WWI-GREAT DEPRESSION-WWII By SUPERDERP Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie Wikipedia Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 WORLD WAR I Wikipedia May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania (Sister ship to the Titanic) http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snpwwi2.htm Feb 1, 1917 Russia withdraws from WWI http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/eastern_front_01.shtml Mar 18, 1917 Russian Communist Revolution begins http://www.history.com/topics/russian-revolution Apr 1, 1917 Passage of the Selective Service Act http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Selective_Service_Act_of_1917.aspx Jul 1, 1917 War industries Board established to regulate production in WWI http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/War_Industries_Board.aspx Aug 10, 1917 Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/War_Industries_Board.aspx 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 1, 1918 Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million http://www.history.com/topics/russian-revolution Jun 1, 1918 Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3479 Nov 3, 1918 Austria-Hungary surrenders to the allies http://www.worldology.com/Europe/world_war_1_1918.htm Nov 11, 1918 Armistice Ends WWI wikipedia Jun 28, 1919 Signing of the Treaty os Versailles establishing peace at the end of WWI wikipedia Period: Jan 16, 1920 to Dec 5, 1933 Passage of prohibition and end of prohibition Wikipedia Oct 31, 1922 Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy wikipedia Jun 4, 1924 Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers istory channel Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito Becomes Emperor of Japan wikipedia May 20, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight Charles Lindbergh Sep 30, 1927 Babe Ruth Sets the Single Season Homerun Record http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/qt/baberuthhomerun.htm Nov 6, 1928 Herbert Hoover elected president Wikipedia Oct 24, 1929 StockMarket crashes Black Teusday Wikipedia Period: Oct 24, 1929 to Apr 1, 1939 GREAT DEPRESSION Jan 1, 1930 Bank failures begin Wikipedia Period: Jan 1, 1931 to Sep 1, 1939 Dust bowl pbs Sep 18, 1931 Japan Invades Northern China Wikipedia Feb 27, 1932 Japan Conquers Manchuria Wikipedia May 21, 1932 Amelia Earhart crosses the atlantic in a solo flight History Channel Mar 4, 1933 FDR Elected First Time Wiipedia Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside Chat by FDR Wikipedia Mar 22, 1933 Hitler Sets Up Dachau Wikipedia Apr 5, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps Wikipedia May 12, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act Wikipedia Apr 8, 1935 Works Progress Administration Established wikipedia Aug 9, 1936 Jesse Owens Wins Four Gold Medals At Olympics In Germany History Channel Nov 3, 1936 FDR Elected Second Time Wikipedia May 6, 1937 Hindenburg Disaster Wikipedia Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles Broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds Wikipedia Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnachnt (night of the falling glass)- Hitler Destroys Jewish Neighborhoods Wikipedia Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin Sign Non Aggression Pact History channel Sep 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland History Channel Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 WORLD WAR II Wikipedia Sep 3, 1939 Germany Invades Poland Britain and France Declare War Wikipedia Sep 27, 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy Sign the Tripartite Pact wikipedia Nov 5, 1940 FDR Elected Third Time Wikipedia Mar 11, 1941 Lend Lease Act wikipedia Jun 22, 1941 Hitler Invades Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) wikipedia Dec 7, 1941 Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor-US Enters WWII Wikipedia Jan 16, 1942 WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Production_Board Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Internment Camps Begin wikipedia Jun 3, 1942 Battle of Midway wikipedia May 13, 1943 German General Rommel Surrenders in North Africa wikipedia Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Invasion wikipedia Nov 7, 1944 FDR Elected Fourth Time Wikipedia Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge wikipedia Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference wikipedia Feb 19, 1945 Iwo Jima wikipedia Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima wikipedia Aug 9, 1945 Bombing of Nagasaki wikipedia Aug 14, 1945 V-E Day and V-J Day history channel Period: Aug 14, 1945 to Sep 8, 1951 Seven Year Occupation of Japan by United States wikipedia Nov 20, 1945 Nuremburg War Trials wikipedia
