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Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African workers

Dec 1, 1913

History

Assasination of the ARch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie

Jun 28, 1914

History

WW1

Period: Jun 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

Wikipedia

Sinking of the Lusitana

May 7, 1915

Eye witness to history

Russia withdraws from WW1

Jan 1, 1917

Worldology

Russian Communist Revolution begins

Mar 8, 1917

Wikipedia

Passage of the Selectiv Service Act

May 18, 1917

Encyclopedia

Espionage acts passed by Congress

Jun 15, 1917

encyclopedia.com

War Industries Board established to regulate production in WW1

Jul 28, 1917

Wikipedia

Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover

Aug 10, 1917

Wikipedia

Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million.

Jan 1, 1918

Wikipedia

Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan

Jan 8, 1918

Wikipedia

Naional War Labor Board

Apr 8, 1918

[Wikipedia](http:/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_War_Labor_Board/)

Sedition acts passed by Congress

May 16, 1918

encyclopedia.com

Austria-Hungary surrenderes to the Allies

Nov 3, 1918

Historyplace

Armistice ends WW1

Nov 11, 1918

Wikipedia

Signing the Treaty of Versailles

Jun 28, 1919

CHATEAU DE VERSAILLE

Passage of prohibition and end of prohibition

Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1933

history.com

Bank failures begin

Jan 1, 1921

http://econproph.com/2009/10/26/fdic-managing-the-crisis-the-fdic-and-rtc-experience/

Benito Mussolini appointed Prime MInister of Italy

Oct 31, 1922

Wikipedia

Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

Dec 25, 1926

Wikipedia

Charles lindbergh first nonstop transatlantic flight

May 21, 1927

The New York Time

Herbert Hoover elected president

Nov 6, 1928

biography.com

Rhe Stock Market Crashes

Oct 29, 1929

http://www.history.com/topics/1929-stock-market-crash

Dust Bowl

Jan 1, 1930

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl

Boulder Dam Project begins

Jan 1, 1931

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam

Japan conquers Manchuria

Sep 18, 1931

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Japan invades Northern China

Sep 18, 1931

Wikipedia

Amelia earhart crosses the atlantic in a solo flight

May 21, 1932

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earhart-completes-transatlantic-flight

Hoover disbands the Bonus Army

Jul 28, 1932

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army

FDR elected President for the first time

Nov 1, 1932

White House

Hitler comes to power

Jan 1, 1933

http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007671

First Fireside Chat by FDR

Mar 12, 1933

American Rhetoric

Civilan Conservative Corps

Period: Mar 21, 1933 to Jan 1, 1942

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Hitler sets up Dachau

Mar 22, 1933

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Agricultural Adjustment Act

May 12, 1933

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Congress creats the SEC

Jan 1, 1934

http://www.history.com/topics/securities-and-exchange-commission

Works Progress Administration established

Apr 8, 1935

History

Congress passes the Social Security Act

Jun 19, 1935

https://www.ssa.gov/history/tally.html

Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany

Jan 1, 1936

Olympic

Civil War in Spain

Period: Jul 18, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939

History

FDR elected President for the second time

Nov 3, 1936

the New York Times

Hindenburg disaster

May 6, 1937

Airships

Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds

Oct 30, 1938

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Kristallnacht - Hitler destroys Jewish neighbourhood

Nov 9, 1938

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Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggresion Pact

Aug 23, 1939

History

Germany invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

History

World War 2

Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945

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Britain and France declare war

Sep 3, 1939

History

Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact

Sep 27, 1940

History

FDR elected President for the third time

Nov 5, 1940

History

FDR elected President for the fourth tie

Nov 7, 1940

History

German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa

Feb 6, 1941

Wikipedia

Lend Lease Act

Mar 11, 1941

History

Hitler invades the Soviet Union

Jun 22, 1941

ushmm

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor - U.S enters WW2

Dec 7, 1941

ushmm

WW2 War Prodution Board Created by Roosevelt

Jan 16, 1942

Wikipedia

Japanese Internement Camps begin

Feb 19, 1942

Wikipedia

Battle of Midway

Period: Jun 3, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942

Wikipedia

Anne Frank goes into hiding

Jul 6, 1942

Anne Frank

French Resistance Leader Jean Moulin Killed

Jul 8, 1943

Wikipedia

Italy joins the Allies

Oct 13, 1943

History

D-Day Invasion

Jun 6, 1944

History

Battle of the Bulge

Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945

Wikipedia

Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States

Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1952

Wikipedia

Yalta Conference

Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945

Wikipedia

Iwo Jima

Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945

Wikipedia

Anne Frank dies

Mar 1, 1945

Anne Frank

First German V1 and V2 Rockets Fired

Mar 17, 1945

ethw

FDR Dies

Apr 12, 1945

History

Hitler Commits Suicide

Apr 30, 1945

History

Auschwitz opens

May 1, 1945

About Education

V-E Day

May 8, 1945

Wikipedia

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Aug 6, 1945

History

V-J Day

Aug 14, 1945

History

United Nations Founded

Oct 24, 1945

UN

Nuremberg War Trials

Period: Nov 20, 1945 to Oct 1, 1946

History

Gandhi Assassinated

Jan 30, 1946

Wikipedia