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ASSASINATION
Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austria-Hungary throne and his wife are assassinated by a Serbian Nationalist in Sarejevo. -
germany allie
Kaiser William II promises German support for Austria against Serbia -
war
Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia and Russia. -
counter attack
Russia begins to mobalise her armed forces. Austria-Hungarian troops invade Serbia -
germany declares war
Official outbreak of World War I. Germany declares war on Russia. -
germany attacks
Germany invades Luxembourg. -
war against france
Germany declares war on France -
war
germany invades nutrial country beilgium, against the treaty of pruda. because of this britian and canada declare war on germany and its allies. america is nuetral -
war.. again
Austria-Hungary launches an invasion of Russian Poland. Japan declares war on Germany and attacks the German colony of Tsingtau in China. -
battle of tannenberg
battle of tannenberg -
russia deafeated
geramy wins in the battle of tannenberg, one of germanys greatest -
marne 1
the first battle of marne begins -
masurian
the battle of masurian lakes begins. -
stalemate
the first battle of marne ends, victory for france, ends in stalemate -
germany loses
germany loses the first battle of masurian lakes, the first battle ainse begins, troops build trenches along western front -
treaty of versailles
the league of nations meets and ratifys the treaty of versailles, united state leves the league of nations -
curb on legal imagration
congress makes an emergency law curbing imigration -
peace
congressional declaration of peace in world war 1 hostilities -
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miss america
the first mis america pagent -
readers digest
readers digest first publication, also founded this day -
arnement
carmement convetion in washington dc -
teapot
the teapot scandal -
time magazine
time magazin is published -
president dies
president harding dies after a trip to alaska -
ibm
the ibm corporation is started -
wyoming
the first women inugurated as govener in wyoming -
radiovision
radiovision the precursor to television -
rocket
the first vaibule liquid fueled rocket -
plane crazy
mickey and minnie mouse make there first apperance in plane crazy -
valentines day massacre
al capone gangsters kill seven rival gangs, in what is known as the valentine day massacre -
mickey mouse
the first mickey mouse comic is published in the new york mirror -
the film industrie
the motion picture code of 1930 is adopted by the film industrie, saying that they will not lower the moral standards of the veiwing public -
millionares
513 people put on there tax return that they are millionares -
taft
william howard taft dies -
opera
weaf in new york citie carries the first opera brodcast from sydney -
nancy drew
the first 3 nancy drew books are sold, becomes an instant success -
yellow fever
the first yellow fever vacine is developed -
gold reserve act
Congress passes Gold Reserve Act, empowering the president to regulate the value of the U.S. dollar -
export-import bank
Roosevelt establishes the Export-Import Bank of Washington to encourage commerce between the U.S. and foreign nations -
taxi
2000 rampaging Taxi drivers, in their 3rd day of strike, terrorized NYC from Wall St to Times Square when Mayor LaGuardia was not available for their petitions -
air mail
Air Contracts Cancelled, Army ordered to carry the mail. -
loan
congress passes the crop loan act -
protest
Thousands battle the police in New York protesting the Scottsboro trial -
home owners loan act
Roosevelt signs Home Owners Loan Act, designed to stimulate home building -
bonnie and clyde
bonnie and clyde killed -
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battle of britian
britian is attacked and withstands the german invasion -
assasination
leon trotsky is murderd -
icland
iceland is occupied by the us -
pearl harbor
japan attacks pearl harbor -
exectutive order
japenese americans are put in relocation areas -
atomic
the devolopment of the first atomic bomb is sighned by britian and america -
orders
marines land on Guadalcanal -
africa
north africa is invaded by the u.s and great britian -
chain reaction
the first nucueler chain reaction -
race riots
race riots in detriot and harlem cuase 40 deaths and hundreds of injurys -
normandy
the allied powers begin d-day or operation overlord -
attack
hitler announces that his installations and factorys have been destroyed after a bomb run by the usa -
swpa
swpa is brought under command of douglas mcarther -
V-E day
victory in europe -
USASOS
usasos becomes army fources western pacific, but the logic functions are reported through USAFFE -
atomic bomb test
the first successful bomb test -
atomic bomb
hiroshima is attacked using an attomic bomb -
hiroshima
the first atomic bomb is dropped on hiroshima -
nagaski japan
the 2nd atomic bomb is dropped on nagaski -
vj or vp day
victory for the allies agaisnt the japanese -
swpa closes
swap closes when mcarther is elected sepreme comander -
fillipino
last day for filing claims for filipino rda compessions -
ussr
the ussr detonates a near perfect plutionum bomb. -
age of the universe
John Reynolds set the age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years -
elvis
The US Army promoted Elvis Presley to Sergeant -
cave in
The Johnburg coal mine caved in and 417 die -
senate
The U.S. Senate approved 24th Amendment calling for a ban on the poll tax -
french
Gerboise Bleue was the name of the first French nuclear test in the middle of the Algerian Sahara desert
