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Jun 28, 1914

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie

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Period: Jun 28, 1914 to Jun 28, 1919

World War I

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Jan 1, 1915

Albert Einstein published Theory of Relativity

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Jan 25, 1915

Alexander Graham Bell makes first transcontinental telephone call

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May 7, 1915

Sinking of Lusitania

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Jan 1, 1917

Russian Communist Revolution Begins

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Jan 1, 1917

Passing of the Espionage and Sedition Acts

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May 18, 1917

Passage of the Selective Service Act

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Jun 8, 1917

Wilson presents his 14 Points Plan

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Jul 28, 1917

War Industries Board Establishment
Aug 10, 1917

Setup of Food Administration under Herbert Hoover

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Jan 1, 1918

African American Workers in Henry Ford's Assembly Line

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Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Dec 1, 1920

Worldwide Flu Epidemic

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Mar 1, 1918

Establishment of National War Labor Board

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Mar 3, 1918

Russia Withdraws From WWI

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Nov 3, 1918

Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies

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Nov 11, 1918

Armistice ends WWI

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Jun 15, 1919

First Transatlantic Flight by Charles Lindbergh

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Jun 28, 1919

Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI

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Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1933

Passage of Prohibition and End of Prohibition

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Jan 16, 1920

Start of Prohibition

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Jan 1, 1921

Bank Failures Begin

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Jan 21, 1921

Charlie Chaplin's First Movie "The Kid" comes out

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Oct 31, 1922

Benito Mussolini appointed prime minister of Italy

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Dec 25, 1926

Hirohito becomes Emperor of Japan

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Apr 23, 1928

Birth date of Shirley Temple

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Nov 6, 1928

Herbert Hoover elected President

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Feb 14, 1929

Invention of Penicillin

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Jun 12, 1929

Birthdate of Anne Frank

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Oct 29, 1929

Stock Market chrashes "Black Tuesday"

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Jan 1, 1931

Boulder Dam Project Begins

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Period: Jan 1, 1931 to Jan 1, 1939

Dust Bowl

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May 1, 1931

Opening of Empire State Building

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Sep 1, 1931

Germany invades Poland

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Sep 18, 1931

Japan conquers Manchuria

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Sep 19, 1931

Japanese Invasion of Northern China

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May 21, 1932

Transatlantic Soloflight of Amelia Earhart

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Jul 28, 1932

Hoover Disbands the Bonus Army

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Nov 8, 1932

Franklin D Roosevelt elected President First Term

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Jan 30, 1933

Hitler comes to Power in Germany

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Mar 1, 1933

Civilian Conservation Corps

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Mar 12, 1933

First Fireside Chat by FDR

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Mar 22, 1933

Hitler sets up Dachau

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May 12, 1933

Agricultural Adjustment Act

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Jun 6, 1934

Congress creates the SEC

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Apr 8, 1935

Works Progress Administration Establishment

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Aug 14, 1935

Congress passes the Social Security Act

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Jan 1, 1936

Jesse Owens wins Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany

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Period: Jul 17, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939

Civil War in Spain

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Nov 3, 1936

FDR elected President Second Term

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May 6, 1937

Hindenburg Disaster

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Oct 30, 1938

Orson Welles broadcasts the "War of the Worlds"

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Nov 9, 1938

Reichspogromnacht/ Kristallnacht

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Aug 23, 1939

Hitler and Stalin sign Non Agression Act

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Period: Sep 1, 1939 to May 8, 1945

WWII

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Sep 3, 1939

Germany invades Poland Britain and France delare War

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Sep 27, 1940

Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact

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Nov 5, 1940

FDR elected President Third Term

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Mar 11, 1941

Lend Lease Act

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May 1, 1941

Konrad Zuse's Z3, first computer controlled by a software

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Jun 22, 1941

Hitler invades the Soviet Union

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Dec 7, 1941

Japan bombs Pearl Harbour and the US enters WWII

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Jan 16, 1942

WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt

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Feb 19, 1942

Japanese Interment Camps begin

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Jun 3, 1942

Battle of Midway

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Jun 1, 1944

German General Rommel surrenders in Noth Africa

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Jun 6, 1944

D-Day Invasion

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Nov 7, 1944

FDR elected President Fourth Term

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Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945

Battle of the Bulge

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Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1952

Seven year occupation of Japan

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Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1949

Nuremburg War Trials

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Feb 4, 1945

Yalta Conference

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Feb 19, 1945

Iwo Jima

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Mar 8, 1945

Victoryin Europe dau

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Jul 16, 1945

Test of the atomic bomb

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Aug 6, 1945

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Aug 15, 1945

Victory dau in Japan

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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie

World War I

Albert Einstein published Theory of Relativity

Alexander Graham Bell makes first transcontinental telephone call

Sinking of Lusitania

Russian Communist Revolution Begins

Passing of the Espionage and Sedition Acts

Passage of the Selective Service Act

Wilson presents his 14 Points Plan

War Industries Board Establishment

Setup of Food Administration under Herbert Hoover

African American Workers in Henry Ford's Assembly Line

Worldwide Flu Epidemic

Establishment of National War Labor Board

Russia Withdraws From WWI

Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies

Armistice ends WWI

First Transatlantic Flight by Charles Lindbergh

Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI

Passage of Prohibition and End of Prohibition

Start of Prohibition

Bank Failures Begin

Charlie Chaplin's First Movie "The Kid" comes out

Benito Mussolini appointed prime minister of Italy

Hirohito becomes Emperor of Japan

Birth date of Shirley Temple

Herbert Hoover elected President

Invention of Penicillin

Birthdate of Anne Frank

Stock Market chrashes "Black Tuesday"

Boulder Dam Project Begins

Dust Bowl

Opening of Empire State Building

Germany invades Poland

Japan conquers Manchuria

Japanese Invasion of Northern China

Transatlantic Soloflight of Amelia Earhart

Hoover Disbands the Bonus Army

Franklin D Roosevelt elected President First Term

Hitler comes to Power in Germany

Civilian Conservation Corps

First Fireside Chat by FDR

Hitler sets up Dachau

Agricultural Adjustment Act

Congress creates the SEC

Works Progress Administration Establishment

Congress passes the Social Security Act

Jesse Owens wins Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany

Civil War in Spain

FDR elected President Second Term

Hindenburg Disaster

Orson Welles broadcasts the "War of the Worlds"

Reichspogromnacht/ Kristallnacht

Hitler and Stalin sign Non Agression Act

WWII

Germany invades Poland Britain and France delare War

Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact

FDR elected President Third Term

Lend Lease Act

Konrad Zuse's Z3, first computer controlled by a software

Hitler invades the Soviet Union

Japan bombs Pearl Harbour and the US enters WWII

WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt

Japanese Interment Camps begin

Battle of Midway

German General Rommel surrenders in Noth Africa

D-Day Invasion

FDR elected President Fourth Term

Battle of the Bulge

Seven year occupation of Japan

Nuremburg War Trials

Yalta Conference

Iwo Jima

Victoryin Europe dau

Test of the atomic bomb

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Victory dau in Japan