Timelime Project: WW1-Great Depression By mmjamroz1 Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation qrcodesinmarketing.net Period: Jul 29, 1883 to Apr 28, 1945 benito mussolini appointed prime minister of italy Wikipedia Dec 1, 1913 henry ford opens his assembly lines to african american workers History.com Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of the arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie Wikipedia Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 WW1 Wikipedia May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania Wikipedia Jan 1, 1917 Russia withdraws from WW1 Reference.com Mar 8, 1917 russian communist revolution begins Wikipedia May 18, 1917 passage of the selective service act History.com Jun 15, 1917 espionage and sedition acts passed by congress Wikipedia Jul 28, 1917 war industries board established to regulate production in WW1 Wikipedia Aug 10, 1917 food administration set up under herbert hoover Wikipedia Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Dec 1, 1920 Worldwide Flu epidemic kills 30 million Wikipedia Jan 8, 1918 woodrow wilson presents his fourteen points peace plan Wikipedia Apr 8, 1918 national war labor board established by woodrow wilson encyclopedia.com Nov 3, 1918 austria hungary surrendered to the allies Wikipedia Nov 11, 1918 armistice ends world war 1 Wikipedia Jun 28, 1919 signing of the treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of ww1 Wikipedia Sep 1, 1919 Hitler comes to power in germany Wikipedia Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1933 passage of prohibition and end of prohibition wikipedia Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of japan Wikipedia May 21, 1927 charles lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight Wikipedia Nov 6, 1928 herbert hoover elected president Wikipedia Oct 24, 1929 the stock market crashes black tuesday Wikipedia Jan 1, 1930 bank failures begin Livinghistoryfarm.org Jul 7, 1930 boulder dam project begins history.com Sep 18, 1931 Japan conquered Manchuria Wikipedia May 21, 1932 amelia earhart crosses the atlantic in a solo flight History.com Jul 28, 1932 hoover disbands the bonus army Wikipedia Jan 1, 1933 Hitler sets up Dachau History Mar 1, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps History Period: Mar 4, 1933 to Apr 12, 1945 FDR elected president for the first time - death Wikipedia Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside Chat by FDR Wikipedia May 12, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act United States History Jan 1, 1934 Congress creates the SEC Wikipedia Period: Jan 1, 1934 to Jan 1, 1940 Dust bowl Wikipedia Apr 18, 1935 Works Progress Administration Established America's Story Aug 14, 1935 congress passed the social security act Wikipedia Jan 1, 1936 Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany Wikipedia Period: Jan 1, 1936 to Jan 1, 1939 civil war in spain donquijote.org May 6, 1937 Hindenburg Disaster Wikipedia Period: Jul 7, 1937 to Sep 9, 1945 Japan Invades Northern China Wikipedia Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds History Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht (night of the falling glass) Wikipedia Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact History Sep 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland Holocaust Encyclopedia Sep 3, 1939 Germany invades Poland Britain and France Declare War History Jan 12, 1940 World War ll : Soviets bombs cites in Finland Wikipedia Sep 16, 1940 First peacetime draft Wikipedia Sep 27, 1940 Japan, Germany and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact Wikipedia Jun 22, 1941 Hitler invades the Soviet Union Holocaust Encyclopedia Period: Dec 7, 1941 to Sep 2, 1945 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor-U.S. enters WWll History Jan 16, 1942 WWll War Production Board Created by Roosevelt Wikipedia Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Internment Camps Begin Info please Period: Jun 3, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942 Battle of Midway Wikipedia Mar 1, 1943 German General Rommel surrenders in North America History Mar 11, 1943 Lend Lease Act Our Documents Jul 10, 1943 Allies land in Sicily History Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Invasion Wikipedia Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge Wikipedia Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1952 Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States Office of the Historian Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945 Yalta Conference Wikipedia Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945 Iwo Jima Wikipedia May 8, 1945 Victory in Europe (V-E Day) History Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Wikipedia Sep 2, 1945 Victory in Japan (V-J Day) History Period: Nov 20, 1945 to Oct 1, 1946 Nuremberg War Trials Wikipedia Apr 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson became the first african american major league baseball player History Period: Jun 24, 1948 to May 12, 1949 Berlin Airlift Wikipedia Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Jan 1, 1953 The Korean War qrcodesinmarketing.net Period: Apr 1, 1954 to Jun 1, 1954 McCarthy hearings begin Wikipedia Nov 22, 1963 Assassination of John F. Kennedy qrcodesinmarketing.net Jan 1, 1966 Japanese Internment Camps Begin Infoplease Jan 28, 1986 Space shuttle Challenger launched qrcodesinmarketing.net