WWI-Great Depression-WWII By Basic_Man Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie wikipedia.com Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 WWI Wikipedia May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania history.com Period: Feb 23, 1917 to Nov 8, 1917 Russian Communist Revolution begins History.com May 18, 1917 Passage of Selective Service Act wikipedia.com Jun 15, 1917 Espionage Act passed by Congress Wikipedia Jul 28, 1917 War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI Wikipedia Oct 1, 1917 Russia withdrawls from WWI BBC Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Dec 1, 1920 Wolrdwide flu epidemic kills 30 million Stanford.edu Jan 8, 1918 Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan Wikipedia Apr 8, 1918 National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson Wikipedia May 16, 1918 Sedition Act passed by Congress Wikipedia Nov 3, 1918 Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies Wikipedia Nov 11, 1918 Armistice ends WWI Wikipedia Feb 25, 1919 Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover Wikipedia Jun 28, 1919 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing peace at the end of WWi Wikipedia Jan 1, 1920 Henry ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers History.com Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Dec 5, 1933 Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition History.com Oct 31, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy Wikipedia Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan Wikipedia May 20, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight Wikipedia Nov 18, 1928 Creation of Steamboat Willie Wikipedia Dec 21, 1928 Boulder Dam Project begins Wikipedia Mar 4, 1929 Herbert Hoover elected President Wikipedia Oct 29, 1929 The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday" Wikipedia Jan 1, 1930 Bank Failures begin livinghistoryfarm.org Mar 17, 1930 Construction on the Empire State Building starts Wikipedia Feb 16, 1931 Germany Invades Poland Wikipedia Sep 18, 1931 Japan Invades Northern China Wikipedia Sep 18, 1931 Japan Conquers Manchuria Wikipedia May 20, 1932 Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight NASA.gov Jul 28, 1932 Hoover disbands Bonus Army Wikipedia Period: Nov 8, 1932 to Nov 7, 1944 FDR Election Wikipedia Period: Jan 1, 1933 to Feb 16, 1942 Civilian Conservation Corps Wikipedia Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside Chat by FDR History.com Mar 22, 1933 Hitler Sets Up Dachau Wikipedia Period: Jan 1, 1934 to Jan 1, 1940 Dust Bowl Wikipedia Jun 6, 1934 Congress creates the SEC Wikipedia Aug 2, 1934 Hitler comes to power in Germany Wikipedia Aug 11, 1934 Alcatraz opens as a federal prison Wikipedia Apr 8, 1935 Works Progress Administration Established Wikipedia Aug 14, 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act Wikipedia Sep 30, 1935 Hoover Dam is dedicated Wikipedia Jul 17, 1936 Civil War in Spain Wikipedia Aug 9, 1936 Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany Wikipedia May 6, 1937 Hindenburg Disaster Wikipedia May 27, 1937 Golden Gate Bridge opens Wikipedia Feb 16, 1938 Agricultural Adjustment Act Wikipedia Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds Wikipedia Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht Wikipedia Aug 12, 1939 Firts premier of The Wizard of Oz Wikipedia Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin Signed a Nonaggression Pact Wikipedia Sep 9, 1939 Germany invades Poland Britain and France Declare War Wikipedia Sep 27, 1940 Japan Germany and Italy sign the tripartite Pact Wikipedia Mar 1, 1941 Captain America published by Marvel Comics Wikipedia Mar 3, 1941 M&Ms' are invented Wikipedia Mar 11, 1941 Lend Lease Act Wikipedia Jun 22, 1941 Hitler Invades the Soviet Union Wikipedia Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor History.com Jan 16, 1942 War Production Board Wikipedia Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Internment Camps Begin Wikipedia Period: Jun 3, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942 Battle of Midway Wikipedia Mar 1, 1943 German General Rommel Surrenders in North Africa Wikipedia Jun 6, 1944 D-Day History.com Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge Wikipedia Jan 1, 1945 Volkswagen Beetle is manufactured Wikipedia Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1949 Nuremberg War Trials History.com Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1952 Seven Year Occupation of Japan by United States Wikipedia Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945 Yalta Conference Wikipedia Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945 Iwo Jima Wikipedia May 8, 1945 V-E day and V-J day Wikipedia Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Wikipedia Oct 1, 1949 China becomes a Communist Country Wikipedia
