1921-1941

  • National Socialists Party ( Nazi Party )

    Adolf Hitler joined the party and became its leader in its founding year. Hitler was then appointed Chancellor of Germany and began his totalitarian reign known as the Third Reich.
  • Joseph Stalin

    Joseph Stalin
    Joseph Stalin is appointed secretary of the communist party
  • Immigration Act

    Immigration Ac of 1924 which was the act limiting the number of immigrants allowed into the United States through a national origins quota, completely excluding Asian immigrants, was enacted on this date.
  • The Scopes Trial

    The Scopes Trial was an American legal case in July 1925 in which a high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act.
  • Herbert Hoover

    Herbert Hoover
    Herbert Hoover becomes the 31st President of the United States
  • Franklin Roosevelt

    Franklin Roosevelt
    Franklin Roosevelt becomes the 32nd President of the United States
  • WWII begins

    The Second World War was started by Germany in an unprovoked attack on Poland. Britain and France declared war on Germany after Hitler had refused to abort his invasion of Poland.
  • Russia Enters WWII