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Period: Jul 29, 1883 to Apr 28, 1945

Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

Benito Mussolini Wikipedia
Apr 10, 1912

Titanic Set Sail

titanic set sail titanicfacts
Apr 15, 1912

Sinking of the Titanic

sinking of the titanic history
Jun 28, 1912

Signing of the Treaty of Versailles established the peace at the end of WWI

Treaty of Versaillies History
Dec 1, 1913

Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to african american workers

Henry ford and the Assembly line thought co
Jan 1, 1914

Panama Canal opened

panama canal opened history of the world
Jun 28, 1914

Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie

Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated
Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

WWI

World War I
May 7, 1915

Sinking of the Lusitania

lusitania
Jan 1, 1917

Russia Withdraws from WWI

War and revlution in Russia 1914-1921
Jan 1, 1917

Russian Communist Revolution Begins

Russian Revolution History.com
Jan 1, 1917

Food Administration set up Under Herbert Hoover

World War I histclo
May 18, 1917

Passage of the Selective Service Act

Selective Service Act of 1917
Jun 14, 1917

Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress

Espionage and Sedition Acts passed by congress wikipedia
Jul 28, 1917

War Industries Board Established to regulate production in WWI

War industries board established encyclopedia
Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Jan 1, 1919

Worldwide flu Epidemic Kills 30 million

1918 flu pandemic History
Jan 8, 1918

Woodrow Wilson Presents His Fourteen Points Peace Plan

Fourteen Points wikioedia
Mar 14, 1918

Women over 30 granted right to vote in Britian

women over 30 granted right to vote in britian history of the world
Mar 31, 1918

1st daylight savings in the US goes into effect

dayliht savings time on this day
Apr 8, 1918

National War Labor Board Established by Woodrow Wilson

National War Labor Board encyclopedia
Aug 8, 1918

6 US soldiers surrounded by Germans in France, Alvin York given command shoots 20 Germans and captures 132 more

[soldiers surrounded by germands
(http://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1918)
Nov 3, 1918

Austria-Hungary surrendered to the Allies

Armistice of Villa Giusti wikipedia
Nov 11, 1918

Armistice Ends World War I

World War I ends history
Mar 23, 1919

1st hospital ship built to move wounded naval personnel launched

hospital ship built on this day
Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1933

Passage of prohibition and end of prohibition

Passage of prohibition history
Jan 1, 1922

Boulder Dam

Boulder Dam/Hoover Dam History
Jan 1, 1926

Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

Hirohito history
May 21, 1927

Charles Lindbergh makes nonstop transatlantic flight

[Charles Lindbergh ny times]
https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/may-21-1927-charles-lindbergh-flies-solo-across-the-atlantic/?_r=0)
Jun 18, 1928

Amelia Earhart crossing the Atlantic Ocean

Amelia Earhard NASA
Jan 1, 1929

Valentines Day Massacre

valentines day massacre history of the world
Mar 4, 1929

Herbert Hoover elected president

Herbert Hoover white house
Oct 24, 1929

Stock Market Crashes "black Tuesday"

Wall Street crash of 1929 Wikipedia
Jan 1, 1930

Dust Bowl

Dust Bowl history
Jan 1, 1930

Pluto was discovered

pluto was discovered history of the world
Jan 13, 1930

Bank failures begin

Bank failures farming in the 1930s
Jan 1, 1931

Flood in central China Kills up to 4 million

flood in central china history of the world
Sep 18, 1931

Japan conquers Manchuria

japan conquers mnchuria wikipedia
Jul 28, 1932

Hoover disbands the bonus army

Hoover disbands army historynet
Nov 8, 1932

FDR Elected President first term

fdr elected president first year encyclopdedia
Jan 1, 1933

Agriculture Adjustment Act

agriculture adjustment act wikipedia
Jan 1, 1933

End of probation of alchol

end of probation of alchol history of the world
Period: Jan 1, 1933 to Jan 1, 1942

Civilian Conservation Corps CCC

civilian conservation corps wikipedia
Jan 30, 1933

Hitler comes to power in Germany

Hitler comes to power wikipedia
Mar 12, 1933

First fireside chat by FDR

fdr fireside chat history
Jan 1, 1934

Congress creates SEC

congress creates sec invester
Apr 8, 1935

Works Progress Administration established

wpa established history
Aug 14, 1935

Congress passes the Social Security Act

congress passes social security act wikipedia
Period: Jan 1, 1936 to Jan 1, 1939

Civil War in Spain

civil war in spain spanish civil war
Aug 9, 1936

Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany

jesse owens wins four gold medals history
Nov 3, 1936

FDR Elected President second term

fdr second term NYT
May 6, 1937

Hindenburg disaster

Hindnburg disaster airships
Jul 7, 1937

Japan invades Northern China

japan invades china on 1937
Oct 30, 1938

Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the worlds

orson welles broadcasts the war histroy
Period: Nov 9, 1938 to Nov 10, 1938

Kristallnacht- Hitler destroys Jewish neigborhoods

kristallnacht night of the broken glass ushmm
Aug 23, 1939

Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact

hitler and stalin sign non agression pact hsitroy
Sep 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland

Germany invades Poland holocaust encyclopedia
Sep 3, 1939

Germany invades Poland Britain and France declares war

germany invades poland Britain histoy
Jan 1, 1940

FDR elected President 3rd Term

fdr 3rd term white house
Sep 27, 1940

Japan, Germany, Italy sign the Tripartite Pact

japan germany and italy sign triparite pact history
Mar 1, 1941

Lend Lease Act

lend lease act histroy
Jun 22, 1941

Hitler invades Soviet Union

hitler invades soviet union holocaust encyclopedia
Dec 7, 1941

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor- World War II begins

japan bombs pearl harbor americas library
Period: Jun 3, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942

Battle of Midway

battle of midway history
Nov 2, 1942

German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa

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Jan 1, 1943

WWII Production Board created by Roosevelt

wwii production board roosevelt stateoftheunionhistroy
Jan 1, 1944

FDR elected President 4th term

fdr lected president 4th term histroy
Jan 1, 1944

Japanese Internment Camps begin

japanses internment camps infoplease
Jun 6, 1944

D-Day Invasion

d-day invasion worrld war 2
Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945

Battle of the Bulge

battle of the bulge history
Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1949

Nuremburg War Trials

nuremburg war trials history
Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1952

Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States

seven year occupation of japan office of historian
Feb 1, 1945

Yalta Conference

Yalta Conference
Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945

Iwo Jima

Iwo Jima History
Apr 1, 1945

Hitler sets up Dachau

hitler sets up dachau history
May 8, 1945

Victory in Europe

victory in europe histroy
Period: Aug 6, 1945 to Aug 9, 1945

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

[bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki history)
[http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki]
Aug 15, 1945

Victory in Japan

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