WWI-Great Depression-WWII By SS RUBBER DUCKE Jan 1, 1913 Henry Ford opens assembly lines to African American Workers Jan 1, 1914 Battle of Tannenburg history.com Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand Period: Aug 4, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 WWI May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania Jan 1, 1917 Espionage and Sedition Acts passed May 18, 1917 Passage of the Selective Service Act Jul 28, 1917 War Industries Board eatablished Oct 1, 1917 Russia Withdraws from WWI Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Jan 1, 1919 World-wide flu epidemic kills 30 million Apr 8, 1918 National War labor established Jul 24, 1918 Collapse of Ottoman empire history.com Nov 11, 1918 Armistance ends World War 1 Period: Jan 1, 1919 to Jan 1, 1933 Passage of Prohibition May 14, 1919 Food Administa\ration set up Jun 28, 1919 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles Establishing peace Jan 1, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy Jan 1, 1922 USSR created history.com Jan 8, 1922 Woodrow Wilson presents Fourteen Points Peace Plan Jan 1, 1924 First Winter Olymics first winter olympics Jan 1, 1925 Russian Communist begins Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan May 20, 1927 Charles Lindbergh Makes first nonstop transatlantic flight Jan 1, 1928 Sliced bread invented history.com Nov 6, 1928 Herbert Hoover elected President Oct 29, 1929 Stock Market Crash Jan 1, 1930 Bank failure begins Jan 1, 1931 Boulder Dam Project begins Period: Jan 1, 1931 to Jan 1, 1939 Dust Bowl Jan 1, 1932 Air Conditioning invented history.com Jul 28, 1932 Hoover Disbands the Bonus Army Sep 1, 1932 Hitler comes to power in Germany Mar 4, 1933 FDR elected President Mar 12, 1933 First fireside chat by FDR Mar 22, 1933 Hitler sets up Dachau Apr 5, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps May 10, 1933 Nazi book burning May 12, 1933 Agriculture Adjustment act Jan 1, 1934 Congress creates the SEC cheeseburger Jan 1, 1934 Cheesburger created Apr 8, 1935 Works Progress Administration established Aug 14, 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act Jul 17, 1936 Civil War in Spain Aug 4, 1936 Jesse Owens wins four gold medals at Olympics in Germany Jan 1, 1937 FDR elected President May 6, 1937 Hindenburg disaster Jul 2, 1937 Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight Jul 7, 1937 Japan Invades Northern China Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles Broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht Jan 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland/France & Britain Declare War Jan 1, 1939 Hitler & Stalin sign Non Aggression Pact Jan 1, 1939 Helicopter invented history.com Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Jan 1, 1940 Mcdonalds first opens mcdonalds Sep 27, 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite pact Dec 1, 1940 Lend Lease Act Jun 22, 1941 Hitler invades the Soviet Union Period: Dec 7, 1941 to Dec 8, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor- U.S. enters WW2 Jan 1, 1942 FDR elected President Jan 2, 1942 German GeneralRommel Surrenders Jan 16, 1942 WWII Production Board Created Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Mar 19, 1944 Austria-Hungary Surrenders to the Aliies Jun 6, 1944 D-day invasion Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge Dec 17, 1944 Japanese Interment Camps begin Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1952 Seven Year occupation of Japan by the U.S. Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference Mar 26, 1945 Iwo Jima Apr 12, 1945 FDR elected President May 8, 1945 V-E day Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Aug 8, 1945 Japan conquers Manchuria Aug 14, 1945 V-J day Nov 20, 1945 Nuremburg War Trials
