WWI-WWII 1914-1945 by Aida

Francis Ferdinand was assassinated

Jun 28, 1914

His assassanation sparked WWI

Lusitania had been sunken by German U boat

May 7, 1915

USA declared war on Germany

Apr 6, 1917

Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million

Jan 1, 1918

WWI ends with German defeat

Nov 11, 1918

signing of the treaty of versailles

Jun 28, 1919

Adolf hitler becomes leader of nazi party

Feb 10, 1921

Benitio Mussolini is Prime Minster of Italy

Dec 28, 1922

lenin dies

Jan 21, 1925

Joseph Stalin can takeover as leader of the Soviet Union.

Hitler comes to power in Germany

Jan 1, 1927

President Alvaro Obregon of Mexico is assassinated

Jul 17, 1928

stock market crashed

Jun 14, 1929

Amelia Earheart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight

Jan 1, 1932

Franklin Roosevelt president of USA

Nov 8, 1932

first concentration camp opened

Mar 20, 1933

The first concentration camp to open in Germany was named Dachua. More then about 40,000 prisoners died there.

Congress creates the SEC

Mar 3, 1934

Works Progress Administration

May 6, 1935

Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany

Aug 1, 1936

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected president for his 2nd term.

Nov 3, 1936

Josef STalin begins a purge of red army generals

Jun 11, 1937

Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact

Jan 1, 1939

spanish civil war ends

Mar 28, 1939

Kristallnacht Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods

Nov 10, 1939

holland surrenders to the Nazis

May 15, 1940

Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact

Sep 28, 1940