WWI Great Depression WWII By Rainbows01 Apr 11, 1900 First submarined owned by the united states Dec 17, 1903 First Successfull heavier-than-air aircraft flight Jun 28, 1914 Assasination of Arch duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia More info Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 WWI May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania Feb 1, 1917 Russia Communist Revolutions Begins May 18, 1917 Passage of the Selective Service Act Jun 15, 1917 Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress more info Jul 28, 1917 War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI More info Aug 10, 1917 Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover Dec 17, 1917 Wright brothers build first successful plane More info Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Dec 1, 1920 Worlwide flu epidemic kills 30 million More info Jan 8, 1918 Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan Mar 3, 1918 Russia Withdrawls from WWI More info Apr 8, 1918 National War Labor Board established to regulate production in WWI More info Apr 11, 1918 Austria-Hungary Surrenders to the Allies Nov 11, 1918 Armistice ends WWI Jun 28, 1919 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI Period: May 2, 1920 to May 2, 1933 Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition Oct 31, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan May 20, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes his first nonstop transatlantic flight Mar 4, 1929 Herbert Hoover elected president more info Oct 29, 1929 the Stock market crash "Black Tuesday" Period: Jan 1, 1930 to Jan 1, 1940 Dust Bowl Sep 1, 1930 Bank failures begin Mar 1, 1931 Boulder Dam Project begins Jan 1, 1932 Hoover disbands the Bonus Army Feb 1, 1932 Japan conquers Manchuria May 20, 1932 Amelia Earhart crosses the atlantic Nov 8, 1932 FDR Elected President Jan 1, 1933 Hitler sets up Dachau Jan 30, 1933 Hitler comes to power in Germany Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside chat Apr 5, 1933 Civial Conservation Corps. May 12, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment act passed More info Jan 1, 1934 Congress creates the SEC Apr 8, 1935 Works Progress Administration established Jun 19, 1935 Congress passes the Social Security act Jun 1, 1936 Jesse Owens wins four Gold medals at Olympics in Germany Nov 3, 1936 FDR re elected as President Jan 1, 1937 Japan invades Northern China May 6, 1937 Hindenburg disaster More info Oct 1, 1937 Civil War Oct 30, 1938 Orson Wells broadcasts the War Of The Worlds Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht Jan 1, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact More info Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 Britain and France declare War Jul 1, 1940 Hitler invades Soviet Union Sep 27, 1940 Japan, Italy, and Germany sign Tripartite Pact more info Nov 5, 1940 FDR is re elected as President Jan 10, 1941 Lend Lease Act More info Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor more info Jan 1, 1942 WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt Jan 1, 1942 Japanize internment camps begin Jan 2, 1942 German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa Jun 7, 1942 Battle of Midway More info Jun 6, 1944 D-Day invasion More info Aug 1, 1944 Nuremberg War Trials More info Nov 7, 1944 FDR is re elected as President More info Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference More info Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945 Yalta conference Feb 19, 1945 Iwo Jima More info Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima More info Aug 9, 1945 Bombing of Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 V-E and V-J Day More info Period: Apr 28, 1952 to Jan 1, 1972 Seven year occupation of Japan Apr 18, 1955 Albert Einstein dies More info Jul 20, 1969 Apollo 11 lands on the moon More info Sep 11, 2001 Terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center More info
