US/PA History 2

Elected

Mar 4, 1920

Warren G. Harding is elected president.

Chinese

Jul 1, 1921

The Chinese Communist Party is founded in Shanghai.

Benito Mussolini

Oct 1, 1922

Benito Mussolini was appointed prime minister of Italy.

President dies

Aug 3, 1923

President Harding dies and Calvin Coolidge becomes president.

Vladimir Lenin dies

Jan 21, 1924

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

A. Philip Randolph

Aug 1, 1925

A. Phillip Randolph organizes the Bortherhood of Car Porters.

British Laborers

May 1, 1926

Brithish Laborers declare a general strike.

Henry

Dec 1, 1927

Henry Ford introduces the Model A.

Herbert Hoover

Aug 21, 1928

Herbert Hoover is elected president.

Black Tuesday

Oct 29, 1929

Stock Market Crashed,

Army Officers

Sep 6, 1930

Army officers led by Jose uriburu seize control of the government of Argentina.

Jane Addams

Dec 10, 1931

Jane Addams shares the Nobel Peace Prize.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Nov 1, 1932

Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected president.

From Prison

Mar 12, 1933

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

SEC

Oct 1, 1934

Congress creates the SEC to regulate the stock market.

British Parliament

Jul 1, 1935

British Parliament passes the Government of India Act.

Civil War

Jul 18, 1936

Civil War begins in Spain.

Labor unions

Dec 30, 1937

Labor unions begin using sit-down strikes.

Route 66

Feb 14, 1938

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

Germany

Sep 1, 1939

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

Troops

Apr 9, 1940

German Troops Invade Denamark and Norway.

Forces

Apr 14, 1940

British Forces Land into Norway.

Holland....

May 10, 1940

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...

Jan 10, 1941

Soviet Union renews pact with Germany.

62,000

Jun 1, 1941

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

declare war..

Dec 8, 1941

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

By order..

Feb 19, 1942

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.

Jun 25, 1950

U.S. sends troops to Korea

Nucler test

Jan 27, 1951

US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Hydrogen Bomb Explodes

Nov 1, 1952

U.S. Explodes First Hydrogen Bomb.

Executed

Jun 19, 1953

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed as spies.

Senator Joseph McCarthy

Dec 2, 1954

Senator Joseph McCarthy alleges Communist involvement in U.S. Army.

Elvis Presley

Mar 3, 1955

Elvis Presley made his first TV appearence

French Government

Apr 11, 1956

French government decides to sends 200,000 reservists to Algeria

Sputnik

Jul 1, 1957

Soviets launch Sputnik.

NASA

Feb 6, 1958

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is established.

New Power in Cuba

Jul 1, 1959

Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba.

African Countires

Jul 1, 1960

Seventeen African countries gain independence.

Presidency

Nov 8, 1960

John F. Kennedy is elected president.

New Leadership for the 60's

Nov 8, 1960

John F. Kennedy is elected president.

First Human in outer space.

Apr 12, 1961

Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in outer space.

Bay of Pigs

Apr 17, 1961

U.S. Launches the Bay of Pigs invasion.

drug thalidomide

Oct 1, 1962

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

Cuban Missile Crisis.

Oct 25, 1962

U.S. and USSR face off in the Cuban missile crisis,

assassination

Nov 6, 1963

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

President

Nov 8, 1964

Lyndon B. Johnson is elected president.

troops entering.

May 7, 1965

U.S. Troops enter Vietnam.

Prime minister of India.

Jan 19, 1966

Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister of India.

Isreal wins Arab territories..

May 15, 1967

Israel wins Arab territories in the Six Day War.

Warsaw Pact

Aug 20, 1968

Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia.

inaugrated..

Jan 1, 1969

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

Floppy Disks

Jan 1, 1970

Computer Floppy Disks Introduced

Palestinian group..

Jun 1, 1970

Palestinian Group Hijacks Five Planes

Changes..

Feb 15, 1971

United Kingdom Changes to Decimal System for Currency

London Bridge

Oct 10, 1971

London Bridge Brought to the U.S.

Mark Spitz..

Jan 1, 1972

Mark Spitz Wins Seven Gold Medals

Watergate..

Jun 17, 1972

Watergate Scandal Begins

Kidnapped

Nov 20, 1973

Paul Getty Kidnapped

Built..

Dec 29, 1973

Sears Tower Built

discovered..

Mar 29, 1974

Terracotta Army Discovered in China

Resigns

Aug 8, 1974

U.S. President Nixon Resigns

Communist Dictator..

Apr 17, 1975

Pol Pot Becomes the Communist Dictator of Cambodia

First Black Man

Jul 5, 1975

Arthur Ashe First Black Man to Win Wimbledon

North & South..

Jul 2, 1976

North and South Vietnam Join to Form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Earthquake Kills..

Jul 28, 1976

Tangshan Earthquake Kills Over 240,000

Elvis..

Aug 16, 1977

Elvis Found Dead

Steve Biko

Sep 12, 1977

South African Anti-Apartheid Leader Steve Biko Tortured to Death

test tube

Jul 25, 1978

First Test-Tube Baby Born

Becomes Pope

Oct 1, 1978

John Paul II Becomes Pope

First woman prime minister

May 4, 1979

Margaret Thatcher First Woman Prime Minister of Great Britain

Nobel Peace Prize

Dec 11, 1979

Mother Teresa Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize