WWI-Great Depression-WWII By ohitsjustmeg Jan 3, 1897 Dorothy Arnzer's birth date http://www.biography.com/people/dorothy-arzner-9190257 Jan 1, 1903 The Great Train Robbery, first silent film http://history1900s.about.com/od/1900s/qt/trainrobbery.htm Dec 1, 1913 Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fords-assembly-line-starts-rolling Jan 1, 1914 Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-I Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/archduke-ferdinand-assassinated Aug 2, 1914 WWI http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/lusitania May 18, 1917 Passage of the Selective Service Act http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-selective-service-act Jul 28, 1917 War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI http://warathomewwi.weebly.com/war-industries-board.html Aug 10, 1917 Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover http://histclo.com/essay/war/ww1/cou/us/food/w1cus-usfa.html Oct 1, 1917 Russia withdraws from WWI http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/eastern_front_01.shtml Nov 6, 1917 Russian Communist Revolution Begins http://www.history.com/topics/russian-revolution Jan 1, 1918 Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million http://www.history.com/topics/1918-flu-pandemic Jan 8, 1918 Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1324.html May 16, 1918 Espionage and Sedition acts passed by congress http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-espionage-act Nov 11, 1918 Armistice ends World War l http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-war-i-ends Jun 28, 1919 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/treaty-of-versailles Aug 18, 1920 U.S. Constitution is ratified prohibiting any U.S. citizen from being denied the right to vote based on sex http://www.usconstitutionday.us/p/19th-amendment.html Jul 29, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/benito-mussolini Jan 1, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hirohito May 20, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight http://www.charleslindbergh.com/history/paris.asp Nov 6, 1928 Herbert Hoover elected President http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/herbert-hoover Oct 1, 1929 Bank failures begin http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/money_08.html Oct 24, 1929 The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday" http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stock-market-crashes Jan 1, 1930 Dust Bowl http://www.history.com/topics/dust-bowl Jan 1, 1931 Boulder Dam Projects begin http://www.history.com/topics/hoover-dam Sep 18, 1931 Japan conquers Manchuria https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/WorldWar2/manchuria.htm Sep 18, 1931 Japan Invades Northern China http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-ww2/sino-japanese-war Mar 1, 1932 Hoover disbands the Bonus Army http://www.ushistory.org/us/48c.asp May 21, 1932 Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earhart-completes-transatlantic-flight Jan 1, 1933 Hitler sets up Dachau http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/dachau Jan 30, 1933 Hitler comes to power in Germany https://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007671 Mar 1, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps http://www.history.com/topics/civilian-conservation-corps Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside Chat by FDR http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5199/ May 12, 1933 Agriculture Adjustment Act http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_11.html Dec 5, 1933 Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/prohibition-ends Apr 8, 1935 Works Progress Administration established http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wpa-established-by-congress Aug 14, 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act https://www.ssa.gov/history/tally.html Jan 29, 1936 Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, and Honus Wagner become the first inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/baseball-hall-of-fame-inducts-first-members Jul 17, 1936 Civil War in Spain http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spanish-civil-war-breaks-out Aug 6, 1936 Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/owens-wins-4th-gold-medal May 6, 1937 Hindenburg disaster http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-hindenburg-disaster Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/welles-scares-nation Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht (night of the falling glass)- Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods http://www.history.com/topics/kristallnacht Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/german-soviet-nonaggression-pact Sep 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-invade-poland Sep 3, 1939 Germany invades Poland Britain and France Declare War http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/britain-and-france-declare-war-on-germany Oct 1, 1939 Congress creates the SEC https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/basics/role-sec Jan 1, 1940 Lend Lease Act http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/lend-lease-act Sep 27, 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-tripartite-pact-is-signed-by-germany-italy-and-japan Mar 1, 1941 Marvel Comics introduces superhero Captain America The websites were blocked because of the word "comic". Jun 22, 1941 Hitler invades the Soviet Union http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa Dec 8, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor-U.S. enters WWll http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor Jan 12, 1942 National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/roosevelt-recreates-the-national-war-labor-board Jan 16, 1942 WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt http://www.conservapedia.com/War_Production_Board Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Internment Camps begin http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation Jun 3, 1942 Battle of Midway http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway Jun 1, 1944 D-Day Invasion http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day Nov 7, 1944 FDR elected President-once-twice-three-four times http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-wins-unprecedented-fourth-term Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge Jan 1, 1945 Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States https://www.britannica.com/event/occupation-of-Japan Feb 1, 1945 Yalta Conference http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference Feb 1, 1945 Iwo Jima http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima May 8, 1945 V-E Day and V-J Day http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/ve-and-vj-days-1945 Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki Nov 20, 1945 Nuremburg War Trails http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/nuremberg-trials Jan 1, 1946 Department stores begin selling Tupperware® http://www.tupperwarecollection.com/v2/tw_index.php?page=home_parties_history Aug 19, 1946 Bill Clinton's birth http://www.biography.com/people/bill-clinton-9251236 Jan 3, 1959 Alaska became a state https://www.reference.com/history/did-alaska-hawaii-become-states-d5e10d774c5d525f Aug 13, 1961 Berlin Wall was Constructed http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/berlin-wall-built Oct 7, 1989 San Francisco Earthquake http://www.history.com/topics/1989-san-francisco-earthquake Jan 1, 2016 German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rommel-in-africa
