US/PA History 2

  • Elected

    Elected
    Warren G. Harding is elected president.
  • Chinese

    Chinese
    The Chinese Communist Party is founded in Shanghai.
  • Benito Mussolini

    Benito Mussolini
    Benito Mussolini was appointed prime minister of Italy.
  • President dies

    President dies
    President Harding dies and Calvin Coolidge becomes president.
  • Vladimir Lenin dies

    Vladimir Lenin dies
    Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union dies at age 54 of a brain hemorrhage.
  • A. Philip Randolph

    A. Philip Randolph
    A. Phillip Randolph organizes the Bortherhood of Car Porters.
  • British Laborers

    British Laborers
    Brithish Laborers declare a general strike.
  • Henry

    Henry
    Henry Ford introduces the Model A.
  • Herbert Hoover

    Herbert Hoover
    Herbert Hoover is elected president.
  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday
    Stock Market Crashed,
  • Army Officers

    Army Officers
    Army officers led by Jose uriburu seize control of the government of Argentina.
  • Jane Addams

    Jane Addams
    Jane Addams shares the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected president.
  • From Prison

    From Prison
    From Prison, Mohandas K. Gandhi leads a protest against British policies in India.
  • SEC

    SEC
    Congress creates the SEC to regulate the stock market.
  • British Parliament

    British Parliament
    British Parliament passes the Government of India Act.
  • Civil War

    Civil War
    Civil War begins in Spain.
  • Labor unions

    Labor unions
    Labor unions begin using sit-down strikes.
  • Route 66

    Route 66
    Route 66 is completed, linking Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California.
  • Germany

    Germany
    Germany invades Poland.
    The Wizard of Oz is released in movie theaters. <3
  • Troops

    Troops
    German Troops Invade Denamark and Norway.
  • Forces

    Forces
    British Forces Land into Norway.
  • Holland....

    Holland....
    Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg are invaded by Germany. British troops enter Belgium. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigns; Winston Churchill becomes new Prime Minister.
  • Renews...

    Renews...
    Soviet Union renews pact with Germany.
  • 62,000

    62,000
    Over 62,000 Jews are murdered in western Russia. Between June & July.
  • declare war..

    declare war..
    Britain and the United States declare war on Japan. Japan invades Malaya.
  • By order..

    By order..
    By order of FDR, Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast are transferred to internment camps in the interior of the country
  • U.S. to Korea.

    U.S. to Korea.
    U.S. sends troops to Korea
  • Nucler test

    Nucler test
    US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
  • Hydrogen Bomb Explodes

    Hydrogen Bomb Explodes
    U.S. Explodes First Hydrogen Bomb.
  • Executed

    Executed
    Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed as spies.
  • Senator Joseph McCarthy

    Senator Joseph McCarthy
    Senator Joseph McCarthy alleges Communist involvement in U.S. Army.
  • Elvis Presley

    Elvis Presley
    Elvis Presley made his first TV appearence
  • French Government

    French Government
    French government decides to sends 200,000 reservists to Algeria
  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    Soviets launch Sputnik.
  • NASA

    NASA
    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is established.
  • New Power in Cuba

    New Power in Cuba
    Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba.
  • African Countires

    African Countires
    Seventeen African countries gain independence.
  • Presidency

    Presidency
    John F. Kennedy is elected president.
  • New Leadership for the 60's

    New Leadership for the 60's
    John F. Kennedy is elected president.
  • First Human in outer space.

    First Human in outer space.
    Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in outer space.
  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs
    U.S. Launches the Bay of Pigs invasion.
  • drug thalidomide

    drug thalidomide
    The drug thalidomide is pulled from the market after it is found responsible for thousands of birth defects in Europe.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis.

    Cuban Missile Crisis.
    U.S. and USSR face off in the Cuban missile crisis,
  • assassination

    assassination
    President Kennedy is assassinated; Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president.
  • President

    President
    Lyndon B. Johnson is elected president.
  • troops entering.

    troops entering.
    U.S. Troops enter Vietnam.
  • Prime minister of India.

    Prime minister of India.
    Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister of India.
  • Isreal wins Arab territories..

    Isreal wins Arab territories..
    Israel wins Arab territories in the Six Day War.
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact
    Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia.
  • inaugrated..

    inaugrated..
    U.S. President Richard Nixon is inaugurated; promises "peace with honor" to end the Vietnam War
  • Floppy Disks

    Floppy Disks
    Computer Floppy Disks Introduced
  • Palestinian group..

    Palestinian group..
    Palestinian Group Hijacks Five Planes
  • Changes..

    Changes..
    United Kingdom Changes to Decimal System for Currency
  • London Bridge

    London Bridge
    London Bridge Brought to the U.S.
  • Mark Spitz..

    Mark Spitz Wins Seven Gold Medals
  • Watergate..

    Watergate..
    Watergate Scandal Begins
  • Kidnapped

    Kidnapped
    Paul Getty Kidnapped
  • Built..

    Built..
    Sears Tower Built
  • discovered..

    discovered..
    Terracotta Army Discovered in China
  • Resigns

    Resigns
    U.S. President Nixon Resigns
  • Communist Dictator..

    Pol Pot Becomes the Communist Dictator of Cambodia
  • First Black Man

    First Black Man
    Arthur Ashe First Black Man to Win Wimbledon
  • North & South..

    North & South..
    North and South Vietnam Join to Form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
  • Earthquake Kills..

    Earthquake Kills..
    Tangshan Earthquake Kills Over 240,000
  • Elvis..

    Elvis..
    Elvis Found Dead
  • Steve Biko

    Steve Biko
    South African Anti-Apartheid Leader Steve Biko Tortured to Death
  • test tube

    test tube
    First Test-Tube Baby Born
  • Becomes Pope

    Becomes Pope
    John Paul II Becomes Pope
  • First woman prime minister

    First woman prime minister
    Margaret Thatcher First Woman Prime Minister of Great Britain
  • Nobel Peace Prize

    Nobel Peace Prize
    Mother Teresa Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize