WWI-Great Depression-WWII By jozernicke Apr 29, 1901 Hirohito Becomes Emperor of Japan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirohito Jun 18, 1914 WWI http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/jazz/jb_jazz_ww1_2.html Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of the Archduke Ranz Ferdinan and his wife Sofie http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/duke.htm May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania (Sister ship to the Titanic) http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snpwwi2.htm Jan 23, 1917 Fod Administraion set up under Herbert Hoover http://www.ecommcode.com/hoover/hooveronline/hoover_bio/food.htm Mar 8, 1917 Russian Communist Revolution https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Russian_Revolution_%281917%29.html Apr 1, 1917 Espionage and Sedition Acts Passed by Congress http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-congress-passes-espionage-act May 18, 1917 Passage of the Selective Service Act http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/jazz/jb_jazz_ww1_2.html Jul 28, 1917 War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Industries_Board Jan 8, 1918 Woodrwo Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan https://history.state.gov/milestones/1914-1920/fourteen-points Mar 3, 1918 Russia withdraws from WWI https://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120131035857AAHSRQW Period: Jul 5, 1918 to Aug 22, 1919 WOrldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic Nov 1, 1918 Austria-Hungary Surrenders to the Allies http://spartacus-educational.com/FWWaustriaA.htm Nov 11, 1918 Armistice Ends WWI http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/armistice.htm Dec 7, 1918 D-Day Invasion http://www.dday.org/history/d-day-the-invasion/overview Jun 28, 1919 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles Sep 1, 1919 Hitler Comes to Power in Germany http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler%27s_rise_to_power Period: Mar 11, 1920 to Jan 25, 1933 Passage of of Prohibition and end of Prohibition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States Aug 18, 1920 Women's right to Vote http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/document.html?doc=13&title.raw=19th+Amendment+to+the+U.S.+Constitution:+Women%27s+Right+to+Vote Aug 20, 1920 First NFL http://www.nfl.com/history/chronology/1869-1910 Oct 25, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop tansatlantic flight https://www.google.com/search?q=charles+lindbergh+makes+first+nonstop+transatlanic+flight&rlz=1CATAAA_enUS624&oq=charles+lindbergh+makes+first+nonstop+transatlanic+flight+&aqs=chrome..69i57.12796j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#q=when+did+charles+lindbergh+makes+first+nonstop+transatlantic+flight Jan 1, 1928 Amelia Earhart Flies Across Atlantic Ocean Solo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart Nov 6, 1928 Herbert Hoover was Elected President http://www.biography.com/people/herbert-hoover-9343371 Oct 29, 1929 *Stock Market Crashes* "Black Tuesday" http://www.investinganswers.com/financial-dictionary/stock-market/black-tuesday-917 Jan 1, 1930 Bank Failures Begin http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/money_08.html Period: Apr 26, 1930 to Apr 26, 1935 Dust Bowl http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_02.html Jan 1, 1931 Boulder Dam Project http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2011/10/11/construction-of-hoover-dam/5024/ Sep 19, 1931 Japan Conquers Manchuria https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/WorldWar2/manchuria.htm Jun 26, 1932 Hoover disbands the Bonus Army http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_02.html Nov 9, 1932 FDR elected into office first time http://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/franklindroosevelt Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside Chat by the FDR http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrfirstfiresidechat.html Mar 22, 1933 Civilain Conservation Corps http://www.history.com/topics/civilian-conservation-corps May 1, 1933 Agriculture Adjustment Act http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1639.html Aug 27, 1933 Hitler sets up Dachau http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dachau_concentration_camp Nov 19, 1934 Congress creates the SEC http://www.foxbusiness.com/investing/2012/04/17/brief-history-securities-and-exchange-commission/ Apr 3, 1935 Works Progress Administraion established http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wpa-established-by-congress Apr 4, 1935 Congress Passes the Social Security Act http://billofrightsinstitute.org/resources/educator-resources/americapedia/americapedia-documents/social-security-act/ Jan 1, 1936 Jesse Owens Wins Four Gold Medals at the Olympics http://www.olympic.org/jesse-owens Period: Jun 19, 1936 to Feb 26, 1939 Civil War in Spain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War Nov 26, 1936 Franklin D. Rosevelt elected president second term http://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/franklindroosevelt May 6, 1937 Hindenburg Disaster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_%28radio_drama%29 Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht (Night of the Falling Glass) http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005201 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 Britain and France Declares War http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005070 Sep 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland Sep 26, 1940 JApan invades Northern China http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_French_Indochina Sep 27, 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy Signed the Tripartite Pact http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-tripartite-pact-is-signed-by-germany-italy-and-japan Mar 11, 1941 Lend Lease Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lend-Lease Jun 22, 1941 Hitler invades the Soviet Union http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005164 Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor Jan 1, 1942 National War Labor Board Established by Wooldrow Wilson Jan 16, 1942 WWII War Production Board created by Roosevelt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Production_Board Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Internment Camps Begin http://www.momomedia.com/CLPEF/history.html Period: Jun 4, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942 Battle of Midway http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/battle_of_the_bulge.htm Jan 1, 1945 Seven Year Occupation of Japan http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/special/japan_1900_occupation.htm Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/yalta-conf Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945 Iwo Jima http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Commited Suicide http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide-in-his-underground-bunker May 8, 1945 V-E Day and V-J Day http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/ve-and-vj-days-1945 Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki Period: Nov 20, 1945 to Oct 1, 1946 Nuremburg War Trials http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/nuremberg-trials Jun 6, 1946 NBA Began http://www.nba.com/heritageweek2007/newleague_071207.html Nov 1, 1955 Vietnam War http://www.vietnamwar50th.com/assets/1/7/Info_paper_Vietnam_War_and_US_Start_Date.pdf Jan 1, 1958 Football Became A Popular Sport http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_American_football Jan 1, 1960 When Color Televisions Came Out http://www.earlytelevision.org/color.html Nov 22, 1963 Assassnation of JFK http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/November-22-1963-Death-of-the-President.aspx
