WWI-Great Depression-WWII By Wudi Sep 17, 1912 Titanic Sunk Jan 1, 1913 Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African Americans workers Period: Jan 1, 1914 to Jan 1, 1918 WWI Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sofhie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand_of_Austria Jul 1, 1914 Bank Failures Begin Apr 1, 1915 Austria-Hungary Surrenders to the Allies May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania Jan 1, 1917 Russia Withdraws from WWI Jan 1, 1917 Russian Communist Revolution Begins Jan 1, 1917 Food Adiminiistration set up under Herbert Hoover May 18, 1917 Passage of the Selective Service Act Jun 15, 1917 Espionageand Sedition acts passed by Cogress Jul 28, 1917 War Industries board established to production in WWI Jan 1, 1918 Worldwide Flu Epicmic Kills 30 Million Jan 1, 1918 Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan Apr 8, 1918 National War Labor Board establish by Woodrow Wilson Jun 28, 1918 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI Nov 11, 1919 Armistice ends World War I Period: Jun 28, 1920 to Dec 5, 1933 passage of Prohibiton and end of Prohibition Jan 1, 1921 Hitler comes to power in Germany Oct 31, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito becomes emeror of Japan Period: May 20, 1927 to May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop Transatlantic Flight Nov 6, 1928 Herbert Hoover elected President Oct 29, 1929 The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday" Jul 7, 1930 Boulder Dam Project Begins Sep 19, 1931 Japan conquers Manchuria Jul 28, 1932 Hoover disbands the Bounus Army Jan 1, 1933 FDR elected President Jan 1, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act Period: Jan 1, 1933 to Jan 1, 1942 Civilian Conservation Corps Period: Jan 1, 1933 to Jan 1, 1944 First Fireside chat by FDR Period: Jan 1, 1933 to Jan 1, 1945 Hitler Set ups Dachua Jan 1, 1934 Congress Creates the SEC Period: Jan 1, 1934 to Jan 1, 1940 Dust Bowl Apr 8, 1935 Works Progress Administration Established Aug 14, 1935 Congress Passes the Social Security Act Jan 1, 1936 Jesse Owens wins 4 gold metals at Olympics in Germany Period: Jul 17, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939 Civil War in Spain Jan 1, 1937 FDR elected 2nd time May 6, 1937 Hindenburg disaster Jul 2, 1937 Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in solo Flight Jul 7, 1937 Japan invades Northern China Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcast the WAR of the Worlds Nov 10, 1938 Kristallnacht Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign Non agression Pact Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland, England, and france declares War Jun 10, 1940 German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa Sep 27, 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact Jan 1, 1941 FDR elected 3rd time Mar 11, 1941 Lend Lease Act Period: Jun 22, 1941 to Dec 5, 1941 Hitler invades the Sovit Union Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Habor - US enters WWII Jan 1, 1942 invention of helicopter Period: Jan 1, 1942 to Jan 1, 1946 Japanese Interment Camps Begins Jan 16, 1942 WWII War production Board Created By Roosevelt Dec 7, 1943 Lunching of USS Wisconsin Jun 6, 1944 D-day Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge Jan 1, 1945 FDR elected 4th time Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1952 Seven Year occuption of Japan By United States Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945 Yalta Conference Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945 Iwo Jima Period: Jun 4, 1945 to Jun 7, 1945 Battle of Midway Period: Aug 6, 1945 to Aug 9, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Aug 14, 1945 V-J Day Sep 2, 1945 V-E Day Oct 1, 1946 Nuremburg War Trials Period: Jan 1, 1947 to Jan 1, 1991 Cold War Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 Korean War Period: Jan 1, 1959 to Jan 1, 1975 US in Vietnam Jan 16, 1967 1st Super Bowl Jun 20, 1969 Landing on the Moon Jan 1, 1980 Invention of Rubic Cube