.org Jul 28, 1932 Hoover disbands the Bonus Army http://www.rvrhs.com/ Jan 1, 1933 Hitler sets up Dachau http://www.history.com Jan 1, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org Jan 30, 1933 Hitler comes to power in Germany http://teacher.scholastic.com Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside Chat by FDR http://www.history.com Apr 10, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps http://www.history.com Jan 1, 1934 Congress creates the SEC http://www.sec.gov Apr 8, 1935 Works Progress Administration established http://www.history.com Apr 19, 1935 Congress passes the Social Securtiy Act https://www.ssa.gov Jan 1, 1936 FDR elected President twice http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu Period: Jul 17, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939 Civil War in Spain https://en.wikipedia.org Aug 9, 1936 Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany http://www.history.com May 6, 1937 Hindenburg disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/ Jul 7, 1937 Japan invades Northern China http://www.ushmm.org Aug 2, 1938 First Test of a Yellow Baseball http://www.newsday.com Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds https://en.wikipedia.org Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht (night of the falling glass)- Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods http://www.history.com/ May 17, 1939 First Major League Baseball game televised https://en.m.wikipedia.org Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact http://www.history.com Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland http://www.ushmm.org Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 World War 2 http://www.historynet.com Sep 3, 1939 Germany invades Poland Britain and France Declare War http://www.history.com Sep 27, 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact http://www.history.com Nov 5, 1940 FDR elected President three times http://www.history.com Mar 11, 1941 Lend Lease Act http://www.u-s-history.com Jun 22, 1941 Hitler invades the Soviet Union http://www.history.com Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor- U.S. enters WW2 http://www.history.com Jan 16, 1942 WW2 War Production Board Created by Roosevelt https://en.wikipedia.org Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Internment Camps begin http://www.history.com Period: Jun 3, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942 Battle of Midway http://www.history.com Feb 25, 1943 George Harrison was born http://www.biography.com May 1, 1943 German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Invasion http://www.history.com Jul 6, 1944 170 die in a fire a Ringling Bros Circus http://www.circusfire1944.com Nov 7, 1944 FDR eleceted President four times http://www.history.com Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge http://www.history.com Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945 Yalta Conference http://www.history.com Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945 Iwo Jima http://www.history.com May 8, 1945 V-E Day and V-J Day (Victory in Europe and Victory in Japan) http://www.history.com Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki http://www.history.com Period: Aug 14, 1945 to Apr 28, 1952 Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States https://en.wikipedia.org Period: Nov 20, 1945 to Oct 1, 1946 Nuremburg War Trials http://www.history.com Nov 1, 1946 First NBA Game https://en.wikipedia.org
