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World War I
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia and its army bombards Belgrade. World War I, also known as the First World War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918 -
The Red Scare
A "Red Scare" is promotion of widespread fear by a society or state about a potential rise of communism, anarchism, or radical leftism. The term is most often used to refer to two periods in the history of the United States with this name. Occurred after each World War -
End of WWI
Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies between 5:12 AM and 5:20 AM in Marshal Foch's railroad car in Compiègne Forest in France. -
Munich
Hitler presents his National Socialist Program in Munich to the German Workers' Party (Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) which renames itself as the Nazi Party. -
Charles Lindbergh Flies First Solo Flight
Charles Lindbergh achieves the world's first non-stop transatlantic flight. -
Wall Street Crash
Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as Black Tuesday or the Stock Market Crash of 1929, began in late October 1929 and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States, It was the beginning of the Great Depression. -
Hitler Becomes a German Chancellor
In an attempt to form a stable coalition government, Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany. -
Germany Invades Poland
On 1 September 1939, German forces invaded Poland. Without warning, their planes bombed cities including the capital Warsaw, thus starting the WW2 -
WWII
a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. -
D-Day
155,000 Allied troops shipped from England land on the beaches of Normandy in northern France, beginning Operation Overlord and the Invasion of Normandy. -
Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Attack
The first atom bomb to be used as a weapon, "Little Boy" (as was its codename) was dropped on to the flat terrain of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The bomb vapourised buildings and killed nearly 70,000 people directly but by the end of 1945, nearly 100,000 had died from its protracted effects. -
The End of WWII
This date marks the end of the second world war. -
The Cold War
The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc -
Death of Joseph Stalin
March 1 Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke after an all-night dinner with Soviet Union interior minister Lavrenty Beria and future premiers Georgi Malenkov, Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev. The stroke paralyzes the right side of his body and renders him unconscious until his death on March 5. -
John Lennon Dead
John Lennon shot dead outside his apartment in New York City by Mark David Chapman -
Bob Marley Dead
Bob Marley dies at age 36 from cancer.