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While visiting Sarajevo the capitol of Bosnia at the time Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife are shot by Gavrilo Princip
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After Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian Nationalists Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
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On August 3 1914 Germany invades Belgium tryin to execute what they called the Schlieffen Plan
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The allies were unable to stop the Germans from taking Belgium so they retreated to the Marne River where they stopped the german advance
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The Lusitania a British Passenger ship was sunk off the southern coast of Ireland by a german U-Boat
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German U-boats sink another passenger ship killing two amercians
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battle that began on july 1 1916 and did not end until mid november 1916
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In November 1916 Wilson beats Charles evan Hughes to win the Presidental election of 1916
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German kaiser announces that all ships in British waters will be sunk doesnt matter if they are hostile or nuetral
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Woodrow Wilson read his war resolution to congress on April 2nd and a few days later congress passed the resolution.
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In May 1917 congress passed the selective service act that required men to register with the military to be selected randomly for military duties
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America had a very weak airforce until congress gave the military $675 million to build an airforce
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On this same day german sailors had a mutiny against the government and it carried over into Germany.
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German socialists leaders in Berlin establish a republic and make the Kaiser give up the throne
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Germany agreed to sign a cease fire and that officially ended the war
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Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are arrested for supposedly killing a factory paymaster and his guard. There is no actual proof that Sacco and Vanzetti killed these people.
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This gave women the right to vote and it prohibited any US citizen from being denied the right to vote based on sex
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station KDKA in Pittsburgh does first radio broadcast and also becomes first station to do regular radio broadcasts
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by this time there are 8 million americans unemployed due to the great depression
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after capturing 23 million votes FDR wins the election of 1932 and aims to get the nation out of he depression
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As the german airship the Hindenburg was landing in Lakehurst New Jersey complications caused it to explode and a number of people die
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Orson welles broadcast H.G wells's novel the war of the worlds on the radio and many americans think the world is really coming to an end.
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after being told she was not allowed to sing at constitution hall, marian anderson was contacted by the first lady and FDR and asked to perform on the steps of the lincoln memorial
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The very first Mcdonalds is opened in San bernadino California
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Joe DiMaggio breaks George Sislers record of 41 consecutive hits
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Over 350 japanese planes launch suprise attack on Pearl Harbor
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The wall
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On this day a 14 day Crisis beetween Cuba,Russia, and The United States began when an American U-2 spy plane took photographs of Soviet Union Nuclear Missile sites in cuba.
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On this day Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his famous I have a dream speech from the steps of lincoln memorial calling for an end to racism in the United States.
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While on his parade rout in Dallas President Kennedy is shot by Lee Harvey Oswald. Kennedy was on his way to a ceminar in the City of Dallas. Widely beleived that there were two shooters.
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Lyndon B. Johnson defeats Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona to win the election of 1964. He won the election by gaining 61% of the popular vote he was JFK's vice president.
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This act was passed on this day although it was not effective until August of 1965. This act outlawed voting practices used to not let African Americans vote. This act outlawed the literacy test that were given to African Americans as well.
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Richard Nixon defeats Lyndon B. Johnsons vice president Hubert Humphrey by 109 electoral votes to become the 37th president of The United States
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The fall saigon cause south vietnam to do an unconditional surrender to north vietnam. The ends the vietnam war a year later vietnam is reunited.
