WW1-Great Depression-WW2 By wjshnowske Dec 1, 1913 Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 WW1 May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lusitania Mar 8, 1917 Russia Communist Revolution begins russian communist revolution May 18, 1917 Passage of the Selective Service Act Jul 8, 1917 War industries boards esrablished to regulate production in WW1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Industries_Board Aug 10, 1917 Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Food_Administration Oct 1, 1917 Russia withdraws for WW1 russia withdraws from WW1 Jan 1, 1918 Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million flu epidemic Jan 1, 1918 National war labor board established by Woodrow Wilson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_War_Labor_Board Jan 8, 1918 Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen point Nov 11, 1918 Armistice ends World War 1 Jan 1, 1920 bank failurres begin http://econproph.com/2009/10/26/fdic-managing-the-crisis-the-fdic-and-rtc-experience/ Jan 1, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/hirohito Aug 31, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic [/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh](http:///en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh) Nov 6, 1928 Herbert Hoover elected President www.biography.com/people/herbert-hoover-9343371 Jan 1, 1929 congress creates the SEC http://investor.gov/introduction-markets/role-sec Mar 6, 1929 boulder dam project begins http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/building-of-hoover-dam-begins Oct 29, 1929 The Stock Market Crashes "black Tuesday" http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stock-market-crashes May 21, 1932 Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earhart-completes-transatlantic-flight Jan 30, 1933 hitler comes to power in germany http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007671 Mar 12, 1933 first fireside chat by FDR http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrfirstfiresidechat.html Mar 22, 1933 hitler sets up dachau [http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/triumph/tr-dachau.htm](hhttp://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/triumph/tr-dachau.htm) May 1, 1933 FDR elected president https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt May 1, 1933 agricultural adjustment act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_Adjustment_Act Jul 5, 1933 civilian conservation corps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_Conservation_Corps Sep 18, 1933 japan conquers manchuria https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/WorldWar2/manchuria.htm Apr 8, 1935 works progress administration established https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration Apr 14, 1935 dust bowl http://www.history.com/topics/dust-bowl Aug 14, 1935 congress passes the social security act https://www.ssa.gov/history/tally.html Period: Jul 17, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939 civil war in spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War Aug 9, 1936 jesse owens wins four gold medals at olympics in germany http://www.olympic.org/jesse-owens May 6, 1937 hindenburg disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster Jul 7, 1937 japan invades northern china https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Manchuria Oct 30, 1938 orson welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(radio_drama) Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnacht Aug 23, 1939 hitler and stalin sign non aggression pact http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-hitler-stalin-pact Sep 3, 1939 germany invades poland britain and france declare war http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/1/newsid_3506000/3506335.stm 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 Jan 16, 1941 WW1 war production board created by Roosevelt http://www.pbs.org/thewar/at_home_war_production.htm Mar 11, 1941 lend lease act http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/industrialmobilization/p/lend-lease-act.htm Jun 1, 1941 hitler invades the soviet union http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005164 Dec 7, 1941 japan bombs pearl harbor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor Feb 19, 1942 japanese internment camps begin Jun 4, 1942 battle of midway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway Jun 6, 1944 D-day invasion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 battle of the bulge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalta_Conference Feb 19, 1945 iwo jima https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima May 8, 1945 V-E day and V-J day http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=35ee757ae6b31410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD&vgnextchannel=7cb4ba2ae8b1e310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD Aug 6, 1945 bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki Nov 20, 1945 nuremburg war trials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_trials Period: Jan 1, 1947 to Jan 1, 1952 seven year occupation of japan by united states https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan
