Technology Project 2

By Forever Faith

  • 1920-1929 PART 1

    1920: The League of Nations is established (January 10).
    1921: Warren G. Harding becomes the 29th President of the United States (March 4).
    1922: The discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb by Howard Carter in Egypt (November 4).
    1923: The Great Kanto Earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan (September 1).
    1924: The Immigration Act of 1924 is passed in the United States, limiting immigration.
    1925: Adolf Hitler publishes “Mein Kampf”.
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    1920-1929 PART 2

    1926: The first successful liquid-fueled rocket is launched by Robert H. Goddard (March 16).
    1927: Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight (May 20-21).
    1928: Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin (September 28).
    1929: The Wall Street Crash marks the beginning of the Great Depression (October 29).
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    1930-1939 PART 2

    1935: The Nuremberg Laws are enacted in Nazi Germany (September 15).
    1936: The Spanish Civil War begins (July 17).
    1937: The Hindenburg disaster occurs in New Jersey, USA (May 6).
    1938: The Munich Agreement is signed, allowing Nazi Germany to annex the Sudetenland (September 30).
    1939: World War II begins with Germany’s invasion of Poland (September 1).
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    1930-1939 PART 1

    1930: Pluto is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh (February 18).
    1931: The Empire State Building is completed in New York City (May 1).
    1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected President of the United States (November 8).
    1933: Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany (January 30).
    1934: Mao Zedong begins the Long March in China (October).
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    1940-1949 PART 1

    1940: Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (May 10).
    1941: The attack on Pearl Harbor leads the United States to enter World War II (December 7).
    1942: The Battle of Stalingrad begins (August 23).
    1943: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising occurs in Poland (April 19).
    1944: D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, takes place (June 6).
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    1940-1949 PART 2

    1945: World War II ends with the surrender of Germany (May 8) and Japan (September 2).
    1946: The United Nations is officially established (October 24).
    1947: India and Pakistan gain independence from Britain (August 15).
    1948: The Berlin Blockade begins, leading to the Berlin Airlift (June 24).
    1949: The People’s Republic of China is established by Mao Zedong (October 1).