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Jun 28, 1914

Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie

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Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

WWI

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May 7, 1915

Sinking of the Lusitania

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Period: Feb 23, 1917 to Nov 8, 1917

Russian Communist Revolution begins

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May 18, 1917

Passage of Selective Service Act

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Jun 15, 1917

Espionage Act passed by Congress

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Jul 28, 1917

War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI

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Oct 1, 1917

Russia withdrawls from WWI

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Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Dec 1, 1920

Wolrdwide 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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May 16, 1918

Sedition Act passed by Congress

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Nov 3, 1918

Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies

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Nov 11, 1918

Armistice ends WWI

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Feb 25, 1919

Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover

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Jun 28, 1919

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

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Jan 1, 1920

Henry ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers

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Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Dec 5, 1933

Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition

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Oct 31, 1922

Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

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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

Creation of Steamboat Willie

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Dec 21, 1928

Boulder Dam Project begins

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Mar 4, 1929

Herbert Hoover elected President

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Oct 29, 1929

The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"

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Jan 1, 1930

Bank Failures begin

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Mar 17, 1930

Construction on the Empire State Building starts

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Feb 16, 1931

Germany Invades Poland

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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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May 20, 1932

Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight

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Jul 28, 1932

Hoover disbands Bonus Army

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Period: Nov 8, 1932 to Nov 7, 1944

FDR Election

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Period: Jan 1, 1933 to Feb 16, 1942

Civilian Conservation Corps

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Mar 12, 1933

First Fireside Chat by FDR

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Mar 22, 1933

Hitler Sets Up Dachau

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Period: Jan 1, 1934 to Jan 1, 1940

Dust Bowl

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Jun 6, 1934

Congress creates the SEC

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Aug 2, 1934

Hitler comes to power in Germany

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Aug 11, 1934

Alcatraz opens as a federal prison

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Apr 8, 1935

Works Progress Administration Established

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Aug 14, 1935

Congress passes the Social Security Act

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Sep 30, 1935

Hoover Dam is dedicated

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Jul 17, 1936

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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May 6, 1937

Hindenburg Disaster

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May 27, 1937

Golden Gate Bridge opens

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Feb 16, 1938

Agricultural Adjustment Act

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Oct 30, 1938

Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds

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Nov 9, 1938

Kristallnacht

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Aug 12, 1939

Firts premier of The Wizard of Oz

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Aug 23, 1939

Hitler and Stalin Signed a Nonaggression Pact

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Sep 9, 1939

Germany invades Poland Britain and France Declare War

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Sep 27, 1940

Japan Germany and Italy sign the tripartite Pact

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Mar 1, 1941

Captain America published by Marvel Comics

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Mar 3, 1941

M&Ms' are invented

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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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Dec 7, 1941

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

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Jan 16, 1942

War Production Board

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Feb 19, 1942

Japanese Internment Camps Begin

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Period: Jun 3, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942

Battle of Midway

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Mar 1, 1943

German General Rommel Surrenders in North Africa

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Jun 6, 1944

D-Day

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Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945

Battle of the Bulge

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Jan 1, 1945

Volkswagen Beetle is manufactured

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Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1949

Nuremberg War Trials

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Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1952

Seven Year Occupation of Japan by United States

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Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945

Yalta Conference

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Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945

Iwo Jima

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May 8, 1945

V-E day and V-J day

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Aug 6, 1945

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Oct 1, 1949

China becomes a Communist Country

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Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie

WWI

Sinking of the Lusitania

Russian Communist Revolution begins

Passage of Selective Service Act

Espionage Act passed by Congress

War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI

Russia withdrawls from WWI

Wolrdwide flu epidemic kills 30 million

Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan

National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson

Sedition Act passed by Congress

Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies

Armistice ends WWI

Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover

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

Henry ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers

Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition

Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight

Creation of Steamboat Willie

Boulder Dam Project begins

Herbert Hoover elected President

The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"

Bank Failures begin

Construction on the Empire State Building starts

Germany Invades Poland

Japan Invades Northern China

Japan Conquers Manchuria

Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight

Hoover disbands Bonus Army

FDR Election

Civilian Conservation Corps

First Fireside Chat by FDR

Hitler Sets Up Dachau

Dust Bowl

Congress creates the SEC

Hitler comes to power in Germany

Alcatraz opens as a federal prison

Works Progress Administration Established

Congress passes the Social Security Act

Hoover Dam is dedicated

Civil War in Spain

Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany

Hindenburg Disaster

Golden Gate Bridge opens

Agricultural Adjustment Act

Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds

Kristallnacht

Firts premier of The Wizard of Oz

Hitler and Stalin Signed a Nonaggression Pact

Germany invades Poland Britain and France Declare War

Japan Germany and Italy sign the tripartite Pact

Captain America published by Marvel Comics

M&Ms' are invented

Lend Lease Act

Hitler Invades the Soviet Union

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

War Production Board

Japanese Internment Camps Begin

Battle of Midway

German General Rommel Surrenders in North Africa

D-Day

Battle of the Bulge

Volkswagen Beetle is manufactured

Nuremberg War Trials

Seven Year Occupation of Japan by United States

Yalta Conference

Iwo Jima

V-E day and V-J day

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

China becomes a Communist Country