WWI-Great Depression-WWII By jjwendt Oct 24, 1901 First Woman to go over Niagara Falls Wikipedia.org Jun 8, 1913 Deutsches Stadium Dedication Wikipedia.org Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand History.com Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 WWI History.com May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania History.com Jan 1, 1916 1916 Summer Olympics Cancled Wikipedia.org Period: Jan 1, 1917 to Jan 1, 1966 Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition History.com Mar 8, 1917 Russian Communist Revolution begins History.com May 18, 1917 Passage of the Selective Service Act History.com Jun 15, 1917 Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress Wikipedia.org Jul 28, 1917 War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI Wikipedia.org Aug 10, 1917 Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover Wikipedia.org Nov 1, 1917 Russia withdraws from WWI History.com Jan 1, 1918 Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million History.com Jan 8, 1918 Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan Wikipedia.org Jan 8, 1918 Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan Wikipedia.org Apr 8, 1918 National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson Wikipedia.org Nov 3, 1918 Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies Wikipedia.org Nov 11, 1918 Armistice ends World War I History.com Nov 11, 1918 Armistice ends World War I History.com Jan 1, 1919 Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers Essaysinhistory.com Jun 28, 1919 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI Wikipedia.org Jun 28, 1919 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI Wikipedia.org Jan 1, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy Wikipedia.org Oct 31, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy Wikipedia.org Jan 1, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan History.com Jan 1, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan History.com May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight History.com May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight Wikipedia.org Jan 1, 1929 Herbert Hoover elected President History.com Mar 4, 1929 Herbert Hoover elected President Wikipedia.org Oct 1, 1929 Bank failures begin History.com Oct 1, 1929 Bank failures begin History.com Oct 29, 1929 The Stock Market Crashed "Black Tuesday" History.com Oct 29, 1929 The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday" Wikipedia.org Jul 7, 1930 Boulder Dam Project begins History.com Feb 27, 1932 Japan conquers Manchuria Wikipedia.org May 20, 1932 Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in solo flight History.com May 20, 1932 Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight History.com Jul 28, 1932 Hoover disbands the Bonus Army Wikipedia.org Jan 1, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps Wikipedia.org Jan 1, 1933 Hitler sets up Dachau History.com Jan 30, 1933 Hitler comes to power in Germany Wikipedia.org Period: Mar 4, 1933 to Jan 1, 1936 FDR elected President-once Wikipedia.org Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside Chat by FDR History.com May 12, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act Wikipedia.org Period: Jan 1, 1934 to Jan 1, 1937 Dust Bowl History.com Jun 6, 1934 Congress creates the SEC Wikipedia.org May 10, 1935 Works Progress Administration established Wikipedia.org Aug 14, 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act Wikipedia.org Jan 1, 1936 Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany History.com Period: Jan 1, 1936 to Jan 1, 1940 FDR elected President-twice Wikipedia.org Jul 17, 1936 Civil War in Spain Wikipedia.org May 6, 1937 Hindenburg disaster Wikipedia.org Sep 1, 1938 Germany invades Poland History.com Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds History.com Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht (night of the falling glass)-Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods Wikipedia.org Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact History.com Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Britain and France Declare War History.com Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 World War II Wikipedia.org Period: Jan 1, 1940 to Jan 1, 1944 FDR elected President-three times Wikipedia.org Sep 27, 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact Wikipedia.org Mar 11, 1941 Lend Lease Act History.com Jun 22, 1941 Hitler invades the Soviet Union Wikipedia.org Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor-U.S. enters WWII History.com Jan 16, 1942 WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt Wikipedia.org Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Internment Camps begin Wikipedia.org Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Wikipedia.org May 13, 1943 German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa Wikipedia.org Jun 26, 1943 Silly Putty invented Wikipedia.org Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Invasion Wikipedia.org Period: Nov 7, 1944 to Apr 12, 1945 FDR elected President-four times Wikipedia.org Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge Wikipedia.org Jan 1, 1945 Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States Wikipedia.org Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference Wikipedia.org Feb 19, 1945 Iwo Jima Wikipedia.org May 8, 1945 V-E Day (Victory in Europe) Wikipedia.org Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Wikipedia.org Sep 2, 1945 V-J Day (Victory in Japan) Wikipedia.org Sep 9, 1945 Japan invades Northern China Wikipedia.org Nov 20, 1945 Nuremberg War Trials Wikipedia.org Period: Jan 1, 1946 to Jan 1, 1964 Baby Boomers Wikipedia.org Jun 21, 1949 Boxed Cake Mix invented Wikipedia.org Jul 21, 1951 Robin Williams Born Wikipedia.org Jul 11, 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird Published Wikipedia.org Dec 25, 1962 To Kill a Mockingbird Movie released Wikipedia.org Jul 31, 1965 J.K. Rowling Born Wikipedia.org