Timeline: WWI-Great Depression

Apr 14, 1912

Titanic hits iceberg

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Dec 1, 1913

Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American works

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Period: Jan 1, 1914 to Jan 1, 1921

Russia withdraws from WWI

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Jun 28, 1914

Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie

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Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

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May 7, 1915

Sinking of the Lusitania

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Jan 8, 1917

Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan

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May 4, 1917

Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover

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May 18, 1917

Passage of the Selective Service Act

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Jun 15, 1917

Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress

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Jul 28, 1917

War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI

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Nov 6, 1917

Russian Communist Revolution begins

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Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Jan 1, 1919

Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million

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Sep 29, 1918

Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies

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Nov 11, 1918

Armistice ends World War 1

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Jun 28, 1919

Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI

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Aug 18, 1920

Women can officially vote

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Jan 1, 1922

Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

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Jan 1, 1926

Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

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Apr 7, 1926

The First Assassination Attempt on Mussolini

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May 20, 1927

Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight

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Jan 1, 1929

Herbert Hoover elected President

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Feb 14, 1929

St. Valentines Day Massacre

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Oct 29, 1929

The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"

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Jan 1, 1930

Bank failures begin

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May 21, 1932

Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight

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Jul 28, 1932

Hoover disbands the Bonus Army

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Nov 8, 1932

FDR elected President-1st time Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Jan 1, 1933

Hitler sets up Dachau

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Jan 1, 1933

Congree creates the SEC

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Jan 30, 1933

Hitler comes to power in Germany

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Jan 30, 1933

Start of Hitler Youth

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Mar 1, 1933

Civilian Conservation Corps

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Mar 3, 1933

The Star Spangled Banner official

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Mar 12, 1933

First Fireside chat by FDR

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May 1, 1933

Agricultural Adjustment Act

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May 17, 1933

Japan conquers Manchuria

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Period: Jan 1, 1934 to Jan 1, 1937

Dust Bowl

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Apr 8, 1935

Works Progress Administration established

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Aug 14, 1935

Congress passes the Social Security Act

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Period: Jul 18, 1936 to Mar 28, 1939

Civil War in Spain

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Aug 9, 1936

Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany

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Nov 3, 1936

FDR elected President 2nd election. Roosevelt is reelected

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May 3, 1937

Hindenburg disaster

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Jul 7, 1937

Japan invades Northern China

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Oct 30, 1938

Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of Worlds

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Nov 9, 1938

Kristallnacht (night of the falling glass)-Hitler destroys jewish neighborhoods

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Sep 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland

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Sep 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland, Britain and France Declare War

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Jul 18, 1940

FDR elected President 3rd time. Roosevelt elected for third term

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Sep 27, 1940

Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact

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Oct 12, 1940

Beginning of Warsaw Ghetto

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Mar 1, 1941

Lend Lease Act

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Jun 22, 1941

Hitler invades the Soviet Union

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Period: Dec 7, 1941 to Dec 8, 1941

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor- U.S. enters WWII. World War II

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Jan 12, 1942

National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson

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Jan 12, 1942

WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt

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Feb 19, 1942

Japanese Internment Camps begin

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Apr 9, 1942

The Bataan Death March

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Jun 4, 1942

Battle of Midway

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Jul 6, 1942

Anne Frank Goes Into Hiding

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May 1, 1943

German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa

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Jun 6, 1944

D-Day Invasion

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Jul 20, 1944

An Assassination Attempt on Hitler

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Nov 7, 1944

FDR elected President for fourth term, Roosevelt

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Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945

Battle of the Bulge

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Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1952

Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States

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Feb 4, 1945

Yalta Conference

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Feb 19, 1945

Iwo Jima

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Apr 30, 1945

Hitler Commits Suicide

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Jul 28, 1945

Plane crashes into Empire State Building

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Aug 6, 1945

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Aug 8, 1945

Nuremburg War Trials

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Aug 14, 1945

Victory in Europe and Victory in Japan

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Titanic hits iceberg

Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American works

Russia withdraws from WWI

Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie

WWI

Sinking of the Lusitania

Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan

Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover

Passage of the Selective Service Act

Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress

War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI

Russian Communist Revolution begins

Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million

Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies

Armistice ends World War 1

Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI

Women can officially vote

Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

The First Assassination Attempt on Mussolini

Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight

Herbert Hoover elected President

St. Valentines Day Massacre

The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"

Bank failures begin

Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight

Hoover disbands the Bonus Army

FDR elected President-1st time Franklin D. Roosevelt

Hitler sets up Dachau

Congree creates the SEC

Hitler comes to power in Germany

Start of Hitler Youth

Civilian Conservation Corps

The Star Spangled Banner official

First Fireside chat by FDR

Agricultural Adjustment Act

Japan conquers Manchuria

Dust Bowl

Works Progress Administration established

Congress passes the Social Security Act

Civil War in Spain

Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany

FDR elected President 2nd election. Roosevelt is reelected

Hindenburg disaster

Japan invades Northern China

Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of Worlds

Kristallnacht (night of the falling glass)-Hitler destroys jewish neighborhoods

Germany invades Poland

Germany invades Poland, Britain and France Declare War

FDR elected President 3rd time. Roosevelt elected for third term

Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact

Beginning of Warsaw Ghetto

Lend Lease Act

Hitler invades the Soviet Union

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor- U.S. enters WWII. World War II

National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson

WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt

Japanese Internment Camps begin

The Bataan Death March

Battle of Midway

Anne Frank Goes Into Hiding

German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa

D-Day Invasion

An Assassination Attempt on Hitler

FDR elected President for fourth term, Roosevelt

Battle of the Bulge

Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States

Yalta Conference

Iwo Jima

Hitler Commits Suicide

Plane crashes into Empire State Building

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Nuremburg War Trials

Victory in Europe and Victory in Japan

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