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Talkies
A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film -
Al Capone
Born: January 17, 1899, Brooklyn, New York City, NY
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Henery Ford
The Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker -
Model T
It is generally regarded as the first affordable automobile, the car that opened travel to the common middle-class American -
Start of the war
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria-Hungary's throne, and his wife, Sophie, are assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip while the couple were visiting Sarajevo. -
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary seeks German support for a war against Serbia in case of Russian militarism -
Serbia enetrs the fight
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. -
Germany warns Russia to stop mobilizing.
Germany warns Russia to stop mobilizing. Russia says mobilization is against Austria-Hungary only -
Germany declares war on Russia
Germany declares war on Russia.
Italy declares its neutrality.
Germany and the Ottoman Empire sign a secret alliance treaty -
Germany invades Luxembourg
Germany invades Luxembourg. Details
Skirmish at Joncherey, first military action on the Western Front -
Germany declares war on France
Germany declares war on France. Belgium denies permission for German forces to pass through to the French border -
Germany besieges and captures fortified Longwy
Germany besieges and captures fortified Longwy "the iron gate to Paris" near the Luxembourg border, opening France to mass German invasion -
Babe Ruth
George Herman "Babe" Ruth, Jr. was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons -
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson outlines his Fourteen Points -
First meeting
First meeting of the League of Nations held in London. Official end of World War I. Details
Free City of Danzig established -
Bootlegging
make, distribute, or sell (illicit goods, especially liquor, computer software, or recordings) illegally -
Flapper
fashionable young woman intent on enjoying herself and flouting conventional standards of behavior. -
Josh Gibson
Joshua "Josh" Gibson was an American Negro league baseball catcher -
Dawes Plan
The Dawes Plan was an attempt following World War I for the Triple Entente to compromise and collect war reparations debt from Germany -
Japan invades Manchuria
Japan invades Manchuria -
Fords model B
Ford introduces the Model B, the first low-priced car to have a V-8 engine -
Bonous Army
The Bonus Army was the popular name of an assemblage of some 43,000 marchers—17,000 World War I veterans -
20th Amendment
The Twentieth Amendment (Amendment XX) to the United States Constitution moved the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and vice president from March 4 to January 20, and of members of Congress from March 4 to January 3 -
21 St Amendment
The Twenty-first Amendment (Amendment XXI) to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol on January 17, 1920 -
Nonaggression Pact
Germany, under Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, and the Soviet Union, under Communist dictator Joseph Stalin, sign the Nonaggression Pact, which secretly accepts Germany’s plan to invade Poland. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invades Poland in a blitzkrieg (lightning war). -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
japan attacks Pearl Harbor. Almost at the same time, Japanese warplanes attack the Philippines and two U.S. islands: Wake and Guam, which are later occupied. -
First U.S. troops arrive in Australia.
On the Bataan Peninsula of the Philippines, U.S. and Filipino troops, low on food and ammunition, surrender -
U.S. Navy
The U.S. Navy announces that, except for the U.S.S. Arizona, U.S.S. Utah, and U.S.S. Oklahoma, all warships sunk at Pearl Harbor have been repaired and returned to sea. -
US Marines Land
US. Marines land on Japanese-held Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands -
U.S. Marines land on Saipan in the Northern Marianas Islands.
U.S. Marines land on Saipan in the Northern Marianas Islands. -
U.S. troops in Germany begin a drive to reach the Rhine River.
U.S. troops in Germany begin a drive to reach the Rhine River. -
atomic Bomb
Atomic bomb mushroom clouds over Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
Cold War
the Cold War was a state of political and military tension after World War II -
Suburs
A suburb is a residential area -
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was an American musician and actor -
Rocl and Roll
blues, boogie-woogie, jump blues, jazz, and gospel music -
Warsaw Pact
rTeaty of Friendship, Co-operation, and Mutual Assistance, sometimes, informally WarPac, akin in format to NATO -
Colored TV
First color TV -
Sputnik
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. -
U-2 incident
United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace.
