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Francis Ferdinand
In Sarajevo, Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip. -
Austria at war
Austria declares war on Serbia. -
Germany declaring war
Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium, Germany had to implement the Schlieffen Plan. -
USA enters WW1
USA declares war on Germany. -
Armistice
Germany signed an armistice with the Allies, the official date of the end of World War One. -
Paris
Peace conference met at Paris. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Germans. -
Nazi Terror
The Nazi's murder Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss. -
Olympics
The Olympics started in Germany in 1936 where Hitler favored Germany to win. -
Hitler threatens Jewish community
During Hitler's Reichstag speech, he threatened all the Jews in preparation of starting the Holocaust. -
Germany invaded Poland
Germans invaded Poland without Soviet intervention and the Polish army was defeated within weeks. -
Holland
Holland surrenders to the Nazi's. -
Operation Barbarossa
Germany attacks Soviet Union as Operation Barbarossa begins. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, also attacking the Philippines, Wake Island, Guam, Malaya, Thailand, Shanghai and Midway. -
Retaliation
U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan. -
U.S. vs. Japan
First Japanese warship sunk by a U.S. submarine. -
German Movement
Germans begin a drive toward Stalingrad in the USSR. -
USA vs Japan at sea
U.S. And Japanese carriers meet in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons resulting in a Japanese defeat. -
Division in Korea
After WW2, Korea is divided into communist. North Korea and anti-communist South Korea at the 38th parallel. -
First atomic bomb
First Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima from a B-29 flown by Col. Paul Tibbets. -
North Korea invades South Korea
With Russia's permission, North Korea invades South Korea going towards the Seoul capital. -
U.S. enters Korean War
President Harry Truman sends U.S. troops to Korea to help stop the spread of communism. -
U.S. reaches North capital
U.S. troops push their way into Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. -
China joins Korean War
China joins the war to fight on the side of North Korea. China's army pushes the U.S. and South Korean troops back across the 38th parallel. -
Invasion of South Korea
Men full of weapons decided to invade South Korea using guerrilla warfare. -
Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem
He was overthrown from presidency and him and his brother were captured and both assassinated. -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
3 North Vietnamese navy boats pursued and fired missiles at the USS Maddox and called it a "sea battle". One U.S aircraft was damaged while all three North navy boats were damaged -
U.S. Help
200,000 American troops arrive in South Vietnam. -
Ia Drang Valley
First major battle while in Vietnam against the North Vietnamese and Vietcong troops, lead by Colonel Hal Moore. -
Tet Offensive
Launch of many attacks on over 100 cities, military success, public loss. -
My Lai Massacre
While looking for the Vietcong, U.S. troops were lured to My Lai where they accidentally killed 500 unarmed villagers, led by William Calley. -
Election of 1968
Lyndon Johnson did not run and Nixon won on the promise to end the war. -
Security talks in Paris
Nixon's national security advisor, Henry Kissinger, and Le Duc Tho, for the Hanoi government, start talks in Paris. -
Vietnamization
Withdraw U.S. troops from Vietnam -
Invasion of Cambodia
30,000 U.S. troops bomb Cambodia because of the belief that North Vietnamese troops were moving and keeping supplies there. -
Kent State University
Protests against the war, 4 were killed and 9 were injured by the National Guard. -
26th Amendment
U.S. changes the age from 21 to 18 to vote. -
Operation Homecoming
All 591 POW's (Prisoners Of War) were brought home. -
Saigon Falls
After the war is over and U.S troops returned home, Saigon, the capital city of South Vietnam falls to communism. -
George H.W. Bush
George H.W. Bush was elected to be the 41st president of the United States -
Russia and US work together
Russia and the United States agreed to cut off the supply of weapons to Iraq to oppose their actions against Kuwait. -
Invasion of Kuwait
Iraq's army started invading Kuwait with a large number of troops and within a day take over the country. -
Nuclear Weapons
United Nations weapon inspectors find documents detailing Iraq's nuclear weapons program and its said that they were close to building a bomb. -
Independence
Bosnia and Herzegovina declare their independence as a free nation -
UN Resolution 751
The United Nations authorized humanitarian relief efforts by sorting out the confusion among the groups in the region and the United States would airlift supplies in to the most needed areas. -
Time for help
President Bush ordered for a food airlift to be sent over to Somalia due to famine and warfare. -
Operation Provide Relief
The United States wanted to avoid using their military in the efforts of helping Somalia. -
Restore Hope
U.S. Marines and the Navy arrived in Mogadishu to help secure the area and get rid of warlords Mohammed Farrar Aidid and Ali Mahdi Mohamed. -
Wanted Territory
Bosnian Muslims and Croats start fighting over the parts of Bosnia not already taken by Serbs which is about 30% of the original territory. -
Upset by Attack
The United States attacked Aidid by helicopter and caused 4 western journalists to be killed. -
Wounds
Dozens of U.S. troops were either killed or wounded while fighting in the capital city Mogadishu, Somalia. -
Terror in Sarajevo
A mortar exploded in Sarajevo as an act of terrorism and killed 68 people. -
Iraq backs down
As Iraqi troops headed towards Kuwait to invade again, President Bush sent 54,000 troops therefore causing Iraq's troops to back off. -
Serbs Being Difficult
Serb forces refuse to remove heavy weapons from Sarajevo therefore NATO launches an aircraft attack on Serb ammunition storage. In retaliation, Serbs begin attacking the Muslim safe zones put in place by the United Nations. -
Peace
After NATO attacks in and around Sarajevo, talks of peace begin leading to Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia to agree to a settlement. -
USA's Help
President Clinton discusses in giving support to Bosnia until he finally decides to send 20,000 troops to Bosnia -
Missiles Fired
United States sent airplanes and ships into to Iraq to fire dozens of missiles to discourage them from retaliating.
