WWI-Great Depression-WWII By Maxx Kaiser Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand Archduke franzs assasination Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 WWI Sep 9, 1914 Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg lays out Germany's war aims. Timeline_of_WW1 Dec 1, 1914 Henry Ford opens his assembly line to African Americans ford assembly line May 7, 1915 Sinking of Lusitania /lusitania May 12, 1915 Windhoek, capital of German South-West Africa, is occupied by South African troops Timeline_of_World_War_I Apr 29, 1916 The British forces under siege at Kut surrender to the Ottomans, first siege of Kut ends. Timeline_of_World_War_I Aug 27, 1916 Italy declares war on Germany Timeline_of_World_War_I Sep 6, 1916 The Central Powers create a unified command. Timeline_of_World_War_I Feb 1, 1917 Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare Timeline_of_World_War_I Period: Feb 23, 1917 to Apr 5, 1917 The Germans withdraw to the Hindenburg Line Timeline_of_World_War_I May 18, 1917 Passage of the Selective Service Act Selective_Service_Act_ Jun 30, 1917 Greece declares war on the Central powers. Timeline_of_World_War_I Jul 28, 1917 War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI War_Industries_Board Aug 10, 1917 Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover Food_Administration Oct 25, 1917 Russian Communist Revolution begins /russian-revolution Oct 26, 1917 Decree of peace was signed Decree_on_Peace Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Jan 1, 1919 Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million Jan 8, 1918 Woodrow Wilson presents his fourthteen points peace plan Fourteen_Points Mar 3, 1918 Russia Withdraws from WWI Treaty_of_Brest-Litovs Apr 8, 1918 National Wat Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson National_War_Labor_Board May 16, 1918 Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress Espionage_Act_of_1917 May 21, 1918 Ottomans invade Armenia. Timeline_of_World_War_I Nov 4, 1918 Austria-Hungary surrenders to the allies spartacus Nov 11, 1918 Armistice ends World War 1 armistice Jun 28, 1919 Signing of the treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of world war 1 treaty-of-versailles Jan 10, 1920 First meeting of the League of Nations held in London. Official end of World War I. Timeline_of_World_War_I Period: Jan 16, 1920 to Dec 5, 1933 Passage of Prohibition and end of prohibition Oct 24, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy benito-mussolini Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan hirohito May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight charles-lindbergh-flies-solo-across-the-atlantic Jun 18, 1928 Amelia Earhart crosses the atlantic in a solo flight earhart-completes-transatlantic-flight Nov 6, 1928 Herbert Hoover elected president presidents/herbert-hoover Oct 22, 1929 Bank Failures begin bank-run Oct 29, 1929 The stock market crashes "Black Market" stock-market-crash Jul 7, 1930 Boulder dam projects begins -hoover-dam-begins Period: Jan 1, 1931 to Jan 1, 1939 Dust Bowl Sep 18, 1931 Japan conquers Manchuria invasion_of_Manchuria Jul 29, 1932 Hoover disbands the bonus army snprelief4 Jan 30, 1933 Hitler comes to power in Germany Adolf_Hitler rise_to_power Feb 27, 1933 Hitler sets up Dachau _concentration_camp Period: Mar 1, 1933 to Apr 1, 1945 FDR elected president once, twice, three, four times Wikipedia Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside Chat by FDR -first-fireside-chat Apr 5, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps Civilian_Conservation_Corps May 1, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment act Agricultural_Adjustment_Act Oct 1, 1934 Congress creates the SEC U.S._Securities_and_Exchange_Commission Apr 8, 1935 Works Progress Adminiatration established wpa-established Aug 14, 1935 Congress passes the social security act .ssa. 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 owens-wins-4th-gold-medal May 6, 1937 Hindenburg disaster airships Jul 7, 1937 Japan invades Northern China Boundless Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds welles-scares-nation Period: Nov 9, 1938 to Nov 10, 1938 Kristallnacht (night of falling glass) Hitler destroys jewish neighborhoods Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression pact nonaggression Sep 3, 1939 Germany invades Poland - Britain and France declare war britain-and-france-declare-war-on-germany Sep 27, 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact the-tripartite-pact signed-by-germany-italy-and-japan Mar 11, 1941 Lend Lease Act end-lease-act Jun 22, 1941 Hitler Invades the Soviet Union Battle in WW2 Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs pearl harbor - U.S. enters WWII pearl-harbor-bombing Jan 16, 1942 WW2 War production Board Created by Roosevelt War_Production_Board Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Internment camps begin japanese-american-relocation Period: Jun 3, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942 Battle of Midway history Jun 6, 1944 D-Day invasion d-day Oct 14, 1944 German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa rommel-erwin Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1952 Seven Year occupation of Japan History State Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945 Yalta Conference history Feb 19, 1945 Iwo Jima Battle_of_Iwo_Jima May 8, 1945 V-E day History Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki Aug 15, 1945 V-J day woodlands Period: Nov 20, 1945 to Oct 1, 1946 Nuremberg Trials history