1930's-40's

Mickey Mouse

Jan 13, 1930

This is when the very first Micky Mouse Poster was publsihed in a window of a store in New York City

Empire state building

May 1, 1931

this is the date when the Empire state building was officially open

Yellow Fever

Apr 28, 1932

This is when the Yellow Fever Vaccine was invented by Max Theiler

President Hoover

Mar 4, 1933

This was the date that Herbert Hoover was inagurated to office

Rise of Hitler

Jan 1, 1934

Hitler Officially appointed himself

Italy Invades

Oct 3, 1935

Italy Invaded Ethiopia

Olympics

Feb 6, 1936

This was the fourth winter olympics

Pact of Belgrade

Mar 25, 1937

Italy and Yugoslavia sign a no attack treaty

March of Dimes

Jan 14, 1938

this is to improve the health of babies and to reduce birth defects etc

World War 2

Sep 1, 1939

this is the date that was the beggining of World War 2

Axis powers begin

Mar 18, 1940

Hitler and Musosolini agree on a mutal alliance against Britian and France

Broken nonaggresion pact

Jun 22, 1941

Germany invades Russia breaking the pact.

Atlantic Charter

Aug 9, 1941

Rosevelt and Churchill have private meetings about the atlantic charter and the crucial points to attack Euorope

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

this is the day that Japan sneak attacked the United States largest naval base at the time

Internment camps

Jan 14, 1942

All aliens must register with the governement, this now began to establish interment camps for alliens mainly japanese

D-day

Jun 6, 1944

This is the day that the allied powers stormed the beaches on Normandy to get entrance into Euorope

Liberation to Paris

Aug 25, 1944

Paris is finally liberated after four years of German occuptaion

Battle of the bulge

Dec 16, 1944

this is the last German offensive that was stopped after two weeks of nonstop warfare in harsh winter conditions

V-E day

May 8, 1945

Eisenhower accepts German unconditional surrender and finally ends the war with Euorpe

V-J day

Sep 2, 1945

Macarthur accepts japans unconditonal surrender

Independence day

Jul 4, 1946

Phillippines gain independence

Nuremberg trials

Oct 1, 1946

Nazi criminals are sentenced for war crimes

Marshal plan

Jan 7, 1948

Truman raises taxes for the marshal plan

Second term

Jan 20, 1949

Truman was sworn in for his second term

22nd Ammendment

Feb 1, 1950

The 22nd Ammendment was added to the constitution

Korean war

Jun 1, 1950

Korean War begins

Eisenhower

Jan 20, 1953

Eisenhower was inagurated

Julius and Etrhel rosenberg

Jun 19, 1953

Both are executed for passing secret messages to the soviet union

Nixon

Jan 20, 1957

Nixon is sworn in for a second term as vice president

Sputnik

Oct 4, 1957

Sputnik one and two were succesfully launched (first solar aircraft launched succesfully)