WWI-Great Depression-WWII By Ethan Ebert Dec 17, 1903 Wright Brothers First Flight http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/wright.htm Jan 1, 1909 NAACP founded http://www.history.com/topics/naacp Dec 1, 1913 Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fords-assembly-line-starts-rolling Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/archduke-franz-ferdinand-assassinated Aug 1, 1914 WWI Start http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-world-war-erupts-in-europe May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/lusitania Mar 18, 1917 Russian Communist Revolutions Begins http://www.history.com/topics/russian-revolution May 18, 1917 Passage of the Selective Service Act http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-selective-service-act Jun 15, 1917 Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-espionage-act Jul 28, 1917 War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI http://www.american-historama.org/1913-1928-ww1-prohibition-era/war-industries-board.htm Aug 10, 1917 Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover https://www.archives.gov/fort-worth/finding-aids/rg004-food-administration.html Jan 8, 1918 Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1324.html Mar 3, 1918 Russia wthdraws from WWI http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/russia-makes-a-separate-peace Mar 29, 1918 National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson http://what-when-how.com/the-american-economy/national-war-labor-board-nwlb-1918-1919-1942-1945/ Sep 27, 1918 Worldwide Flu Epidemic Kills 30 Million http://www.history.com/topics/1918-flu-pandemic Nov 11, 1918 Armistice ends World War 1 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-war-i-ends Jan 29, 1919 Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition http://www.history.com/topics/prohibition Jun 28, 1919 Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/ww1/section11.rhtml Jun 28, 1919 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/treaty-of-versailles Jan 1, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/benito-mussolini Apr 1, 1924 Hitler sent to Landsberg Jail http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-sent-to-landsberg-jail Jan 1, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/hirohito May 20, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight http://www.charleslindbergh.com/history/timeline.asp Nov 6, 1928 Herbert Hoover elected president https://hoover.archives.gov/info/HooverTimeLine.html Oct 1, 1929 Bank Failure Begins http://www.history.com/topics/bank-run Oct 29, 1929 The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday" http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stock-market-crashes Jul 7, 1930 Boulder Dam Project begins http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/building-of-hoover-dam-begins Sep 18, 1931 Japan conquers Manchuria https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/WorldWar2/manchuria.htm May 21, 1932 Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earhart-completes-transatlantic-flight Jul 28, 1932 Hoover Disbands the Bonus Army http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/bonusarmy.htm Nov 1, 1932 First time FDR is elected https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/franklindroosevelt Jan 30, 1933 Hitler comes to power in Germany https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adolf-Hitler/Rise-to-power Mar 1, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps http://www.history.com/topics/civilian-conservation-corps Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside Chat by FDR http://www.history.com/search?q=first%20fireside%20chat%20fdr May 1, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act https://www.britannica.com/topic/Agricultural-Adjustment-Administration Jan 1, 1934 Congress creates the SEC http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/seact1934.asp Jan 1, 1934 Dust Bowl http://www.history.com/topics/dust-bowl Apr 8, 1935 Works Progress Administration established http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wpa-established-by-congress Aug 14, 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act https://www.ssa.gov/history/tally.html Jan 1, 1936 Second time FDR is elected https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/franklindroosevelt Jul 18, 1936 Civil War in Spain http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spanish-civil-war-breaks-out Aug 9, 1936 Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/owens-wins-4th-gold-medal May 6, 1937 Hindenburg disaster http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-hindenburg-disaster Jul 1, 1937 Japan invades Northern China http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-ww2/sino-japanese-war Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts the War of the Worlds http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/welles-scares-nation Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht http://www.history.com/topics/kristallnacht Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/german-soviet-nonaggression-pact Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland Sep 3, 1939 Germany invades Poland-Britain and France Declare War http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/britain-and-france-declare-war-on-germany 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 Nov 5, 1940 Third time FDR is elected http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-re-elected-president Mar 11, 1941 Lend Lease Act https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=71 Jun 22, 1941 Hitler invades the Soviet Union http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor Dec 8, 1941 World War II Start http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-united-states-declares-war-on-japan Jan 1, 1942 World War II Production Board Created by Roosevelt https://www.pbs.org/thewar/at_home_war_production.htm Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Internment Camps begin http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway http://combinedfleet.com/battles/Battle_of_Midway Nov 8, 1942 German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/defeat/defeat-desert.htm Jun 6, 1944 D-Day invasion http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day Nov 7, 1944 Fourth time FDR is elected http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-wins-unprecedented-fourth-term Dec 1, 1944 Battle Of The Bulge http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge Jan 1, 1945 Seven Year Occupation Of Japan By United States http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/special/japan_1900_occupation.htm Feb 1, 1945 Yalta Conference http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference Feb 19, 1945 Iwo Jima http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima Apr 1, 1945 Hitler sets up Dachau http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/dachau Apr 12, 1945 FDR dies http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/fdrdeath.htm Apr 15, 1945 Jackie Robinson is the first African American to play in major league baseball http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jackie-robinson-breaks-major-league-color-barrier May 8, 1945 V-E Day http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/victory-in-europe Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki Aug 8, 1945 Nuremberg War Trials https://www.britannica.com/event/Nurnberg-trials Aug 8, 1945 Soviet declares war on Japan http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-declare-war-on-japan-invade-manchuria Aug 14, 1945 V-J Day http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day Aug 29, 1949 USSR develops atomic bomb http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-explode-atomic-bomb Jun 25, 1950 Korean War Starts http://www.history.com/topics/korean-war Feb 27, 1951 22nd Amendment Ratified http://totallyhistory.com/22nd-amendment-to-the-constitution/ May 17, 1954 Supreme Court Orders Desegregation of Schools http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka Jan 3, 1959 Alaska becomes a State http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/jan-3-1959-alaska-becomes-a-state/?_r=0 Aug 21, 1959 Hawaii becomes a State http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hawaii-becomes-50th-state Feb 1, 1960 Lunch counter sit-ins begin in the South http://www.ushistory.org/us/54d.asp
