WWI- Great Depression-WWII By envanderkoy Apr 15, 1912 Titanic sinks History.com Dec 1, 1913 Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American Workers History.com Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sofie History.com Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 WWI History.com May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania (sister ship to the Titanic) History.com Jan 1, 1917 Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover histclo.com Jan 8, 1917 Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen points Peace Plan History.com Mar 8, 1917 Russia Communist Revolution begins History.com May 18, 1917 Passage of the Selective Service Act History.com Jun 15, 1917 Espionage and Sedation acts passes by Congress History.com Jul 28, 1917 War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI american-historama.org Jan 1, 1918 Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million History.com Mar 3, 1918 Russia Withdraws from WWI HIstory.com Mar 29, 1918 National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson History.com Nov 3, 1918 Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies history.com Nov 11, 1918 Armistice ends WWI history.com (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-war-i-ends) Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Dec 5, 1933 Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition HIstory.com Aug 18, 1920 Women suffrage amendment ratified HIstory.com Oct 29, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy History.com Jun 1, 1926 Marilyn Monroe was born history.com Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan History.com (http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/hirohito) May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight nytimes.com Nov 6, 1928 Herbert Hoover elected president History.com Oct 1, 1929 Bank failures begin History.com Oct 29, 1929 The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday" History.com Jan 1, 1931 Boulder Dam project begins History.com Feb 1, 1931 Japan Conquers Manchuria reference.com Period: Dec 7, 1931 to Sep 2, 1945 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor-U.S. enters WWII. WWII history.com May 21, 1932 Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight History.com Jul 28, 1932 Hoover disbands Bonus Army www.eyewittnsshistory.com Nov 1, 1932 FDR elected President first time www.whitehouse.gov Jan 30, 1933 Hitler comes to power in Germany History.com Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside Chat by FDR history.com Mar 22, 1933 Hitler sets up Dachau dachau.de Apr 10, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps History.com May 1, 1933 Agriculture Adjustment Act britannica.com Jan 1, 1934 Congress creates the SEC History.com Period: Jan 1, 1934 to Jan 1, 1937 Dust Bowl HIstory.com May 23, 1934 Police kill Bonnie and Clyde History.com Jan 8, 1935 Elvis Presley Born History.com Apr 8, 1935 Works Progress Administration established History,com Aug 14, 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act History.com Jul 18, 1936 Civil War in Spain History.com Aug 9, 1936 Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany history.com Nov 3, 1936 FDR elected president for the second time nytimes.com May 6, 1937 Hindenburg disaster History.com Jul 1, 1937 Japan invades Northern China History.com Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the worlds History.com Nov 10, 1938 Kristallnacht (night of the falling glass)- Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods Historry.com Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact History.com Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Britain and France Declare War History.com Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland history.com Sep 27, 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact history.com Nov 5, 1940 FDR elected for president for the third time History.com Mar 1, 1941 Lend Lease Act History.com Jun 1, 1941 Hitler Invades Soviet Union History.com Jan 16, 1942 WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt stateoftheunionhistory.com Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Internment Camp begins history.com Apr 9, 1942 Bataan Death March history.com Jun 3, 1942 Battle of Midway History.com Mar 1, 1943 German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa HIstory.com Jun 6, 1944 D-Day invasion history.com Nov 7, 1944 FDR elected for president for the fourth time History.com Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge history.com Jan 1, 1945 Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States history.state.gov Feb 4, 1945 Yalata Conference history.com Feb 19, 1945 Iwo Jima History.com Apr 30, 1945 Hitler found dead (suicide by cyanide) history.com May 8, 1945 V-E Day and V-J Day (victory in Europe and victory in Japan Day) history.com Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima HIstory.com Aug 9, 1945 Bombing of Nagasaki History.com Nov 20, 1945 Nuremberg War Trials History.com Dec 25, 1946 It's a Wonderful Life was made filmsite.org Aug 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. I Have a Dream Speech History.com Jul 20, 1969 First man on the moon History.com
