WW1/WW2 Great depression timeline

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

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Dec 17, 1903

The Wright Brothers invent the airplane

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Dec 1, 1913

Henry Ford Opens His Assembly Lines to African American Workers

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Jun 28, 1914

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his Wife Sophie

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Jun 28, 1914

WWI

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May 7, 1915

Sinking of the Lusitania

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Sep 6, 1915

First tank is produced

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Jul 1, 1916

Battle of Somme Begins

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Jan 1, 1917

Russia Withdraws from WWII

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Mar 1, 1917

Zimmermann Telegram is published in United States

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May 18, 1917

Passage of the Selective Service Act

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Jun 15, 1917

Espionage and Sedition Acts Passed by Congress

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Jun 28, 1917

War Industry Board Established to Regulate Production in WWI

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Aug 10, 1917

Food Administration Set up under Herbert Hover

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Nov 6, 1917

Russian Communist Revolution Begins

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Jan 1, 1918

Worldwide flu Epidemic Kills 30 Million

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Jan 8, 1918

Woodrow Wilson Presents His Fourteen Points Peace Plan

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Apr 8, 1918

National War Labor Board Established by Woodrow Wilson

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Oct 8, 1918

Alvin York kills 25 Germans and captures 132 prisoners

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Nov 3, 1918

Austria-Hungry surrenders to Allies

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Nov 11, 1918

Armistice ends World War I

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Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1933

Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition

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Jan 1, 1922

Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minster of Italy

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Period: Jan 1, 1924 to Jan 1, 1937

Dust Bowl

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Jan 1, 1926

Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

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Jan 1, 1927

Bank Failures Begin

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May 21, 1927

Charles Limbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight

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Nov 6, 1928

Herbert Hoover elected President

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Oct 29, 1929

The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"

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Sep 18, 1931

Japan Invades Northern China

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Jan 1, 1932

Boulder Dam project begins

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Jan 8, 1932

japan conquers Manchuria

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May 21, 1932

Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in solo flight

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Nov 1, 1932

FDR first election

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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 1, 1933

hitler sets up dachau

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Mar 12, 1933

First Fireside chat by FDR

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May 12, 1933

Agricultural Adjustment Act

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Jan 1, 1934

Congress Creates the SEC

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May 6, 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

Hoover disbands the bonus army

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Jul 18, 1936

Civil war in Spain

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Aug 9, 1936

Jessie Owens wins four gold medals at German olympics

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Nov 3, 1936

FDR second term

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May 6, 1937

Hindenburg Disaster

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Oct 30, 1938

orson welles broadcasts war of worlds

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Nov 9, 1938

night of the falling glass

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Apr 27, 1939

Mussolini is killed

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Aug 23, 1939

non-aggression act

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Sep 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland

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Sep 3, 1939

germany invades poland france and brittan declare war

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Sep 27, 1940

tripartite pact

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Oct 7, 1940

FDR third term

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Feb 1, 1941

Japanese internment camp

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Mar 11, 1941

lend lease act

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Jun 22, 1941

Hitler invades soviet union

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Dec 7, 1941

pearl harbor

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Jan 1, 1942

WW2 war production board

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Jun 3, 1942

Battle of midway

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Period: Dec 12, 1942 to Sep 2, 1945

U.S enters ww2

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Jan 1, 1943

German General Rommel surrenders

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Feb 2, 1943

battle of stalingrad

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Jun 6, 1944

D-Day

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Jun 6, 1944

Allies invade Frace

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Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945

Battle of the Bulge

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Jan 1, 1945

seven year occupation of japan by united states

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Jan 20, 1945

FDR Fourth Term

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Feb 4, 1945

yalta conference

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Feb 9, 1945

Iwo Jima

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Apr 30, 1945

hitler's death

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May 8, 1945

V-E day

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Aug 6, 1945

Hiroshima

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Aug 9, 1945

Nagasaki

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Aug 14, 1945

V-J day

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Nov 1, 1945

Nuremberg war trials

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Jan 7, 1989

Hirohito's death

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

The Wright Brothers invent the airplane

Henry Ford Opens His Assembly Lines to African American Workers

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his Wife Sophie

WWI

Sinking of the Lusitania

First tank is produced

Battle of Somme Begins

Russia Withdraws from WWII

Zimmermann Telegram is published in United States

Passage of the Selective Service Act

Espionage and Sedition Acts Passed by Congress

War Industry Board Established to Regulate Production in WWI

Food Administration Set up under Herbert Hover

Russian Communist Revolution Begins

Worldwide flu Epidemic Kills 30 Million

Woodrow Wilson Presents His Fourteen Points Peace Plan

National War Labor Board Established by Woodrow Wilson

Alvin York kills 25 Germans and captures 132 prisoners

Austria-Hungry surrenders to Allies

Armistice ends World War I

Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition

Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minster of Italy

Dust Bowl

Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

Bank Failures Begin

Charles Limbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight

Herbert Hoover elected President

The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"

Japan Invades Northern China

Boulder Dam project begins

japan conquers Manchuria

Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in solo flight

FDR first election

Hitler comes to power in Germany

civilian conservation corps

hitler sets up dachau

First Fireside chat by FDR

Agricultural Adjustment Act

Congress Creates the SEC

Works Progress Administration establishment

Congress passes the Social Security Act

Hoover disbands the bonus army

Civil war in Spain

Jessie Owens wins four gold medals at German olympics

FDR second term

Hindenburg Disaster

orson welles broadcasts war of worlds

night of the falling glass

Mussolini is killed

non-aggression act

Germany invades Poland

germany invades poland france and brittan declare war

tripartite pact

FDR third term

Japanese internment camp

lend lease act

Hitler invades soviet union

pearl harbor

WW2 war production board

Battle of midway

U.S enters ww2

German General Rommel surrenders

battle of stalingrad

D-Day

Allies invade Frace

Battle of the Bulge

seven year occupation of japan by united states

FDR Fourth Term

yalta conference

Iwo Jima

hitler's death

V-E day

Hiroshima

Nagasaki

V-J day

Nuremberg war trials

Hirohito's death