WWl-Great Depression-WWll By aefuls Sep 6, 1901 U.S. President William McKinley Assassinated http://history1900s.about.com/od/1900s/qt/mckinleykilled.htm Jan 1, 1902 The first Rose Bowl game https://www.tournamentofroses.com/history/rose-bowl-game Apr 2, 1902 The first ever theater devoted to films opened http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-nickelodeon-opens Dec 17, 1903 Wright make the first successful airplain http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-airplane-flies Nov 24, 1904 The first successful field tractor is invented by American Benjamin Holt http://sanjoaquinhistory.org/blog/?p=1169 May 15, 1905 The city of Las Vegas, Nevada is formed http://www.history.com/topics/las-vegas Jan 1, 1908 The tradition of dropping a ball in New York's Times Square to signal the beginning of the New Year is inaugurated http://www.timessquarenyc.org/events/new-years-eve/about-the-new-years-eve-ball/history-of-the-new-years-eve-ball/index.aspx Dec 1, 1913 Henry Ford opens assembly lines to African American workers http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fords-assembly-line-starts-rolling Jan 1, 1914 Mother Day becomes a holiday http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/mothers-day Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and wife Sophie http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/archduke-ferdinand-assassinated Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 29, 1918 World War l https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/lusitania Mar 8, 1917 Russian Communist Revolution begins http://www.history.com/topics/russian-revolution May 4, 1917 Food Administration set under Herbert Hoover- 1917 https://www.archives.gov/fort-worth/finding-aids/rg004-food-administration.html May 18, 1917 Passage of the Selective Service Act http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-selective-service-act Jun 15, 1917 Espionage Act passed by Congress http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-espionage-act Jul 28, 1917 War Industries Board is established to regulate production in WWl http://www.american-historama.org/1913-1928-ww1-prohibition-era/war-industries-board.htm Oct 26, 1917 Russia withdraws from WWl http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/eastern_front_01.shtml Jan 8, 1918 Woodrow Wilson presents Fourteen Points Peace Plan http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1324.html Apr 8, 1918 National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401802880.html Period: Apr 28, 1918 to Apr 29, 1919 Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million people https://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ May 16, 1918 Sedition Act passed by Congress http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-espionage-act Oct 30, 1918 Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies- October 30, 1918 http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/ww1/section11/page/2/ Nov 11, 1918 Armistice ends WWl http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/armistice.htm Jun 28, 1919 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWl http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/treaty-of-versailles Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1933 Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition http://www.history.com/topics/prohibition Jan 1, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/benito-mussolini Jan 1, 1922 Boulder Dam Project begins http://www.history.com/topics/hoover-dam Jan 28, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan- 1926 http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/hirohito Apr 24, 1927 Ping Pong was invented http://www.athleticscholarships.net/history-of-table-tennis.htm Period: May 20, 1927 to May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight http://www.charleslindbergh.com/history/paris.asp Sep 7, 1927 first electronic TV was invented https://www.nyu.edu/classes/stephens/History%20of%20Television%20page.htm Jan 1, 1929 Herbert Hoover elected president http://millercenter.org/president/biography/hoover-campaigns-and-elections Jan 15, 1929 Martin Luther King Jr. was born http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html Oct 29, 1929 The Stock Market crashes “Black Tuesday” http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stock-market-crashes Jan 1, 1930 Bank failures begin http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/money_08.html Jan 1, 1931 Japan conquers Manchuria http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-ww2/sino-japanese-war Jan 1, 1932 FDR elected President for first time http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/franklin-d-roosevelt May 21, 1932 Amelia Earhart crosses Atlantic in a solo flight http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earhart-completes-transatlantic-flight Jul 28, 1932 Hoover disbands the Bonus Army http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snprelief4.htm Jan 1, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1639.html Jan 1, 1933 Hitler comes to power in Germany https://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007671 Jan 1, 1933 Hitler sets up Dachau http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/dachau Mar 1, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps http://www.history.com/topics/civilian-conservation-corps Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside Chat by FDR http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-broadcasts-first-fireside-chat Jan 1, 1934 Congress creates the SEC http://www.history.com/topics/securities-and-exchange-commission Period: Jan 1, 1934 to Jan 1, 1937 Dust Bowl http://www.history.com/topics/dust-bowl Jul 13, 1934 Babe Ruth hits 700th carer home run http://www.athleticscholarships.net/history-of-table-tennis.htm Apr 8, 1935 Works Progress Administration established http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/wwii/jb_wwii_work_1.html Apr 19, 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act https://www.ssa.gov/history/tally.html Jan 1, 1936 FDR elected President for second time http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/franklin-d-roosevelt Period: Jul 18, 1936 to Mar 28, 1939 Civil War in Spain http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spanish-civil-war-breaks-out Aug 9, 1936 Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/owens-wins-4th-gold-medal May 6, 1937 Hindenburg disaster http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-hindenburg-disaster Jul 7, 1937 Japan invades Northern China https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/WorldWar2/china.htm Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcast the WAR of the World's http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/welles-scares-nation Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht ( night of falling glass ) - Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods https://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007697 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 and Britain http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-invade-poland Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-invade-poland Sep 3, 1939 France Declares War on Germany http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/britain-and-france-declare-war-on-germany Jan 1, 1940 FDR elected President for third time http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/franklin-d-roosevelt Sep 27, 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy sign 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://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/lend-lease-act Jun 22, 1941 Hitler invades the Soviet Union https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005164 Period: Dec 7, 1941 to Jan 1, 1945 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor - U.S. enters WWII http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor Jan 1, 1942 WWll War Production Board created by Roosevelt http://www.conservapedia.com/War_Production_Board Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Internment Camps begin http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation Period: Jun 4, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942 Battle of Midway http://www.molossia.org/milacademy/midway.html Mar 1, 1943 German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/erwin-rommel-erwin Jan 1, 1944 FDR elected President for fourth time http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/franklin-d-roosevelt Jun 6, 1944 D-day Invasion http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/d-day Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1954 Battle of the Bulge http://www.secondworldwarhistory.com/battle-of-the-bulge.asp Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1949 Nuremberg War Trial http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/nuremberg-trials Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1952 Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/japan-reconstruction Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945 Yalta Conference https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/yalta-conf Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945 Iwo Jima http://www.iwojima.com/battle/battlec.htm May 8, 1945 V-E Day http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/victory-in-europe Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki Aug 14, 1945 V-J Day http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day Oct 4, 1957 Soviet Union launches “Sputnik” http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviet-union-launches-sputnik-i Jan 3, 1959 Alaska becomes a state https://www.reference.com/history/did-alaska-hawaii-become-states-d5e10d774c5d525f# Aug 15, 1961 Berlin Wall constructed http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/berlin-wall-built
