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Franz Ferdinad is assinated
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria-Hungary's throne, and his wife, Sophie, are assassinated Gavrilo Princip while the couple were visiting Sarajevo -
First Battle of the Marne
Trench Warefare begins. took place just 30 miles northeast of Paris in the Marne River Valley of France. -
The Second Battle of Ypres begins
It is during this battle that the Germans first use poison gas -
Lusitania sunk
torpedoed by a German U-boat and sunk. Of the 1,959 people on board, 1,198 died, including 128 Americans. -
The Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle of World War I and was one of the bloodiest -
Battle of the Somme
Germans hide from british in bunkers and then come out and attack to kill tons of people -
U.S Declares War
British intercepts the zimmerman note and it says that mexico was going to invade the U.S so U.S delcares war. -
Fourteen Points
woodrow wilsons plan to peace which mostly shut down. -
Red Baron Down
Baron Manfred von Richthofen was credited with over 80 planes shot down. His nicknames was the Red Barron. -
Germany signs the armistic
Fighting ends on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Armistice Day -
right to vote
women win the right to vote with the 19th amendment -
teapot dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal begins when the U.S. Secretary of the Interior leases the Teapot Oil Reserves in Wyoming. -
indians are citizens
The Indian Citizenship Act granted this right to all Native Americans that had been born within the territory of the United States. -
Air Commerce Act
providing aid and assistance to the airline industry, plus federal oversight under the Department of Commerce for civil air safety. -
Mississippi flood
mississippi flood begins and affects over 700,000 -
Charels Lindbergh
becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Babe Ruth
hits 60 home runs, winning the hearts of Americans, and breaking the season record. -
Mickey and Minnie
The first appearance of Mickey and Minnie Mouse on film occurs with the release of the animated short film, Plane Crazy. -
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean. -
stock market
-After reaching an all time high in September, the stock market crashes creating a worldwide economic crisis. -
Al Capone Imprisoned for Income Tax Evasion
al capone the worlds most popular gangster -
Empire state building was completed
empire state building was built -
first nazi concentration camp
The first prisoners arrived in Dachau on March 22, 1933, -
prohibation ends in us
the ban on alcohol is lifted -
Cheeseburger Created
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Bonnie and Clyde killed by police
police killed bonnie and Clyde after their 2 year crime spree. -
Alcatraz Becomes a Federal Prison
alcatraz became a prison -
hoover damn completed
finished construction of the hoover damn -
hindenburgh disaster
the hindenburgh was attempting to land and caught fire -
world war 2 begins
started by nazi germany -
germany invades
Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg are invaded by Germany. British troops enter Belgium. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigns; Winston Churchill becomes new Prime Minister. -
alantic charter
FDR and churchhill meet -
us attacks japan
The United States first attacks the Japanese by air. -
Battle of stalingrad
between Nazi Germany and its allies and the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in southwestern Russia. -
rationing
War rationing books are issued in America with coupons for gasoline, which joins sugar and coffee. Later, during 1943, meat, fats and oils, butter, cheese and processed foods are also rationed -
battle of stalingrad ends
hitler looses at stalingrad -
Battle of the bulge
hitlers last offensive attack -
camps are liberated
Concentration Camps Buchenwald, Westerbok, Ravensbruck, and Sachsenhausen were freed -
atomic bomb
Atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima -
atomic bomb
Atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki -
baseball
33 people are killed after riots erupt in Chicago, Illinois, marking the first known case of “baseball riots” in the modern-era, sparking calls for a ban on professional sports -
Berlin airlift
way to get good to berlin -
Truman anounces the Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical hegemony during the Cold War. -
hydrogen bomb
hydrogen bomb or H-bomb, weapon deriving a large portion of its energy from the nuclear fusion of hydrogen isotopes. -
soccer
Uruguay beat Brazil 2–1 to win the 1950 World Cup -
pirates baseball
Fidel Castro is recruited by the Pittsburgh Pirates as a baseball player in Havana, Cuba, sparking international attention -
checkers speech
The Checkers speech or Fund speech was an address made on September 23, 1952, by the Republican vice presidential candidate, California Senator Richard Nixon. -
baseball
The New York Giants traded Willie Mays to the San Francisco Seals for 2 Players and some cash. -
Jonas Salk cures polio
polio was a deady disease which killed millions of people and jonas salk discorered the vacination -
sputnik launch
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit
