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assassination
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated -
war
Germany declars war on Russia and France. Great Britain declars war on germany and Austria-Hungary -
lustitania sunk
a uboat sunk the lustitania off the southern coast of ireland -
millions of lives
the battles of Verdun and the Somme claim millions of lives. -
war on germany
the unitied states declars war on germany -
draft
the selective service act sets up the draft -
the withdraw
russia withdraws from the war. -
its the end
the first world war ends -
the ACT
congresss passes the sedition act -
the right
the congress approves the ninetheeth amendment giving women the right to vote. -
prohibition begins
the 18th amemdment becomes offical -
women the right
the 19th amendment gave the women the right to vote -
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong plays for king Olivers creole jazz band in chicago -
crisis
German ecomonic crisis -
times
times magiznes is beganed to be published -
scopes trial
Scopes trial went on and went through the night the trail for a fight over evolution -
flying across the alantics
Charles Lindbergh established a record of 33 hours and 29 mintues in his 3614 miles nonstop solo flight scross the alantics -
single engine
Lockhead company produced a single engine plane , the vega -
model t
henery ford introduces the model t -
president
Herbert Hoover is elected presdent. -
war
italy declares war on france and great britian -
norway surrenders
Two months after starting the invasion of Norway Germany gains full control when Norway surrenders -
Sicily Operation Husky
Allies begin their invasion of Axis controlled Europe with landings on the island of Sicily "Operation Husky" -
U.S.A. Narrows Suspension Bridge Collapse Tacoma
Strong winds gusting to 35 MPH break the the Narrows suspension Bridge to pieces in Tacoma, Washington causing the bridge to fall to the bottom of Puget Sound . -
poland world war II
1,600 Jews are forced into a barn in Jedwabne, Poland by the local villagers and burned to death -
hospital ship sunk
erman torpedo aircraft sink the soviet hospital ship Armenia killing approximately 7,000 people. -
camps
the germans put the jews into the conservation camps -
capture
germans capture kharkov -
red army
red army moves west ward towards the Baltic countries -
royal air force
the royal air force drops 2300 tons of bombs in berlin -
albania
First East European Communist government set up in Albania. -
communist
communist controlled government in germany -
power
Communists seize power in Poland. -
nato
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established. -
bomb
Soviet Union explodes its first atomic bomb -
warsaw pact
The Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the Warsaw Pact, in 1955. -
revolution
Red Army crushes the Hungarian Revolution -
space
1957 Oct. Soviets launch first man‑made satellite -
premier
Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba, installs Communist government. -
into space!
Tiros I, the first weather satellite, is launched by the United States. Twelve days later, the navigation satellite, Transat 1-b is launched. -
soviet
- In the Soviet Union, a United States U-2 reconnaissance plane is shot done by Soviet forces, leading to the capture of U.S. pilot Gary Powers and the eventual cancellation of the Paris summit conference. On August 19, Powers is sentenced by the Soviet Union to ten years in prison for espionage. On February 10, 1962 , he would be exchanged for a captured Soviet spy in Berlin
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cuba
Disputes over the nationalization of United States businesses in Cuba cause the U.S. Government to sever diplomatic and consular relations with the Cuban government. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba is repulsed by Cuban forces in an attempt by Cuban exiles under the direction of the United States government to overthrow the regime of Fidel Castro. -
Berlin wall
- The construction of the Berlin Wall begins by the Soviet bloc, segregating the German city, previously held in four sectors by Allied forces, including the United States. The wall would last for twenty-eight years.
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looming
The first sign of a looming Vietnam conflict emerges when President Kennedy admits that the military advisors already in Vietnam would engage the enemy if fired upon. -
cubian missle
The Cuban Missile Crises begins. In response to the Soviet Union building offensive missiles in Cuba, President John F. Kennedy orders a naval and air blockade of military equipment to the island. An agreement is eventually reached with Soviet Premier Khrushchev on the removal of the missiles, ending the potential conflict after thirty-eight days, in what many think was the closest the Cold War came to breaking into armed conflict. -
nuclear testing
The United States, Soviet Union, and Great Britain agree to a limited nuclear test-ban treaty, barring all nuclear testing above ground. -
voting
An omnibus legislation in the U.S. Congress on Civil Rights is passed. It banned discrimination in jobs, voting and accommodations. -
voting acts
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Two significant portions of the act; the outlawing of the requirement of potential voters to take a literacy test in order to qualify and the provision of federal registration of voters in areas with less than 50% of all voters registered. -
berlin air lift
the berlin airlift happened helped deliever the foods and things
