WWI-Great Depression-WWII

Wright Brothers First Flight

Dec 17, 1903

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/wright.htm

NAACP founded

Jan 1, 1909

http://www.history.com/topics/naacp

Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers

Dec 1, 1913

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fords-assembly-line-starts-rolling

Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie

Jun 28, 1914

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/archduke-franz-ferdinand-assassinated

WWI Start

Aug 1, 1914

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-world-war-erupts-in-europe

Sinking of the Lusitania

May 7, 1915

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/lusitania

Russian Communist Revolutions Begins

Mar 18, 1917

http://www.history.com/topics/russian-revolution

Passage of the Selective Service Act

May 18, 1917

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-selective-service-act

Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress

Jun 15, 1917

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-espionage-act

War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI

Jul 28, 1917

http://www.american-historama.org/1913-1928-ww1-prohibition-era/war-industries-board.htm

Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover

Aug 10, 1917

https://www.archives.gov/fort-worth/finding-aids/rg004-food-administration.html

Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan

Jan 8, 1918

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1324.html

Russia wthdraws from WWI

Mar 3, 1918

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/russia-makes-a-separate-peace

National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson

Mar 29, 1918

http://what-when-how.com/the-american-economy/national-war-labor-board-nwlb-1918-1919-1942-1945/

Worldwide Flu Epidemic Kills 30 Million

Sep 27, 1918

http://www.history.com/topics/1918-flu-pandemic

Armistice ends World War 1

Nov 11, 1918

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-war-i-ends

Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition

Jan 29, 1919

http://www.history.com/topics/prohibition

Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies

Jun 28, 1919

http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/ww1/section11.rhtml

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

Jun 28, 1919

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/treaty-of-versailles

Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

Jan 1, 1922

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/benito-mussolini

Hitler sent to Landsberg Jail

Apr 1, 1924

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-sent-to-landsberg-jail

Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

Jan 1, 1926

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/hirohito

Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight

May 20, 1927

http://www.charleslindbergh.com/history/timeline.asp

Herbert Hoover elected president

Nov 6, 1928

https://hoover.archives.gov/info/HooverTimeLine.html

Bank Failure Begins

Oct 1, 1929

http://www.history.com/topics/bank-run

The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"

Oct 29, 1929

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stock-market-crashes

Boulder Dam Project begins

Jul 7, 1930

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/building-of-hoover-dam-begins

Japan conquers Manchuria

Sep 18, 1931

https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/WorldWar2/manchuria.htm

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

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/bonusarmy.htm

First time FDR is elected

Nov 1, 1932

https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/franklindroosevelt

Hitler comes to power in Germany

Jan 30, 1933

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adolf-Hitler/Rise-to-power

Civilian Conservation Corps

Mar 1, 1933

http://www.history.com/topics/civilian-conservation-corps

First Fireside Chat by FDR

Mar 12, 1933

http://www.history.com/search?q=first%20fireside%20chat%20fdr

Agricultural Adjustment Act

May 1, 1933

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Agricultural-Adjustment-Administration

Congress creates the SEC

Jan 1, 1934

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/seact1934.asp

Dust Bowl

Jan 1, 1934

http://www.history.com/topics/dust-bowl

Works Progress Administration established

Apr 8, 1935

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wpa-established-by-congress

Congress passes the Social Security Act

Aug 14, 1935

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

Second time FDR is elected

Jan 1, 1936

https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/franklindroosevelt

Civil War in Spain

Jul 18, 1936

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spanish-civil-war-breaks-out

Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany

Aug 9, 1936

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/owens-wins-4th-gold-medal

Hindenburg disaster

May 6, 1937

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-hindenburg-disaster

Japan invades Northern China

Jul 1, 1937

http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-ww2/sino-japanese-war

Orson Welles broadcasts the War of the Worlds

Oct 30, 1938

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/welles-scares-nation

Kristallnacht

Nov 9, 1938

http://www.history.com/topics/kristallnacht

Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression

Aug 23, 1939

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/german-soviet-nonaggression-pact

Germany invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland

Germany invades Poland-Britain and France Declare War

Sep 3, 1939

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/britain-and-france-declare-war-on-germany

Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact

Sep 27, 1940

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-tripartite-pact-is-signed-by-germany-italy-and-japan

Third time FDR is elected

Nov 5, 1940

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-re-elected-president

Lend Lease Act

Mar 11, 1941

https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=71

Hitler invades the Soviet Union

Jun 22, 1941

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor

World War II Start

Dec 8, 1941

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-united-states-declares-war-on-japan

World War II Production Board Created by Roosevelt

Jan 1, 1942

https://www.pbs.org/thewar/at_home_war_production.htm

Japanese Internment Camps begin

Feb 19, 1942

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation

Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

http://combinedfleet.com/battles/Battle_of_Midway

German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa

Nov 8, 1942

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/defeat/defeat-desert.htm

D-Day invasion

Jun 6, 1944

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day

Fourth time FDR is elected

Nov 7, 1944

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-wins-unprecedented-fourth-term

Battle Of The Bulge

Dec 1, 1944

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge

Seven Year Occupation Of Japan By United States

Jan 1, 1945

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/special/japan_1900_occupation.htm

Yalta Conference

Feb 1, 1945

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference

Iwo Jima

Feb 19, 1945

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima

Hitler sets up Dachau

Apr 1, 1945

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/dachau

FDR dies

Apr 12, 1945

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/fdrdeath.htm

Jackie Robinson is the first African American to play in major league baseball

Apr 15, 1945

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jackie-robinson-breaks-major-league-color-barrier

V-E Day

May 8, 1945

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/victory-in-europe

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Aug 6, 1945

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki

Nuremberg War Trials

Aug 8, 1945

https://www.britannica.com/event/Nurnberg-trials

Soviet declares war on Japan

Aug 8, 1945

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-declare-war-on-japan-invade-manchuria

V-J Day

Aug 14, 1945

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day

USSR develops atomic bomb

Aug 29, 1949

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-explode-atomic-bomb

Korean War Starts

Jun 25, 1950

http://www.history.com/topics/korean-war

22nd Amendment Ratified

Feb 27, 1951

http://totallyhistory.com/22nd-amendment-to-the-constitution/

Supreme Court Orders Desegregation of Schools

May 17, 1954

http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka

Alaska becomes a State

Jan 3, 1959

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/jan-3-1959-alaska-becomes-a-state/?_r=0

Hawaii becomes a State

Aug 21, 1959

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hawaii-becomes-50th-state

Lunch counter sit-ins begin in the South

Feb 1, 1960

http://www.ushistory.org/us/54d.asp