History timeline By Josh----- Jun 28, 1919 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles Period: Jan 1, 1929 to Dec 31, 1939 The Great Depression Jan 30, 1933 Hitlers appointment to Chancellor Feb 27, 1933 Reichstag Fire Sep 15, 1935 Nuremberg Laws Sep 1, 1939 Invasion of Poland/Beginning of the wat May 26, 1940 Battle of Dunkirk Jun 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa Period: Jan 23, 1942 to Aug 15, 1945 The Papuan Campaign Feb 15, 1942 Fall of Singapore Feb 19, 1942 Bombing of Darwin Jul 17, 1943 Battle of Stalingrad Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Apr 1, 1945 Battle of Okinawa Apr 16, 1945 Berlin invaded/end of war in Europe Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 Japans surrender/end of WW2 Dec 10, 1948 United Nations Declaration of Human Rights May 4, 1961 US Freedom Rides Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Feb 12, 1965 Australian Freedom Rides Aug 23, 1966 Wave Hill Walk-off May 27, 1967 1967 Referendum Jun 3, 1992 The Mabo Case