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WWI Begins
Francis Ferdinand was assassinated at Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia. -
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First Battle of Ypres
The First World War battle fought for the strategically important town of Ypres in western Belgium in October and November 1914. -
British forces surrendered to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia
British forces surrendered to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia, because they were low on supplies, men, and many of the living men were sick. -
The “Lusitania” was sunk by a German U-boat
On May 7, 1915, the British ocean liner RMS Lusitania Of the 1,959 people on board, 1,198 died, including 128 Americans. The sinking of the Lusitania enraged Americans and hastened the United States' entrance into World War I. -
USA declared war on Germany
America had tried to keep out of World War One, but unrestricted submarine warfare, introduced by the Germans on January 9th, 1917, was the primary issue that caused Woodrow Wilson to ask Congress to declare war on Germany on April 2nd. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Russia and Germany. -
Treaty of Versailles ends WWI
The Treaty of Versailles was the peace settlement signed after World War One had ended in 1918. The treaty was signed at the vast Versailles Palace near Paris between Germany and the Allies. -
Women Granted the Right to Vote in U.S
The 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote.On May 21, 1919, the House of Representatives passed the amendment, and 2 weeks later, the Senate followed. When Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the amendment on August 18, 1920, the amendment passed its final hurdle of obtaining the agreement of three-fourths of the states. -
Harding Dies
President Warren G. Harding dies of stroke in a San Francisco hotel room. Vice President Calvin Coolidge ascends to presidency. -
Ford Motor Company
The market capitalization of Ford Motor Company exceeds $1 billion. -
Charlie Chaplin in Gold Rush
Charlie Chaplin's popular silent comedy The Gold Rush premieres before enthusiastic audiences. -
Immigrant Radicals
With all possible avenues of appeal now exhausted, Italian immigrant radicals Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are executed by electric chair. -
Stock Market Collapse
The American stock market collapses, signaling the onset of the Great Depression. The Dow Jones Industrial Average peaks in September 1929 at 381.17—a level that it will not reach again until 1954. The Dow will bottom out at a Depression-era low of just 41.22 in 1932. -
Japan invades Manchuria
In 1931, the Japanese Kwangtung Army attacked Chinese troops in Manchuria in an event commonly known as the Manchurian Incident. This was an attempt by the Japanese Empire to gain control over the whole province, in order to eventually encompass all of East Asia -
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected President of the United States
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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
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Fire destroys the Reichstag in Berlin
The Reichstag was the heart of German politics. Debates, political struggles, political scheming etc. all took place in the Reichstag. -
Adolf Hitler succeeds Hindenburg as leader of Germany
Within a year and a half, Hitler was able to take over both the position of president (Hindenburg died) and chancellor and combine them into one position of supreme leader, the Führer. -
Japan invades China; Sino-Japanese War begins
The Japanese concentrated on an enemy they could ‘see’ soChina was the obvious enemy for the Japanese. -
Nonaggression Pact
Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Nonaggression Pact, which secretly accepts Germany’s plan to invade Poland. -
Germany invaded Poland.
The attack on Poland started at 04.45 hours when blitzkrieg tore through the Polish military and by the end of the month Poland had surrendered to the Germans and the country was occupied. -
The Soviet Union invades Finland
The Soviet Union invades Finland, occupies part of Poland, and, by threatening invasion, takes over Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia. -
Great Britain launches a 1000 bomber raid against Germany
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Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan
The devastation wrought at Hiroshima was not sufficient to convince the Japanese War Council to accept the Potsdam Conference's demand for unconditional surrender. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan
On this day in 1945, a second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan's unconditional surrender. -
Japanese surrender; World War II ends
The Japanese surrender because of the nukes, -
Japanese sign surrender terms on board the USS Missouri
