WWI-Great Depression-WWII

1890-1970

Period: Jan 1, 1890 to Dec 31, 1970

Inventon of the Teddy Bear

Nov 14, 1902

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William Kellogg invents cornflakes

Jan 1, 1906

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Tunguska event

Jun 30, 1908

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The Titanic Sinks

Apr 15, 1912

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Assassination of the Arch Duke Ferdinand and his wife Sophie

Jun 28, 1914

Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated

WWI

Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

World War I

Sinking of the Lusitania

May 7, 1915

Sinking of the RMS Luistania

Russian Communist Revolution begins

Mar 8, 1917

Russian Revolution

Passage of the Selective Service Act

May 18, 1917

U.S. Congress passes Selective Service Act

Espionage and Sedition acts passed by congress

Period: Jun 1, 1917 to May 16, 1918

The Espionage and Sedition ActsSedition Act of 1918

War Industries Board established by Woodrow Wilson

Jul 8, 1917

War Industries Board

Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover

Aug 10, 1917

United States Food Adimistration

Russia withdrawls from WWI

Nov 7, 1917

Significance of Russian Withdrawal From WWI In other words, Russian men deserted to aid in the October Revolution. A Peace treaty would be made later.

Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million

Jan 1, 1918

1918 flu pandemic

National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson

Apr 8, 1918

National War Labor Board

Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan

Oct 16, 1918

Fourteen Points

Austria-Hungary Surrenders to the Allies

Nov 3, 1918

Armistise of Villa Giusti

Armistice ends WW1

Nov 11, 1918

Armistice - The End of World War I,1918

Passage of Prohibition and End of Prohibition

Period: Jan 29, 1919 to Feb 1, 1933

Prohibition

Signing of the Treaty of Versailies establishing the peace at the end of WWI

Jun 28, 1919

Treaty of Versailities

Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American Workers

Jan 1, 1920

The Making of Black Detroit in the Age of Henry Ford

Frogs Fall on Gibraltar

May 21, 1921

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Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

Oct 31, 1922

Benito Mussolini

Hirohito becomes emporor of Japan

Dec 25, 1926

Hirohito

Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight

May 20, 1927

Lindbergh

Herbert Hoover elected President

Nov 6, 1928

Hoover Timelines

Isodor Fink mysteriously dies from bullet wounds when none were heard and while inside room locked from inside

Mar 9, 1929

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The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"

Oct 29, 1929

Stock Market

Bank failures begin

Jan 1, 1930

Bank Failures

Boulder Dam Project begins

Mar 1, 1931

Hoover Dam

Japan invades Northern China

Sep 18, 1931

Japanese

Japan Conquers Manchuria

Feb 1, 1932

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Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight

May 21, 1932

Earhart completes transatlantic flight

Svanhild Hansen, aged four, carried by eagle to nest

Jun 5, 1932

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Hoover Disbands the Bonus Army

Jul 28, 1932

The Bonus March

FDR elected President once

Nov 8, 1932

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Civilian Conservation Corps

Period: Jan 1, 1933 to Jan 1, 1942

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Hitler Comes to Power in Germany

Jan 30, 1933

Hilter Comes to Power

Hitler sets up Dachau

Feb 27, 1933

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First Fireside Chat by FDR

Mar 12, 1933

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Congress creates the SEC

Jan 1, 1934

SEC

Dust Bowl

Period: Jan 1, 1934 to Jan 1, 1937

Dust Bowl

Mrs Gertrude Smith of York can make chickens lay eggs with symbols or pictures on them

Jan 1, 1935

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Works Progress Administration established

Apr 8, 1935

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Agricultural Adjustment Act

May 14, 1935

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Congress passes the Social Security Act

Aug 14, 1935

Social

Spanish Civil War

Period: Jul 17, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939

Spanish

Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany

Aug 1, 1936

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FDR elected President twice

Nov 3, 1936

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Hindenburg disaster

May 6, 1937

Hindenburg

Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds

Oct 30, 1938

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Kristallnacht (night of the falling glass) - Hitler destroys jewish neighborhoods

Nov 9, 1938

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Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact

Aug 23, 1939

Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact

Germany invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Germany

World War II

Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945

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Germany invades Poland Britain and France Delcare War

Sep 3, 1939

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Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Triparite Pact

Sep 27, 1940

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FDR elected President for third time

Nov 5, 1940

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Lend Lease Act

Mar 11, 1941

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Hitler invades the Soviet Union

Jun 22, 1941

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German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa

Nov 1, 1941

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Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor - U.S. enters WWII.

Dec 7, 1941

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WWII War Production Board Created by Rosevelt

Jan 16, 1942

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Japenese Internment Camps begin

Feb 19, 1942

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Battle of Midway

Jun 3, 1942

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D-Day Invasion

Jun 6, 1944

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FDR elected President for forth time

Nov 7, 1944

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Battle of the Bulge

Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945

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Seven Year Occupation of Japan by U.S.

Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1952

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Yalta Conference

Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945

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Iwo Jima

Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945

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V-E Day

May 8, 1945

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Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Aug 6, 1945

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V-J Day

Sep 2, 1945

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Numemburg War Trials

Period: Nov 20, 1945 to Oct 1, 1946

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Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting

Jun 24, 1947

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live broadcast of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon

Jul 21, 1969

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