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Wright Brothers First Flight

Dec 17, 1903

Wright Brothers Wikipedia

Sinking of the Titanic

Apr 15, 1912

[Sinking of the Titanic Wikipedia]

Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie

Jun 28, 1914

Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand Wikipedia

WW1

Period: Jun 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

WW1 Wikipedia

Sinking of the Lusitania

May 7, 1915

Lusitania Wikipedia

Russian Communist Revolution Begins

Mar 8, 1917

Russian Communist Revolution

Passage of the Selective Service Act

May 18, 1917

Selective Service Act Wikipedia

Espionage and Sedition Acts

Jun 15, 1917

Espionage and Sedition Acts Wikipedia

War Industries Board is Established

Jul 28, 1917

War Industries Board Wikipedia

Food Administration Set Up

Aug 10, 1917

US Food Administration Wikipedia

Russia withdraws from WW1

Oct 1, 1917

Russia withdrawl BBC

1918 Flu Pandemic Kills 30 Million

Jan 1, 1918

1918 Flu Pandemic Wikipedia

Wilson's Fourteen Points Peace Plan Was Introduced

Jan 8, 1918

Fourteen Points Wikipedia

National War Labor Board Established

Apr 8, 1918

National War Labor Board Wikipedia

Austria-Hungary Surrenders to the Allies

Nov 3, 1918

Austria-Hungary Surrenders Wikipedia

Armistice Ends WW1

Nov 11, 1918

Armistice of 11 November 1918 Wikipedia

Henry Ford's assembly line opens up to African Americans

Jan 1, 1919

Ford's assembly line opens up to African Americans Essaysinhistory

Treaty of Versailles was Signed and Peace was Established

Jun 28, 1919

Treaty of Versailles Wikipedia

Hair Dryer Invented

Jan 1, 1920

Hair dryer Wikipedia

Passage of Prohibition and End of Prohibition

Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1933

Prohibition in the United States Wikipedia

Benito Mussolini Appointed Prime Minister of Italy

Oct 31, 1922

Benito Mussolini Wikipedia

Composer Irwin Allen Ginsberg was born

Jun 3, 1926

Allen Ginsberg Wikipedia

Hirohito becomes Emperer of Japan

Dec 25, 1926

Hirohito Wikipedia

Charles Lindbergh Makes the First Nonstop Transatlantic Flight

May 20, 1927

Charles Lindbergh

Pennecillin was discovered by accident

Jan 1, 1928

Penecillin Wikipedia

Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a Solo Flight

Jun 18, 1928

Amelia Earhart Nasa

Herbert Hoover Elected President

Nov 6, 1928

Herbert Hoover Wikipedia

The Stock Market Crashes: Black Tuesday

Oct 29, 1929

Wall Street Crash of 1929 Wikipedia

Bank Failures Begin

Jan 1, 1930

Bank Run History

Boulder Dam Project Begins

Jan 1, 1931

Hoover Dam Wikipedia

Japanese Invasion Of Northern China

Sep 18, 1931

Japanese invasion of Manchuria

Japan Conquers Manchuria

Feb 27, 1932

Japan invades Manchuria

Hoover Disbands the Bonus Army

Jul 28, 1932

Bonus Army

Hitler sets up Dachau

Jan 1, 1933

Dachau Concentration Camp Wikipedia

Hitler comes to power in Germany

Jan 30, 1933

Adolf Hitler's Rise to Power

FDR Elected 1st Time

Mar 4, 1933

Franklin D Roosevelt Wikipedia

First Fireside Chat By FDR

Mar 12, 1933

FDR Give First Fireside Chat History

Civilian Conservation Corps

Mar 21, 1933

Civilian Conservation Corps Wikipedia

Agricultural Adjustment Act

May 12, 1933

Agricultural Adjustment Act Wikipedia

Dust Bowl

Period: Jan 1, 1934 to Jan 1, 1940

Dust Bowl Wkipedia

Congress Creates the SEC

Jun 6, 1934

SEC Wikipedia

Works Progress Administration Established

May 6, 1935

Works Progress Administration Wikipedia

Congress Passes the Social Security Act

Aug 14, 1935

Social Security History Wikipedia

Civil War In Spain

Jul 17, 1936

Spanish Civil War

Jesse Owens Wins 4 Gold Medals at the Olympics in Germany

Aug 5, 1936

Jesse Owens Wikipedia

FDR Elected a 2nd Time

Jan 1, 1937

Franklin D Roosevelt Wikipedia

Hindenburg Disaster

May 6, 1937

Hindenburg Disaster Wikipedia

Orson Welles Broadcasts WAR of the Worlds

Oct 30, 1938

The WAR of the Worlds Wikipedia

Kristallnacht

Nov 9, 1938

Kristallnacht Wikipedia

Hitler and Stalin sign Non-Agression Pact

Aug 23, 1939

German-Soviet Non-Aggression Britannica

Germany Invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Germany Invades Poland

Britain and France Declare War on Germany

Sep 3, 1939

Britain and France declare War on Germany History

Japan, Italy, and Germany sign the Tripartite Pact

Sep 27, 1940

Tripartite Pact Wikipedia

FDR Elected a 3rd Time

Jan 1, 1941

Franklin D Roosevelt Wikipedia

Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor

Mar 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor Wikipedia

Lend Lease Act Established

Mar 11, 1941

Lend-Lease Wikipedia

Hitler Invades the Soviet Union

Jun 22, 1941

[Invasion of the Soviet Union

WW2 War Production Board is Created

Jan 16, 1942

War Production Board Wikipedia

Japanese Internment Camp Begin

Feb 19, 1942

Internment of Japanese Americans Wikipedia

Bombing of Cologne

May 30, 1942

Bombing of Cologne

Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

Battle of Midway Wikipedia

Germany Surrenders in North Africa

May 12, 1943

Germany Surrenders in North Africa WW2 Today

D-Day Invasions Begin

Jun 6, 1944

Normandy Landings Wikipedia

Battle of The Bulge

Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945

Battle of the Bulge

7 Year Occupation of Japan by the US

Jan 1, 1945

Occupation of Japan Wikipedia

FDR Elected a 4th Time

Jan 1, 1945

Franklin D Roosevelt Wikipedia

Yalta Conference

Feb 4, 1945

[Yalta Conference Wikipedia]

Iwo Jima

Feb 19, 1945

Iwo Jima

V-E Day

May 8, 1945

V-E Day Wikipedia

Bombing of Hiroshima

Aug 6, 1945

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Wikipedia

Bombing of Nagasaki

Aug 9, 1945

Bombing of Nagasaki Wikipedia

V-J Day

Sep 2, 1945

V-J Day Wikipedia

The Nuremburg War Trials

Nov 20, 1945

Nuremburg Trials Wikipedia

Jackie Robinson becomes first African American MLB Player

Apr 15, 1947

Jackie Robinson Wikipedia

Contact Lenses were created

Jan 1, 1948

Contact Lenses Wikipedia

CBS introduced "The Morning Show"

Mar 15, 1954

The Morning Show IMDb

Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have A Dream Speech

Aug 28, 1963

I Have A Dream Wikipedia