WWI-Great Depression-WWII timeline

Jun 28, 1914

Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie

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Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

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May 7, 1915

Sinking of the Lusitania

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May 18, 1917

Passage of the Selective Service Act

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Jun 15, 1917

Espionage and Sedition Acts

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Aug 10, 1917

Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover

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Oct 1, 1917

Russia withdraws from WWI

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Oct 25, 1917

Russian Communist Revolution begins

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Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Jan 1, 1919

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 to regulate production in WWI

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Jun 28, 1918

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

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Nov 4, 1918

Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies

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Nov 11, 1918

Armistice ends World War I

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Dec 1, 1918

War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI

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Dec 1, 1918

Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers

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Period: Jan 29, 1919 to Dec 5, 1933

Passage of Prohibition and the end of Prohibition

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Oct 1, 1922

Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

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Nov 4, 1922

King Tut Tomb Discovered

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Dec 25, 1926

Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

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May 20, 1927

Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight

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Nov 18, 1928

First Mickey Mouse Cartoon

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Nov 26, 1928

Herbert Hoover elected President

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Jan 1, 1929

Unemployment averages 3.2%

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Oct 24, 1929

The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"

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Jan 1, 1930

The Philadelphia Athletics win the World Series

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Jan 1, 1930

Unemployment in 1930 at 8.9%

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Mar 12, 1930

Ghandi Salt March

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Mar 17, 1930

Empire State building finished

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Nov 1, 1930

Bank Failures Begin

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Jan 1, 1931

Unemployment in 1931 at 16.3%

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Sep 18, 1931

Japan invades Northern China

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Sep 18, 1931

Japan conquers Manchuria

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Jul 28, 1932

Hoover disbands the Bonus Army

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Nov 14, 1932

Boulder Dam Project Begins

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Jan 30, 1933

Hitler Comes to Power in Germany

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Mar 1, 1933

Hitler sets up Dachau

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Mar 4, 1933

FDR First Election

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Mar 12, 1933

First Fireside Chat by FDR

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Mar 21, 1933

Civilian Conservation Corps

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May 12, 1933

Agricultural Adjustment Act

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Jun 6, 1934

Congress Creates the SEC

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Period: Apr 14, 1935 to Oct 1, 1939

Dust Bowl

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May 3, 1935

Babe Ruth Retires

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Aug 14, 1935

Congress Passes the Social Security Act

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Period: Jul 17, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939

Civil War in Spain

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Aug 9, 1936

Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany

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Sep 24, 1936

Cotton Club Grand Opening

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Nov 3, 1936

FDR Second Election

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May 6, 1937

Hidenburg Disaster

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Jul 2, 1937

Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight

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Oct 30, 1938

Orson Welles broadcasts WAR of the Worlds

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Nov 9, 1938

Kristallnacht

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Aug 23, 1939

Hitler and Stalin sign Non Agression Pact

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Sep 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland

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Sep 3, 1939

Germany invades Poland, Britain and France Declare War

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Sep 27, 1940

Japan, Germany, and Italy sign Tripartite Pact

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Nov 5, 1940

FDR Third Election

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Jan 1, 1941

German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa

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Mar 11, 1941

Lend Lease Act

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Jun 22, 1941

Hitler invades the Soviet Union

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Period: Dec 7, 1941 to Sep 2, 1945

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor - U.S. enters WWII. World War II

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Jan 16, 1942

WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt

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Feb 19, 1942

Japanese Internment Camps begin

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Apr 20, 1942

Nuremburg War Trials

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Jun 3, 1942

Battle of Midway

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Jun 30, 1943

Works Progress Administration established

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Jun 6, 1944

D-Day Invasion

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Nov 7, 1944

FDR Fourth and Final Election

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Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945

Battle of the Bulge

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Feb 4, 1945

Yalta Conference

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May 8, 1945

V-E Day

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Aug 6, 1945

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Sep 2, 1945

VJ-Day

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Feb 19, 1949

Iwo Jima

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Sep 8, 1951

Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States

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Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie

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Sinking of the Lusitania

Passage of the Selective Service Act

Espionage and Sedition Acts

Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover

Russia withdraws from WWI

Russian Communist Revolution begins

Worldwide Flu Epidemic kills 30 million

Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan

National War Labor Board established to regulate production in WWI

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

Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies

Armistice ends World War I

War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI

Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers

Passage of Prohibition and the end of Prohibition

Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

King Tut Tomb Discovered

Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight

First Mickey Mouse Cartoon

Herbert Hoover elected President

Unemployment averages 3.2%

The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"

The Philadelphia Athletics win the World Series

Unemployment in 1930 at 8.9%

Ghandi Salt March

Empire State building finished

Bank Failures Begin

Unemployment in 1931 at 16.3%

Japan invades Northern China

Japan conquers Manchuria

Hoover disbands the Bonus Army

Boulder Dam Project Begins

Hitler Comes to Power in Germany

Hitler sets up Dachau

FDR First Election

First Fireside Chat by FDR

Civilian Conservation Corps

Agricultural Adjustment Act

Congress Creates the SEC

Dust Bowl

Babe Ruth Retires

Congress Passes the Social Security Act

Civil War in Spain

Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany

Cotton Club Grand Opening

FDR Second Election

Hidenburg Disaster

Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight

Orson Welles broadcasts WAR of the Worlds

Kristallnacht

Hitler and Stalin sign Non Agression Pact

Germany invades Poland

Germany invades Poland, Britain and France Declare War

Japan, Germany, and Italy sign Tripartite Pact

FDR Third Election

German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa

Lend Lease Act

Hitler invades the Soviet Union

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor - U.S. enters WWII. World War II

WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt

Japanese Internment Camps begin

Nuremburg War Trials

Battle of Midway

Works Progress Administration established

D-Day Invasion

FDR Fourth and Final Election

Battle of the Bulge

Yalta Conference

V-E Day

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

VJ-Day

Iwo Jima

Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States