WWI-Great Depression-WWII By Bdutphall Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie http://www.history.com/news/the-assassination-of-archduke-franz-ferdinand-100-years-ago Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 World War One https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-I May 7, 1915 The sinking of the Lusitania http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snpwwi2.htm Mar 8, 1917 Russian Communist Revolution begins http://www.history.com/topics/russian-revolution May 18, 1917 Passage of the Selective Service Act http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-selective-service-act Jul 28, 1917 War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/061.html Aug 10, 1917 Food Administration set up by Herbert Hoover http://histclo.com/essay/war/ww1/cou/us/food/w1cus-usfa.html Nov 1, 1917 Russia withdrawals from WWI http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/eastern_front_01.shtml Jan 1, 1918 World Wide flu epidemic kills 30 million http://www.history.com/topics/1918-flu-pandemic Jan 8, 1918 Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Point Peace Plan http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1324.html Apr 8, 1918 National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h4303.html May 16, 1918 Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3479 Nov 3, 1918 Austria-Hungary surrenders to the allies http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/firstworldwar/index-1918.html Nov 11, 1918 Armistice ends WWI http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-war-i-ends Jan 1, 1919 Henry Ford opens his assembly line to African American workers https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/blog/african-american-workers-at-ford-motor-company Jun 28, 1919 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/versailles.htm Period: Oct 1, 1919 to Dec 5, 1933 Passage of Prohibition and the end of Prohibition http://www.history.com/topics/prohibition Jan 1, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed prime minister of Italy http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/benito-mussolini Jan 1, 1923 Beer Hall Putsch (Hitler's attempt to overthrow the government) http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/weimar-germany/the-beer-hall-putsch-of-1923/ Jul 18, 1925 Mein Kampf published http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/kampf.htm Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito becomes the emperor of Japan http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/hirohito May 20, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes the first nonstop transatlantic flight http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lindbergh-lands-in-paris Sep 30, 1928 Munich Pact signed http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/munich-pact-signed Nov 6, 1928 Herbert Hoover elected president http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/herbert-hoover Jan 1, 1929 Banks begin to fail http://thegreatdepressioncauses.com/great-depression/banks/ Apr 1, 1929 Hitler is put into jail http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-sent-to-landsberg-jail Oct 29, 1929 The stock market crashes "Black Tuesday" http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stock-market-crashes Jul 7, 1930 Boulder Dam Project begins http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/building-of-hoover-dam-begins Jan 1, 1931 Hoover disbands the bonus army http://www.american-historama.org/1929-1945-depression-ww2-era/bonus-army.htm Sep 1, 1931 Germany invades Poland http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-invade-poland Sep 18, 1931 Japan invades northern China http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-ww2/sino-japanese-war Oct 1, 1931 Japan conquers Manchuria http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-two/causes-of-ww2/manchuria-1931/ May 21, 1932 Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earhart-completes-transatlantic-flight Jan 1, 1933 FDR elected first time http://www.biography.com/people/franklin-d-roosevelt-9463381#political-beginnings Jan 1, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps http://www.history.com/topics/civilian-conservation-corps Jan 30, 1933 Hitler comes to power in germany https://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007671 Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside chat by FDR http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-gives-first-fireside-chat Mar 22, 1933 Hitler sets up Dachau http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/dachau Mar 23, 1933 Reichstag Passes Enabling act http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/enabling.htm May 12, 1933 Agricultural adjustment act http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_11.html Jan 1, 1934 Congress creates the SEC http://www.history.com/topics/securities-and-exchange-commission Period: Jan 1, 1934 to Jan 1, 1937 Dust Bowl http://www.history.com/topics/dust-bowl May 6, 1935 Works Progress Administration established http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-creates-the-wpa Aug 14, 1935 Congress passes the social security act https://www.ssa.gov/history/briefhistory3.html Jan 1, 1936 Civil War in Spain https://www.britannica.com/event/Spanish-Civil-War Jan 1, 1936 Jesse Owens wins four gold medals at Olympics in Germany http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/owens-wins-4th-gold-medal Jan 1, 1937 FDR elected second time http://www.biography.com/people/franklin-d-roosevelt-9463381#political-beginnings May 6, 1937 Hindenburg disaster http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-hindenburg-disaster Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/welles-scares-nation Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht (night of the falling glass)-Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods http://www.history.com/topics/kristallnacht Jan 1, 1939 Manhattan Project begins http://www.ushistory.org/us/51f.asp Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign non-aggression pact http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/german-soviet-nonaggression-pact Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Britain and France declaire war http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-invade-poland Sep 27, 1939 Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-tripartite-pact-is-signed-by-germany-italy-and-japan Jan 1, 1940 Blitzkrieg Begins http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/blitzkrieg Jan 1, 1941 FDR serves a third term http://www.biography.com/people/franklin-d-roosevelt-9463381#political-beginnings Period: Jan 1, 1941 to Dec 31, 1945 WWII Mar 1, 1941 Lend Lease Act http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/lend-lease-act Jun 22, 1941 Hitler invades Soviet Union http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor - U.S. enters WWII http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor Jan 16, 1942 WWII War Production Board created by Roosevelt https://www.americanhistoryusa.com/topic/war-production-board/ Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Internment Camps begin http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation Jun 7, 1942 Battle of midway http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway Jan 1, 1943 German General Rommel surrenders on North Africa http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/erwin-rommel-erwin Jun 6, 1944 D-Day invasion http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day Aug 24, 1944 Closing of the Falaise pocket http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-closing-the-falaise-pocket.htm Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge Jan 1, 1945 Nuremburg War trials http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/nuremberg-trials Jan 1, 1945 FDR serves a fourth and final term http://www.biography.com/people/franklin-d-roosevelt-9463381#political-beginnings Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference Feb 19, 1945 Iwo Jima http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima Jul 16, 1945 First atomic bomb test http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-first-atomic-bomb-test-is-successfully-exploded Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki Aug 14, 1945 V-E and V-J Day ( victory in europe and japan) http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day Jan 1, 1946 Seven Year occupation of Japan by United states https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/japan-reconstruction Apr 1, 1946 League of nations disbanded http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?ParagraphID=qfp