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Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, starting the war. -
Germany declares war on Russia and France.
Germany declares war after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. -
German U-Boats sink the Lusitania.
German U-Boats sink the Lusitania and kill hundreds of innocent people. -
Battle of Somme
The Battle was one of the biggest ones of world war one, killing or wounding over 1,000,000 men. -
Woodrow Wilson elected President
Woodrow Wilson was elected president for a second time in the 1916 election. -
Zimmerman Note Intercepted
Zimmerman note intercepted by the British. The note was an alliance request to Mexico from Germany. -
US enters WW1
After the Lusitania and the Zimmerman note, the US has a reason to jump in the war. -
Selective Service Act passed
Selective Service act passed which was a law that made it so that all men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service. -
Bolshevik Revolution
The Bolshevik family is killed leading to a political change and Russia droping out of the war. -
Woodrow Wilson's 14 point plan
The date that Woodrow Wilson proposed his 14 point plan to Congress. -
Influenza epidemic
A global epidemic of Influenza that killed millions. -
Espionage and Sedition Acts passed
This made it illegal for people to spy and to speak ill of the government. -
End of the War
The day that Germany signed an Armistice that ended the first world war. -
Nineteenth Amendment passed
The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote. -
Treaty of Versailles signed
One of the peace treaties signed towards the end of WW1. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. -
Women get the right to vote.
The 19th amendment was ratified giving women the right to vote. -
Immigration Quota
Congress passes immigration restrictions, for the first time creating a quota for European immigration to the United States. -
Sacco-Vanzetti Trial
The Sacco-Vanzetti trial begins; radicals Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti will eventually be convicted of murder and executed. -
Ford Motor Company
The market capitalization of Ford Motor Company exceeds $1 billion. -
Scopes Violates Ban
Tennessee schoolteacher John Scopes is arrested for teaching evolution. -
Charlie Chaplin in Gold Rush
Charlie Chaplin's popular silent comedy The Gold Rush premieres before enthusiastic audiences. -
The General
Buster Keaton's comedy classic The General, considered by many to be the greatest silent film ever made, premieres. -
Harding Landslide
Republican Warren G. Harding is elected to the presidency by a landslide. -
Hoover President
Hurbert Hoover is elected president. -
Stock Market Collapse
The American stock market collapses, signaling the onset of the Great Depression. -
Empire State Building
Construction begins on the empire state building. -
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act is signed by President Herbert Hoover. -
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation is established to stimulate banking and business. -
Civilian Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps is authorized under the Federal Unemployment Relief Act. -
The New Deal
The New Deal social and economic programs are passed by the United States Congress in a special one hundred day session to address depression era economics. -
21st Amendment
The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed, ending prohibition. -
Securities and Exchange Commission
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is established with the signing of the Securities Exchange Act into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
Social Security Act
The Social Security Act is passed by Congress as part of the New Deal legislation and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam is dedicated by President Roosevelt. -
A-bomb opportunity
Albert Einstein alerts Franklin D. Roosevelt to an A-bomb opportunity, which led to the creation of the Manhattan Project. -
Battle Of Britian
They decided to take over Britian by bombing them and taking over there airspace. Although the Germans continued to bomb Britian by october it was clear that the British had won. This was the first defeat of the Germans in WWII -
Jeep was Invented
The Jeep was invented -
Japanease Attack Pearl Harbor
The attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from influencing the war that the Empire of Japan was planning in Southeast Asia, against Britain and the Netherlands, as well as the U.S. in the Philippines. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Largest single revolot against the Germans that the Jews did. It was because they didnt want the Germans to take them to the Treblinka extermination camp. -
Ball point Pens go on Sale
Ball point Pens go on Sale...niffty. -
First Computer Built
The first computer, ENIAC, was built. -
Franklin D Roosevelt dies
He was elected more than two presidential terms. He died in office of a cerebral hemorrhage shortly before WWII ended. -
Germans surrender
The German Instrument of Surrender was the legal instrument that established the armistice ending WWII in Europe. -
Bikinis were introduced
The modern bikini was invented by French engineer Louis Réard in 1946. He named it after Bikini Atoll in the Pacific, the site of the Operation Crossroads nuclear weapon tests in July that year. -
Big Bang Theory
George Gamow proposed that the universe was created in a gigantic explosion of the primeval atom and that the various elements observed today were produced within the first few minutes after the big bang. -
First Organ Transplant
It was a kidney. -
Baby Boom
The baby boom begins. -
Rock n Roll
Rock n Roll was created as a music. -
Imigration and Naturalization Act
The Imigration and Naturalization Act was passed into law. -
Joseph Stalin Dies
Joseph Stalin dies from a heart attack -
Birth control pill trials begin
They begin testing birth control pills. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw pact is signed. -
Vietnam War Begins
The war at Vietnam begins. -
Sputnik
The Russians launch Sputnik -
Alaska
Alaska becomes a state.
