WWI-great Depression-WWII By nick woodard Jan 1, 1900 Dodge founded in 1900 Jan 1, 1903 ford founded Jan 1, 1909 Bugatti founded Nov 3, 1911 chevrolet founded Apr 15, 1912 Titanic Sunk Jun 28, 1914 Arch Duke Franz Ferinand Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 WWI May 7, 1915 sinking lusitania Jan 1, 1917 Russian revolution May 18, 1917 selective service act Jun 15, 1917 Espionage and sedition act Jul 1, 1917 War Induustries Aug 10, 1917 Food Administration Jan 1, 1918 Ausria-Hungary Surrenders Apr 8, 1918 National war labor May 3, 1918 russia withdraws from WWI Oct 16, 1918 Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to affrian americans Dec 28, 1918 WorldWide Flu Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1933 passage of prohibition May 19, 1925 malcolm x Jun 6, 1925 Chrysler corporation Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito becomes emporor of japan May 20, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop trans atlantic flight Jun 17, 1928 amelia earhart crosses the atlantic Nov 6, 1928 Herbert hoover elected Jan 15, 1929 Martin Luther King Oct 29, 1929 the stock market crashes Jan 1, 1930 bank failures begin Jul 7, 1930 boulder dam project begins Feb 27, 1932 Japan Conquers Manchuria Jan 1, 1933 FDR elected president first time Jan 1, 1933 agricultural adjustment act Jan 1, 1933 Hiter Sets up dachau Period: Jan 1, 1933 to Jan 1, 1942 civilian convervation corps Jan 30, 1933 hitler comes to power in germany Mar 12, 1933 first fireside chat by FDR Jan 1, 1934 congress creates the SEC Period: Jan 1, 1934 to Jan 1, 1940 dust bowl Mar 1, 1935 congress passes the social security act May 6, 1935 works progress administration established Jan 1, 1936 FDR second time for president Period: Jan 1, 1936 to Jan 1, 1939 civil war in spain Aug 9, 1936 Jesse Owens win 4 gold metals at olympics in Germany May 6, 1937 hindenburg disaster Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcast war of the worlds Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign nonagession pact Sep 3, 1939 germany invades poland, Britain,France Declare war Jan 1, 1940 FDR third time elected for president Nov 1, 1940 Japan, germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact Mar 11, 1941 lend lease act Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs pearl harbor Feb 14, 1942 WWII war prodution bored creted Feb 19, 1942 Japanese internment camps begin Jun 3, 1942 Battle of midway Jun 22, 1942 Hitler invades the soviet union Apr 2, 1943 Tuskegee Airmen Jan 1, 1944 German genral surrenders to north affrica Jan 1, 1944 FDR fourth time elected for president Jun 6, 1944 d-Day invasion Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of bulge Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1952 occupation of Japan by US Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1949 Nuemburg War Trials Feb 1, 1945 Yalta Conference Feb 1, 1945 iwo Jima May 6, 1945 Victory in Europe Aug 6, 1945 boming of nagasaki and Hiroshima Sep 2, 1945 Victory in Japan Jan 30, 1948 Mahatma Gondhi