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Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. -
Germany
Germany declares war on Russia -
Germany
Germany declares war on France. -
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom declares war on Germany, after Germany invades Belgium. -
Austria-Hungary and Serbia
Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia and Serbia declares war on Germany. -
U.S
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces the U.S. will remain neutral. -
Trench Warfare
The First Battle of the Marne begins. Trench warfare begins as soldiers on both sides dig in. -
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom announces that the North Sea is a military area, effectively creating a blockade of goods into Germany. -
Christmas Truce
The unofficial Christmas truce is declared. -
War Zone
Germany declares a "war zone" around Great Britain, essentially effecting a submarine blockade where even neutral merchant vessels were to be potential targets. -
18th amendment
Congress ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the sale of alcohol anywhere in the United States -
Marcus Garvey
Charismatic black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican immigrant, convenes the first International Convention of the Negro Peoples of the World in New York's Madison Square Garden. -
Nineteenth Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment is ratified, granting women the right to vote. -
World Series
Baseball's World Series is broadcast on radio for the first time; the New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees, five games to three. -
Sacco-Vanzetti Trial
The Sacco-Vanzetti trial begins; immigrant Italian radicals Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti will eventually be convicted of murder and executed -
Harding Dies
President Warren G. Harding dies of stroke in a San Francisco hotel room. Vice President Calvin Coolidge ascends to presidency. -
Ford Motor Company
The market capitalization of Ford Motor Company exceeds $1 billion. -
Fitzgerald Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby. -
Scopes Trial
Tennessee schoolteacher John Scopes is arrested for teaching evolution, in violation of new state law banning the teaching of Darwin. The ensuing "Scopes Monkey Trial," pitting defense attorney Clarence Darrow against three-time presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan in a proxy debate of modernity versus fundamentalism, captivates the nation. Scopes is eventually found guilty -
Babe Ruth 60
New York Yankees star Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the season, breaking his own record of 59. Ruth's record will stand for more than thirty years. -
L ondon Naval Reduction Treaty
The London Naval Reduction Treaty is signed into law by the United States, Great Britain, Italy, France, and Japan, to take effect on January 1, 1931. It would expire on December 31, 1936. -
Smoot Hawley Tarriff Act
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act is signed by President Herbert Hoover. Its effective rate hikes would slash world trade. -
Italy declares war
Italy declares war on Britain and France. -
France surrenders to Nazi germany
Hitler's forces attacked France, conquering the Luxembourg, Netherlands and Belgium in the process -
FDR
FDR elected to an unprecedented third term as president -
germany breaks non agression pact
Breaks non-aggression pact with Stalin and invades the Soviet Union. -
All Jews in Reich and Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ordered to wear Star of David
All Jews are ordered to wear the Star of David, seperating them from the rest of the nation. -
Germany declares war on the U.S.
Hitler declares war with the United States -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese bomb the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor and Britain and the United States declare war on Japan -
Battle of Stalingrad
the Battle of Stalingrad was a battle of World War II between Nazi Germany and its allies and the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in southwestern Russia -
Italy joins allies
Italy forms armistice with Allies. -
Italy declares war
Italy declares war on Germany -
US wont recognize communism
US will not recognize communism -
Russia withdraws from iran
truman demands Russia withdraw from Iran -
Truman Doctrine
Truman announces truman doctrine -
Communism
Communists overthrow the government of Eduard Beneš -
Nato treaty
The NATO treaty is signed. -
Germany divides
Germany divided into east and west -
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong gains power. -
Hydreogen bomb
United States creates the hydrogen bomb. -
Korean War
North Korea invades South Korea -
Dwight Eisebhower
Dwight Eisenhower is inaugurated President.
