us history

archduke franz ferdinand dead

Jun 7, 1914

archduke franz ferdinand killed by gavrilo princip

austria hungary declared war

Jul 28, 1914

austria hungary declared war against serbia

germany declared war on russia

Aug 1, 1914

germany obligated by treaty to support austria hungary

schlieffen plan

Aug 3, 1914

germany invaded belgium to invade france.

germany declared war

Aug 3, 1914

germany declared war on france

germans stop russian advance

Aug 31, 1914

germans stop russian advance

allies halted german advance

Sep 1, 1914

unable to save belgium the allies halted the german advance

germans use chemical weapons

May 1, 1915

germans use chemical weapons for the first time

lusitania sunk

May 7, 1915

u-boat sunk the lusitania

french hold line

Feb 1, 1916

french hold the line in the longest battle of the war

germany broke its promise

Mar 27, 1916

germany broke it promise by torpedoed an unarmed french passenger steamer the sussex

the first battle of the somme

Jul 1, 1916

the somme battle

wilson renominated

Nov 28, 1916

president wilson was renominated back into office

wilsons war resolution

Apr 2, 1917

everyone gathered around to hear president wilsons war resolution

u.s enter world war 1

Apr 6, 1917

congress voted in favor to enter world war 1

18th admendment

Jan 6, 1920

prohibition was now illeagal

airmail

Feb 1, 1920

first transcontinental airmale service in the u.s

negro league

Apr 3, 1920

the negro league was founded for african american baseball players

radio

Nov 2, 1920

kdka in pittsburgh pa hosted the first commercial radio station going on air

lie detector

Oct 12, 1921

lie detector invented

school

Aug 29, 1922

the school enrollment hit aproximently 3 million students

The Reader's Digest Published

Oct 12, 1922

The Reader's Digest Published

bessie smith

Jun 10, 1923

smith sold a million recordings of down hearted blues

Teapot

Aug 12, 1923

Teapot Dome Scandal

monkey trial

Jul 10, 1925

john scopes monkey trial was when john scoopes was accused of teaching evolution in the classroom

gertrude ederle

Aug 11, 1926

ederle was the first woman to swim across the english channel she wa 19

lindbergh

May 21, 1927

lindbergh established a record of 33 hours and 29 minutes on his 3,614 mile nonstop solo flight across the alantic

babe

Aug 1, 1927

babe ruth hit an record of 60 home runs in a season

boxing

Sep 22, 1927

gene tunney defeated the all time legend jack dempsey after 10 rounds

St. valentines day massacre

Feb 14, 1929

the capone gang did a drive by shooting on the north side gang

black tuesday

Oct 29, 1930

stock market crashed

bonus army

Nov 30, 1932

veterns marched into washington D.C

fireside chats

Mar 12, 1933

roosevelt gave the first fireside chat

hitler

Nov 30, 1933

hitler and his nazi party come to power in germany

SEC

Jul 30, 1934

congress creates the SEC to regulate the stock market

dust bowl

May 30, 1935

dust storms

social security

Nov 30, 1935

social security act passed by goverment

civil war

Mar 30, 1936

civil war begins in spain

election

Nov 7, 1936

president roosevelt reelcted

hindenburg

Apr 30, 1937

hindenburg disaster

labor unions

Nov 30, 1937

labor unions begin sit down strikes

route 66

Aug 30, 1938

route 66 is completed linking chicago, illinois to las angeles california

grapes of wrath

Sep 30, 1939

published

disney

Nov 30, 1939

released the wizard of oz into theatres

roosevelt

Nov 30, 1940

reelected for the third time

soviet union

Sep 19, 1941

hitler invaded the soviet union

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

japan surprised the us with an attack on pearl harbor.

world war 2

Dec 8, 1941

u.s. entered world war 2.

Relocation camps

May 19, 1942

japaneese americans were sent to relocation centers.

final solution

May 20, 1942

nazis develop final solution for jews.

Rommels forces

Feb 20, 1943

Rommels fores surrender in north africa

zoot suit

Aug 16, 1943

mexicans in zoot suits get in riots.

Gi bill

Apr 21, 1944

GI bill right was passed.

allies

Jun 6, 1944

allies launch massive invasion of europe.

fourth term

Nov 30, 1944

rossevelt elected to fourth term

united nations

Apr 20, 1945

united nations was established.

nazis retreat

Jul 23, 1945

nazis retreat begins after the battle of bulge.

Marines

Sep 9, 1945

Marines take over iwo jima

japan surrenders

Oct 20, 1945

japan surrenders after atomic bombs hit.

new president

Dec 12, 1945

harry truman takes presidency when fdr dies

War

May 14, 1950

Korean war begans

Surprise Attack

Jun 25, 1950

North korea surpises the south with attack.

U.S

Oct 14, 1950

U.S sends troops to korea.

truman

Apr 11, 1951

truman fired macarthur

Bomb

Aug 21, 1952

U.S explodes first hydrogen bomb

Dwight d. eisenhower

Nov 7, 1952

Dwight d. eisenhower elected president.

Truce line

Jan 14, 1953

truce line divides north and south korea.

Executed

Mar 14, 1953

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are exectuted as spies

Cease fire

Sep 14, 1953

Participants in korean war agree on Cease fire

Joseph McCarthy

May 14, 1954

Senator Joseph McCarthyalleges communist involvement in U.S army.

french

Dec 8, 1954

French are defeated in vietnam

Germany

Mar 15, 1955

Gemany joined nato.

two terms

Nov 30, 1956

Dwight d. eisenhower is elected for second term

Satellite

Jun 14, 1957

soviets launch sputnik

cuba

Mar 14, 1959

Fidel castro comes to power in cuba

African Countries

Apr 3, 1960

17 Countries gain independance

JFK

Nov 21, 1960

JFK elected president

Yuri Gagarin

Apr 3, 1961

Soviet first human in outter space Yuri Gagarin

Bay of Pigs

Jul 3, 1961

us launches bay of pigs invasion.

John Glenn

Apr 3, 1962

first american to orbit the earth

Cuban missle crisis

Jun 3, 1962

us and ussr face off in cuban missle crises

Drug

Nov 3, 1962

drug thalidomide pulled of market

Assassinated

Nov 21, 1963

kennedy assassinated

congress

Apr 3, 1964

congress passed civil rights act

Lyndon b Johnson

Nov 3, 1964

elected president

Vietnam

Apr 4, 1965

us troops enter vietnam

Philippines

Nov 4, 1965

Ferdinand Marcos becomes president of the philippines

india

Apr 4, 1966

indira gandhi becomes prime minister of india

Warsaw

Apr 4, 1968

warsaw pact troops invade czechoslovakia

Nixon

Nov 4, 1968

Nixon is elected president.