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Start of The Great War
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his family are assassinated by a Serbian named Gavrilo Princip -
War is Declared
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia -
War Expands
Germany declares war on Russia -
War Expands
Germany declares war of France -
The UK Joins The Fight
The United Kindom declares war on Germany -
War Zone
Germany declares a "war zone" around Great Britain -
Verdun
The Battle of Verdun begins -
U.S Joins the War
The United States declares war on Germany -
Russia Leaves The War
Russia signs the Treaty of Brest Litovsk -
The End of The War
Germany signs the armistice -
18th Amendment
Banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol -
Red Scare
Nationwide fear of communists, socialists, and anarchists -
Volstead Act
Officialy established prohibition in the United States -
Sacco & Vanzetti Trial
Anarchists convicted guilty of murder without substantial evidence -
Teapot Dome Affair
A bribery incident that transferred the control of its oil feilds over to the Department of the Interior -
National Origins Act
Limit the annual rate of immigrants coming in to the United States -
Scopes Trial
A teacher that was arrested for teaching evolution in Dayton, Tennessee. Scopes was found guilty and the judge fined him $100 -
Charles Lindbergh
First man to cross the Atlantic ocean -
Herbert Hoover
Elected to be the 31st President of the United States -
Steamboat Willie
The first ever animated video -
Vietnam
Communist party is established -
Panama
Communist party is founded -
Twinkies are invented
Twinkies are invented -
Warner Bros.
Releaced their first cartoons -
Richard Drew
Invented masking tape -
Star-Spangled Banner
Adopted as the USA national anthem -
Jane Addams
First American woman to win the Nobel Prize -
Elvis
Elvis Presley was born -
Amelia Earhart
Becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California -
Loony Tunes
Porky Pig makes his debut as the first major Loony Tunes character -
Holland Surrenders
Holland surrenders to Germany -
Belgium Surrenders
Belgium surrenders to Germany -
Germans enter Paris
Germans invades Paris -
Soviet Union renews pact with Germany
Germany and the Soviet Union make the non aggression pact -
United Stares at War
Hitler declares war with the United States -
Japan invades
Japan invades Philippines -
Battle of Stalingrad Begins
Germany attacks Sttalingrad -
Suicide
Hitler committed suicide -
End of the War
Germany surrendered ending the war in Europe -
Nuremburg Trials
Nuremburg war crimes trial began -
Civil Rights Congress
The Civil Rights Congress Formed -
Anti-Communism
US will not recognize communism -
Withdraw from Iran
Truman demands Russia withdraw from Iran -
Truman Doctrine
Truman announces the Truman Doctrine -
African American Baseball Player
First African American Pro Baseball Player -
NATO
The NATO treaty is signed -
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong assumes power -
Hydrogen Bomb
United States will build the hydrogen bomb -
Korean War
North Korea invades South Korea -
Dwight Eisenhower
Dwight Eisenhower is inaugurated as President
