WWI-Great Depression-WWII By polka Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie Wikipedia Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 WWI May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania Wikipedia May 18, 1917 Passage of the Selective Service Act Wikipedia Jun 15, 1917 Espionage and Sedition Acts Wikipedia Aug 10, 1917 Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover Wikipedia Oct 1, 1917 Russia withdraws from WWI classroom.synonym.com Oct 25, 1917 Russian Communist Revolution begins Wikipedia Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Jan 1, 1919 Worldwide Flu Epidemic kills 30 million virus.stanford.edu Jan 8, 1918 Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan Wikipedia Apr 8, 1918 National War Labor Board established to regulate production in WWI Wikipedia Jun 28, 1918 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI Wikipedia Nov 4, 1918 Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies Answers Nov 11, 1918 Armistice ends World War I Wikipedia Dec 1, 1918 War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI Wikipedia Dec 1, 1918 Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers cliometrics.org Period: Jan 29, 1919 to Dec 5, 1933 Passage of Prohibition and the end of Prohibition Wikipedia Oct 1, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy Wikipedia Nov 4, 1922 King Tut Tomb Discovered timetoast Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan Wikipedia May 20, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight Wikipedia Nov 18, 1928 First Mickey Mouse Cartoon timetoast.com Nov 26, 1928 Herbert Hoover elected President Wikipedia Jan 1, 1929 Unemployment averages 3.2% Shmoop Oct 24, 1929 The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday" Wikipedia Jan 1, 1930 The Philadelphia Athletics win the World Series Wikipedia Jan 1, 1930 Unemployment in 1930 at 8.9% Shmoop Mar 12, 1930 Ghandi Salt March timetoast Mar 17, 1930 Empire State building finished Wikipedia Nov 1, 1930 Bank Failures Begin History.com Jan 1, 1931 Unemployment in 1931 at 16.3% Shmoop Sep 18, 1931 Japan invades Northern China Wikipedia Sep 18, 1931 Japan conquers Manchuria Wikipedia Jul 28, 1932 Hoover disbands the Bonus Army Wikipedia Nov 14, 1932 Boulder Dam Project Begins pbs.org Jan 30, 1933 Hitler Comes to Power in Germany teacher.scholastic.com Mar 1, 1933 Hitler sets up Dachau Wikipedia Mar 4, 1933 FDR First Election Wikipedia Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside Chat by FDR Wikipedia Mar 21, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps Wikipedia May 12, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act Wikipedia Jun 6, 1934 Congress Creates the SEC Wikipedia Period: Apr 14, 1935 to Oct 1, 1939 Dust Bowl Wikipedia May 3, 1935 Babe Ruth Retires timetoast Aug 14, 1935 Congress Passes the Social Security Act Wikipedia Period: Jul 17, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939 Civil War in Spain Wikipedia Aug 9, 1936 Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany Wikipedia Sep 24, 1936 Cotton Club Grand Opening timetoast.com Nov 3, 1936 FDR Second Election Wikipedia May 6, 1937 Hidenburg Disaster Wikipedia Jul 2, 1937 Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight Wikipedia Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts WAR of the Worlds Wikipedia Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht Wikipedia Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign Non Agression Pact Wikipedia Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Wikipedia Sep 3, 1939 Germany invades Poland, Britain and France Declare War History.com Sep 27, 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy sign Tripartite Pact Wikipedia Nov 5, 1940 FDR Third Election Wikipedia Jan 1, 1941 German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa achtungpanzer.com Mar 11, 1941 Lend Lease Act militaryhistory.about.com Jun 22, 1941 Hitler invades the Soviet Union Wikipedia Period: Dec 7, 1941 to Sep 2, 1945 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor - U.S. enters WWII. World War II Wikipedia Jan 16, 1942 WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt Wikipedia Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Internment Camps begin Wikipedia Apr 20, 1942 Nuremburg War Trials Wikipedia Jun 3, 1942 Battle of Midway Wikipedia Jun 30, 1943 Works Progress Administration established Wikipedia Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Invasion Wikipedia Nov 7, 1944 FDR Fourth and Final Election Wikipedia Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge Wikipedia Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference Wikipedia May 8, 1945 V-E Day Wikipedia Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Wikipedia Sep 2, 1945 VJ-Day Wikipedia Feb 19, 1949 Iwo Jima Wikipedia Sep 8, 1951 Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States Wikipedia
