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Nicholas II is crowned Czar of Russia
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Archduke of Austria-Hungary Franz Ferdinand and his wife are assasinated by a Serbian nationalist.
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
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Germany declares war on Russia
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The Treaty of Versailles is signed by Germany and the Allies. The Big Three that attended for there countries were, David Lloyd George from Great Britain, George Clemenceau, France, and Woodrow Wilson from U.S.. The result of this Treaty affected mostly Germany. The Treaty stated that Germany had to give up land and admit they started the war.
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On August 18,1920 women were given the right to vote, this is the 19th amendment and is also know as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. This is beacuse Susan B. Anthony was a famous womans rights leaders and was a strong leader when it came to give women the right to vote.
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On the 17th of June in 1928, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly succsessfully over the Atlantic Ocean.
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Francis Scott Key's Star- Spangled Banner is approved by president Herbert Hoover and Congress and was made the national Anthem.
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On September 18,1931 Japans armed forces lauched an attack on Manchuria and Invaded it. In only a few days Japan had captured stragic spots in South Manchuria.
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Adolf Hitler becomes the Leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party(Nazi party),as chancellor of Germany.
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The 21st Amendment to the Constitution is passed,this ends Prohibition.
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Hitler invaded poland. Polands army was defeted within weeks from invasion.2,000 tanks and 1,000 german planes broke through Polands borders into Warsaw, Warsaw surrenderes on september 7,1939.
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Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawii was attacked by Japenese Bomber planes on December 7,1941 at 7:55am (Hawii time).
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North Africa is Invaded by Great Britain and The U.S..
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This date was a major turning point of WWII. 16,000 allied troops fought the Nazis along the 50 mile stretch of the Normandy Beaches in France.
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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dies suddenly , Vice President Harry S. Truman becomes president and is commander and cheif during WWII.
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on August 6,1945 an american b-29 bomber dropped the worlds FIRST atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This bomb killed 80,000 people immediately. Then on August 9,1945 another B-29 dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki killing about 40,000 people. The bombs were named the first bomb was "Little Boy" and the second bomb was named "Fat Man."
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