LotF English M2L4 Historical Timeline

By ColJWolsey

  • The Stock Market crashes

    The Stock market Crash of 1929 was a major stock crash in America when share prices collapsed.
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    The Great Depression

    The Great Depression was an economic depression that affected the world, starting in America.

  • The Great Dust Bowl begins

    Severe dust storms plague the prairies of America.

  • Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean solo

  • Adolf Hitler elected Chancellor of Germany

    Adolf Hitler was elected chancellor of Germany in 1933 and ruled until his death by suicide in 1945.

  • Hindenburg Disaster

    The German passenger ship Hindenburg catches fire and crashes.

  • Amelia Earhart disappears on a flight around the globe.

    Amelia Earhart, her co-pilot, and the plane are never found.

  • Radio drama, "The War of the Worlds" is broadcast causing mass panic

    Orson Welles broadcast a drama based on Martians that caused mass panic by those who believed it was real.

  • Germany invades Poland

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    World War II

  • Great Britain declares war on Germany

  • Battle of Britian

    Germany targets Britain with airstrikes, they do not succeed and it is clear that Britain won.

  • Pearl Harbor is Bombed and America declares war

    The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor and bring America into the war.

  • Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

    This was the largest revolt against the Nazis as people did not want to get sent to concentration camps.

  • D-Day

    This was a momentous day as the allies stormed Normandy to liberate Europe from the nazis.

  • First computer is built

  • The Germans Surrender

  • U.S. Drops nuclear bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima

  • United Nations is founded

    The U.N.was created to stop future wars.

  • Hitler commits suicide

  • The first organ transplant was conducted. (Kidney)

  • Korean War Begins

  • King George VI Dies

  • First Polio vaccine is tested

  • Double-Helix DNA structure discovered

  • First Nuclear Submarine is built and launched