WWI-Great Depression-WWII By Kadin Oliva Jun 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated History.com Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 WWI History.com May 7, 1915 Sinking of Lusitania History.com Feb 1, 1917 Russian Communist Revolution Begins Enyclopedia Brittanica May 18, 1917 Passage of selective service act Wikipedia.com Jun 15, 1917 Espionage and sedition acts pased by congress wikipedia Jul 8, 1917 War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI wikipedia Aug 10, 1917 Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover wikipedia Jan 1, 1918 Influenza Outbreak kills 30 Million stanford.edu Jan 18, 1918 Woodrow WIlson presents his fourteen Points Peace Plan wikipedia Feb 10, 1918 Russia Withdraws from WWI firstworldwar.com Apr 8, 1918 National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson wikipedia Nov 4, 1918 Austria-Hungary surrenders encyclopedia brittanica Nov 18, 1918 Armstice ends World War I wikipedia Jun 28, 1919 Signing of Treaty of Versailles wikipedia Jan 1, 1920 Henry Ford opens his assembly line to African American workers uncpress Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1933 Prohibition Era Wikipedia Aug 18, 1920 Women are granted the right to vote History Oct 18, 1921 Patent for pop up toaster patent granted Idea Finder Feb 5, 1922 Readers Digest is founded American History Feb 25, 1922 King Tut's Tomb discovered Wikipedia Oct 13, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed prime minister of Italy Wikipedia Apr 5, 1923 Warner Bros is founded Wikipedia Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan wikipedia May 20, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes forst nonstop transatlantic flight Charles Lindbergh Mar 4, 1929 Herbert Hoover elected president Wikipedia Oct 29, 1929 Stock market crashes (black tuesday) History Jan 1, 1931 Boulder Dam Project Begins Wikipedia May 1, 1931 Empire State Building opens America's Library Aug 8, 1931 Japan invades northern China Wikipedia Jan 1, 1932 Hoover disbands Bonus Army Brittanica Encyclopedia May 21, 1932 Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlanti in a solo flight history Nov 8, 1932 FDR Elected for first term Wikipedia Jan 1, 1933 Bank failures begin Great Depression Causes Jan 1, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act Wikipedia Jan 1, 1933 Civilian Conservation Act Wikipedia Jan 1, 1933 Hitler sets up Dachau Wikipedia Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside Chat by FDR American Rhetoric May 13, 1933 Japan Conquers Manchuria Wikipedia Period: Jan 1, 1934 to Jan 1, 1940 Dust Bowl Wikipedia Jun 6, 1934 Congress creates the SEC Wikipedia Apr 8, 1935 Works Progress Administration established History Aug 14, 1935 Congress passes Social Security Act Wikipedia Jul 17, 1936 Civil War in Spain Wikipedia Aug 9, 1936 Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany History Nov 3, 1936 FDR elected for second term Wikipedia May 6, 1937 Hindenburgh Disaster Wikipedia Oct 31, 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds Wikipedia Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht History Place Jan 1, 1939 Wizard of OZ released Wikipedia Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign non agression act History Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland History Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 WWII Wikipedia Sep 3, 1939 Germany invades Poland. Britan and France declare War History Sep 22, 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy sign tripartite act History Nov 5, 1940 FDR elected for third term Wikipedia Mar 1, 1941 Lend Lease Act History Jun 22, 1941 Hitler invades the Soviet Union USHMM Dec 7, 1941 Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor - U.S. enters WWII. History Jan 16, 1942 WWII WAr Production Board Created by Roosevelt Wikipedia Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Internment camps begin Wikipedia Jun 3, 1942 Battle of Midway Wikipedia Jan 1, 1944 German general Rommel surrenders in North Africa Biography Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Invasion Wikipedia Nov 7, 1944 FDR elected for fourth term Wikipedia Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge Wikipedia Jan 1, 1945 Nuremberg Trials History Jan 1, 1945 Seven year US occupation of Japan Wikipedia Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference Wikipedia Feb 19, 1945 Iwo Gima Wikipedia May 8, 1945 VE and VJ day 20th Century London Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Wikipedia Jan 1, 1947 Jackie Robinson - First African American Baseball Player Wikipedia Feb 25, 1955 Ray Kroc opens McDonald's Wikipedia
