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Beginning of World War I
Global war centered in Europe, known as the First World War -
US Enters WWI
United states enters World War I -
End of World War I
Ended with Germany and its allied countries signing the Treaty of Versailles, The US did not sign the treaty. -
Women Granted the Right to Vote in US
In the US constitution the 19th Ammendment states that women in America can vote. -
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First Olympic Winter Games
Held in France -
Hitler's "Mein Kampf" First Published
Adolf Hitler's book he wrote about what he thinks the German society should be like and his future plans for the Jews. -
First talking movie released
"The Jazz Singer" became the first feature-length film -
Sliced bread was invented
The very first loaf of pre-sliced bread went on shelves on July 7, 1928 as "Sliced Kleen Maid Bread." Bench's sales quickly skyrocketed and they knew the invention was a success. -
First Academy Awards
Held in Los Angeles, California. Tickets cost five dollars and 270 people attended the event. -
Pluto was Discovered
Was classified as the ninth outer-most planet orbiting the sun -
The US gets a National anthem
The "Star Spangled Banner" was written on September 14, 1814 by Francis Scott Key. The song became the official song of the military, but didn't become the national anthem of the country until 1931 -
The Empire State building completed
Tallest building in the world standing 1,250 feet and became a symbol of the twentieth century. -
The Holocaust
Beginning of this time period when Adolf Hitler wiped out the Jewish comunity and made them suffer -
First Nazi concentration camp was established
During the holocaust, Jews were forced into concentration camps where they were literally worked to death. -
The Dust Bowl
Known as the "Dirty Thirties" and greatly damaged the agriculture of the US and Canadian Praries whch created a terrible drought. Dust blackened the sky and made people migrate out of the area due to health conditions. -
Nuremberg Laws of 1935
Nazi government passed two racial laws. They took German citizenship away from Jews. -
Amelia Earhart vanishes
The Lockheed aircraft carrying American aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Frederick Noonan is reported missing near Howland Island in the Pacific. She reports that she was lost and low on fuel and soon after probably tried to ditch the aircraft in the ocean. Both of them were never found. -
Beginning of World War II
Involved 30 different countries and began with the invasion of Poland by Germany. -
Mount Rushmore completed
Granite sculpture of Abraham Lincoln, George Wahington, Thomas Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt -
Japanese Attack Peal Harbor
Japanese launched a surprise air attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Over 2,400 Americans were killed, 21 ships were destroyed or daaged, and more than 188 US aircrafts were destroyed. -
Anne Frank goes into hiding
She wrote in her diary as her family had to going into hiding. -
D-Day
The very first day of this massive amphibious invasion, which brought thousands of ships, tanks, planes, and troops across the English Channel. -
Hitler commits suicide
Hitler ended his life by shooting himself in the head. In the same room with Hitler was his new wife, Eva Braun, who ended her life by swallowing a cyanide capsule. After their deaths, SS men carried their bodies up to the Chancellery’s courtyard, covered them with gasoline, and lit them on fire. -
End of World War II
Ended with the invasion of Germany -
End of the holocaust
Hitler decided to end the holocaust with the end of WWII
