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Franz Ferdinand is killed
Franz Ferdinand the heir to the Australian Hungary throne is killed by Gavrilo Princip. -
Germany declares war
German declares war on Russia and France. -
German invades
German invades Belgium, the Schlieffen Plan. -
German weapons
Germans use chemical weapons for the first time. -
German U-boats
German U-boats sink Lusitania and kill 1,198 people. -
Battle of Verdun
French held the line in the longest battle of the war, battle of Verdun. -
Battle of Somme
Disastrous British offensive, battle of Somme. -
Russia
Russia withdraws from the war. -
America mobilized for war
America mobilized for war against Central Powers. -
Strike ended
The steel strike ended. -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment gives women the right to vote. -
Sacco and Vanzetti
Sacco and Vanzetti are cinvicted. -
The Teapot Dome Scandal
A lease of the Teapot Oil Reserves in Wyoming. -
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong plays for King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band in Chicago. -
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
America adopted the Fordney-McCumber Tariff which raised taxes in some places 60 percent. -
Scope Trial
The Scopes trial takes place in Tennessee. -
Strike
British laborers declare a strike. -
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs. -
Execution
Sacco and Vanzetti were executed and died in the electric chair. -
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh makes the first nonstop solo transatlantic flight. -
Amelia Earhart
Became the first women to fly over the Alantic Ocean. -
Great Depresstion
The American Stock market collapses, causing the Great Depression. -
Massacre
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre occured. -
Crash of the stock market.
The stock market crashes. -
President
Herbert Hoover is elected president. -
Banks fail
More than 40% of the nations banks failed. -
Unemployed
8.20 Americans are unemployed. -
Bonus army
The bonus army arrives in Washington, D.C. -
FDR
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected President. -
Still unemployed
30 million Americans are unemployed. -
20th Amendment
the 20th Amendment was passed making presidential inauguration to January. -
inaugurated
FDR is inaugurated. -
SEC
The Congress creates SEC to regulate the stock market. -
Social Security Act
Congress pass the Social Security Act. -
FDR
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected twice. -
Labor unions
The Labor Unions started using sit down strikes. -
Wizard of oz
The wizard of Oz was released in theaters. -
FDR
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected a third time. -
Soviet Union
Hitler invades the Soviet Union. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese bombed pearl harbor -
Battle of Midway
In the Battle of Midway it turns in favor of the Allies. -
"final solution"
Nazis developed the "final solution" for exterminating Jews. -
Invasion of Europe
Allies lunched a massive invasion of Europe. -
invaded Germany
Allies invaded Germany -
Hitler's death
After allies invaded germany, Hitler commiteted suicide. -
Korean war
The kKorean was begins. -
Chinese help
Chinese troops joined the war on North Korea side. -
MacArther
Truman annouced that he had fired MacArther. -
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower is electer as president. -
Hydrogen bomb
U.S. explodes first hydrogen bomb. -
Marshall Plan
Aided 16 countries $13 billion. -
Cease-fire
The Korean war cease-fire is signed. -
The Rosenberg
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed. -
NATO
West Germany joined the NATO. -
Hungary
Soviets crush uprising in Hungary. -
Reelected
Eisenhower is reelected. -
Sputnik I
Soviets lunch Sputnik I. -
NASA
NASA is established. -
Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba. -
Alaska and Hawaii
Alaska and Hawaii become the 49th and 50th state. -
National Liberation Front
The National Liberation Front forms in South Vietnam. -
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy is elected president. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president. -
Civil Rights Act
Congress pass the Civil Rights Act. -
Lyndon is elected
Lyndon B. Johnson is elected president. -
Voting Rights Act
Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed. -
Combat units
First major combat units arrived in Vietnam. -
Cultural Revolution
Cultural Revolution begins in China. -
Black Panthers
Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded black political party called the Black Panthers. -
Race riot
Race riot occurs in major U.S cities. -
Martin Luther King. Jr
Martin Luther King. Jr is assassinated. -
Richard M. Nixon
President Nixion is elected. -
Robert Kennedy
Robert Kennedy is asssassinated. -
Withdrawal from Vietnam
U.S. troops begin their withdrawal from Vietnam. -
U.S space war
First man to walk on the moon. -
Kent State
Ohio National Guard kills students at Kent State. -
invade Cambodia
Nixon Announced that they are invading Cambodia to clear out Noth Vietnam supplies. -
Pentagon Papers.
Daniel Ellsberg leaks the pentagon papers. -
large attack
North Vietnam attacked South Vietnam in the largest attack. which led to Nixion bombing North Vietnam. -
Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law in the Philippines. -
"peace at hand"
Henry Kissinger announced that there is "Peace at hand." -
Richard Nixion
Richard Nixion is reelected. -
"Christmas Bombing"
Boming campaign against the two largest cities in North Vietnam. -
America's end to war
Last of the troops pull out to go home to America. -
cease-fire
Unitede States signs cease-fire with North Vietnam and Vietcong. -
War Powers Act
Congress passed the War Powers Act. -
Gerald R. Ford
Gerald R. Ford becomes President. -
Surrender
South Vietnam surrenders.
