WWI, Great Depression, WWII By piwilliamson May 5, 1756 Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States https://en.m.wikipedia.org Dec 1, 1913 Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers http://www.history.com Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie http://www.history.com Aug 4, 1914 Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies http://spartacus-educational.com May 7, 1916 Sinking of the Lusitania http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com Mar 8, 1917 Russian Communist Revolution begins https://en.m.wikipedia.org Apr 6, 1917 Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover http://www1.easternct.edu May 18, 1917 Passage of the Selective Service Act http://www.encyclopedia.com Jul 8, 1917 War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI http://www.american-historama.org Jan 8, 1918 Woodrow Wilsonpresents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan http://www.historylearningsite.co.um Mar 3, 1918 Russia withdraws from WWI http://www.worldology.com May 16, 1918 Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress https://en.m.wikipedia.org Nov 11, 1918 WWI http://www.history.com Nov 11, 1918 Armistice ends WWI https://en.m.wikipedia.org Jun 28, 1919 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI https://en.m.wikipedia.org Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan http://www.biography.com May 20, 1927 Charles Landbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight http://www.charleslindbergh.com Nov 6, 1928 Herbert Hoover elected President http://www.biography.com Oct 24, 1929 The Stock Market crashes "Black Tuesday" http://www.history.com Sep 18, 1931 Japan conquers Manchuria http://www.johndclare.net Nov 3, 1932 FDR elected President-once-twice-three-four times (1st date) https://en.m.wikipedia.org Mar 4, 1933 Hoover disbands the Bonus Army http://www.authentichistory.com Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside Chat by FDR http://www.americanrhetoric.com Mar 27, 1933 Hitler sets up Dachau https://www.kz-gedenkstaette-dachau.de/index-e.html Apr 5, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps http://www.ccclegacy.org May 12, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org Oct 13, 1933 Congress creates the SEC http://m.investor.gov Dec 5, 1933 Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition (labeled as time period) http://www.history.com Jan 1, 1934 Bank failures begin http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org Apr 8, 1935 Works Progress Administration established http://www.history.com Apr 14, 1935 Dust Bowl http://www.english.illinois.edu Aug 14, 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act https://www.ssa.gov Sep 30, 1935 Boulder Dam Project begins https://en.m.wikipedia.org Sep 30, 1935 Hitler comes to power in Germany http://www.ushmm.org Jul 18, 1936 Civil War in Spain http://www.britannica.com Aug 4, 1936 Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany http://www.german-way.com Oct 25, 1936 Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy form the Rome-Berlin Axis treaty https://en.m.wikipedia.org May 6, 1937 Hindenburg disaster http://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster Jul 2, 1937 Amelia Earhart crosses Atlantic in a solo flight http://www.history.com Jul 7, 1937 Japan invades Northern China https://www.boundless.com Jul 7, 1937 Japan Invades China https://en.m.wikipedia.org Mar 12, 1938 Hitler annexes the country of Austria into Germany http://www.history.com Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds http://www.smithsonianmag.com Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht (night of the falling stars)- Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods http://www.history.com Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign Non agression Pact http://www.britannica.com Sep 3, 1939 Germany invades Poland. Britian and France Declare War http://www.history.com Sep 3, 1939 Germany invades Poland http://www.ushmm.org Apr 9, 1940 Germany invades and takes control of Denmark and Norway. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk May 30, 1940 Winston Churchill becomes leader of the British government. http://www.bbc.co.uk Jun 10, 1940 Italy enters the war as a member of the Axis powers. http://www.ducksters.com Sep 27, 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact http://www.history.com Nov 5, 1940 FDR elected President once-twice-three-four times (2nd date) http://blog.constitutioncenter.org Jan 10, 1941 Lend Lease Act http://www.ourdocuments.gov Jun 22, 1941 Hitler invades the Soviet Union http://www.ushmm.org Jun 22, 1941 Germany and the Axis Powers attack Russia with a huge force of over four million troops. http://www.theatlantic.com Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor- U.S. enters WWII http://www.history.com Jan 12, 1942 National War Labor Board established to regulate by Woodrow Wilson https://en.m.wikipedia.org Jan 16, 1942 WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt http://www.conservapedia.com Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Internment Camps begin http://www.ushistory.org Jun 4, 1942 The US Navy defeats the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway. http://www.history.navy.mil Jun 5, 1942 Battle of Midway http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Invasion http://www.history.com Oct 14, 1944 German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa https://en.m.wikipedia.org Nov 7, 1944 FDR elected President once-twice-three-four times (3rd date) https://en.m.wikipedia.org Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge http://www.army.mil Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference https://en.m.wikipedia.org Feb 19, 1945 Iwo Jima www.history.com Apr 28, 1945 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy https://en.m.wikipedia.org May 7, 1945 Germany surrenders to the Allies. http://m.huffpost.com May 8, 1945 V-E Day and V-J Day http://www.history.com Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki http://avalon.law.yale.edu Aug 9, 1945 Another atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. http://www.history.com Nov 20, 1945 Nuremburg War Trials http://www.ushmm.org
