WWI-Great Depression-WWII John Brod-Cody Petznick By John Brod Jul 30, 1863 Henry Ford Born http://www.biography.com/people/henry-ford-9298747 Jan 1, 1902 First V8 Engine made https://www.reference.com/history/first-v-8-engine-built-81d0c66f84f17a0e Nov 3, 1911 Chevrolet Founded http://www.chevrolet.com/culture/category/history.html Dec 1, 1913 Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers http://history1900s.about.com/od/1910s/a/Ford--Assembly-Line.htm Jun 28, 1914 *Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie http://www.history.com/news/the-assassination-of-archduke-franz-ferdinand-100-years-ago Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 WWI https://www.reference.com/history/did-world-war-start-end-1079896432b2b7c1 May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lusitania-sinks Mar 8, 1917 Russian Communist Revolution begins http://www.history.com/topics/russian-revolution Apr 1, 1917 Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover http://exhibits.mannlib.cornell.edu/meatlesswheatless/meatless-wheatless.php?content=two May 18, 1917 Passage of Selective Service Act http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-selective-service-act Jun 15, 1917 Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-espionage-act Jul 28, 1917 War industries Board established to regulate production in WWI http://www.american-historama.org/1913-1928-ww1-prohibition-era/war-industries-board.htm Oct 26, 1917 Russia withdraws from WWI http://worldwar-1.net/world-war-1-timelines/world-war-1-1917/world-war-1-1917-index.htm Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Jan 1, 1919 Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million https://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ Jan 8, 1918 Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan https://history.state.gov/milestones/1914-1920/fourteen-points Apr 8, 1918 National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h4303.html Nov 3, 1918 Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-I Nov 11, 1918 *Armistice ends World War I 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.johndclare.net/peace_treaties1_Answer.htm Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1933 Passage of the Prohibition and end of Prohibition www.history.com/topics/prohibition Jan 1, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/benito-mussolini Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/hirohito May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop translantic flight www.charleslindbergh.com/history/paris.asp Oct 20, 1927 First Ford Model A made https://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2013/12/02/this-day-in-history-1927-ford-reveals-its-model-a-to-an-eager-public/ Nov 6, 1928 Herbert Hoover elected President www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/herbert-hoover Dec 1, 1928 Boulder Dam Project begins http://www.history.com/topics/hoover-dam Oct 24, 1929 *The Stock Market Crash "Black Tuesday" www.history.com/topics/1929-stock-market-crash Sep 18, 1931 Japan conquers Manchuria https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/WorldWar2/manchuria.htm Dec 1, 1931 Bank failures begin http://www.history.com/topics/bank-run Jan 1, 1932 Hoover disbands the Bonus Army http://www.authentichistory.com/1930-1939/1-hoover/2-bonusarmy/ Nov 8, 1932 FDR becomes President (1) http://www.shmoop.com/franklin-d-roosevelt-fdr/timeline.html Jan 1, 1933 Kristallnacht -Hitler destroys Jewish Neiborhoods http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/valley/wiesbaden/nazi_regime.asp Jan 1, 1933 Hitler sets up Dachau http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/dachau Jan 1, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_11.html Jan 30, 1933 Hitler comes to power in Germany https://www.ushmm.org/.../en/article.php?... Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside Chat by FDR http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-broadcasts-first-fireside-chat Apr 5, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/civilian-conservation-corps-created Jan 1, 1934 Congress creates the SEC https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/basics/role-sec Period: Jan 1, 1934 to Jan 1, 1937 Dust Bowl http://www.history.com/topics/dust-bowl May 6, 1935 Works Progress Administration established http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-creates-the-wpa Aug 14, 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act https://www.ssa.gov/history/briefhistory3.html Jan 1, 1936 First Harley-Davidson Knucklehead produced https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2014/11/10/harley-davidson-knucklehead-classic-motorcycle-tales/ Period: Jul 17, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939 Civil War in Spain https://www.britannica.com/event/Spanish-Civil-War Aug 9, 1936 Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/owens-wins-4th-gold-medal Nov 3, 1936 FDR becomes President (2) http://www.shmoop.com/franklin-d-roosevelt-fdr/timeline.html May 6, 1937 Hindenburg disaster http://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster Jul 2, 1937 Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earhart-completes-transatlantic-flight Jul 7, 1937 Japan invades Northern China http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-ww2/sino-japanese-war Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the worlds http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/welles-scares-nation Jan 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Britain and France Declare War http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-invade-poland 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 Jan 1, 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 Period: May 1, 1940 to Dec 1, 1944 Battle of the Bulge http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge Nov 5, 1940 FDR becomes President (3) http://www.shmoop.com/franklin-d-roosevelt-fdr/timeline.html Period: Dec 7, 1940 to Dec 8, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor- U.S. enters WWII. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor Feb 1, 1941 German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/erwin-rommel-erwin Mar 1, 1941 Lend Lease Act http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/lend-lease-act Jun 22, 1941 Hitler invades the Soviet Union http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa Dec 17, 1941 Battle of Midway http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway Jan 1, 1942 WWI War Production Board Created Roosevelt https://www.pbs.org/thewar/at_home_war_production.htm Jun 1, 1944 D-Day Invasion http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day Nov 7, 1944 FDR becomes President (4) http://www.shmoop.com/franklin-d-roosevelt-fdr/timeline.html Jan 1, 1945 Seven Year occupation of Japan by the United States http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/special/japan_1900_occupation.htm Jan 1, 1945 Nuremburg War Trials http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/nuremberg-trials Feb 1, 1945 Yalta Conference http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference Feb 19, 1945 Iwo Jima http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki Aug 14, 1945 V-E Day and V-J Day http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day Mar 1, 1946 Japanese Internment Camps begin http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation
