WWI-WWII and After By Boom Chackalocka Aug 10, 1874 Herbert Hoover elected President Wikipedia.com Dec 17, 1903 Wright Brother's first flight Nps.gov Apr 18, 1906 San Fransisco Earthquake Wikipedia.com Dec 16, 1907 U.S. Great White Fleet of 16 battleships and 12,000 men begin first round the world cruise Americasbesthistory.com Dec 1, 1913 Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers History.com Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and wife Sophie Today I Found Out Jul 28, 1914 WWI Start Wikipedia.com May 7, 1915 The sinking of the Lusitania History.com Mar 8, 1917 Russian Communist Revolution Begins History.com May 18, 1917 Passage of the Selective Servise Act Wikipedia.com Jun 15, 1917 Espionage and Sedtion act passed by Congress Wikipedia.org Jul 28, 1917 War Industries Board wikipedia.org Aug 10, 1917 Food Administration set up by Herbert Hoover Wikipedia.com Oct 24, 1917 Russia withdrawls from WWI BBC Jan 8, 1918 Woodrow Wilson Fourteen Points Peace Plan History.state.gov Mar 11, 1918 Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million Wikipedia.com Apr 8, 1918 National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson Encyclopedia.com Nov 3, 1918 Austria-Hungary Surrenders to the Allies Worldology.com Nov 11, 1918 Armistice ends WWI Wikipedia.com Jun 28, 1919 Signing of Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI Wikipedia.com Period: Oct 28, 1919 to Dec 5, 1933 Passage of Prohibition-start/end Wikipedia.com Aug 1, 1922 German money hyperinflates Usagold.com Oct 29, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy History.com Mar 29, 1925 Hindenburg elected President of Germany Wikipedia.com Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan Britannica.com May 20, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight Charleslinderbergh.com Jun 18, 1928 Amelia Earhart crosses Atlantic in solo flight Nasa.gov Oct 29, 1929 Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday" History.com Oct 29, 1930 Bank Failures Began Livinghistoryfarm.org Jan 1, 1931 Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) project begins Wikipedia.com Period: Jan 1, 1931 to Dec 31, 1940 Dust Bowl Pbs.org Sep 18, 1931 Japan conquers Manchuria Wikipedia.com Jan 1, 1933 Congress creates the SEC [Investor.gov](investor.gov/introduction-markets/role-sec) Jan 30, 1933 Hitler comes to power Scholastic.com Period: Mar 4, 1933 to Apr 12, 1945 FDR Presidency History.com Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside Chat by FDR Wikipedia.com Mar 22, 1933 Hitler sets up Dachau Scrapbookpages.com Apr 5, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps History.com May 30, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act Britannica.com Apr 8, 1935 Works Progress Administration established History.com Aug 14, 1935 Congress passes Social Security Act Wikipedia.com Jul 17, 1936 Civil War in Spain Wikipedia.com Aug 9, 1936 Jesse Owens wins 4 gold medals in Germany History.com May 6, 1937 Hindenburg disaster Wikipedia.com Jul 7, 1937 Japan invades Northern China Ushmm.org Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds Wikipedia.com Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht Historyplace.com Nov 9, 1938 Night of broken glass ushmm.org Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign Non-Aggression Pact History.com Aug 23, 1939 Germany and the Soviet's Sign a Nonagresion packt History.com Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Ushmm.org Sep 3, 1939 Britain/France declare war 2history.com Sep 3, 1939 Germany invades Poland, Britan and France declare war History.com Sep 27, 1940 The Tripartite Pact is signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan History.com Sep 27, 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact Wikipedia.com Feb 12, 1941 German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa History.com Mar 11, 1941 Lend Lease Act Wikipedia.com Mar 11, 1941 Lendlease act google.com Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades Soviet Union Ushmm.org Jun 22, 1941 Hitler invaded Soviet Union ushmm.org Dec 7, 1941 Pearl harbor history.com Dec 7, 1941 US Enters WWII nationalww2museum.org Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor Americaslibrary.gov Period: Dec 7, 1941 to Sep 2, 1945 WWII Nationalgeographic.com Jan 16, 1942 WWII War Production Board created by Roosevelt Wikipedia.com Jan 16, 1942 War Production Board wikipedia.org Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Internment Camps begin Momomedia.com Jun 3, 1942 Battle of Midway Wikipedia.com Jun 7, 1942 Battle of Midway wikipedia.org Jun 6, 1944 D-dAY Army.mil Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Invasion Army.mil Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge Wikipedia.com Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference History.com Period: Feb 16, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945 Iwo jima wikipedia.org Feb 19, 1945 Iwo Jima Wikipedia.com May 8, 1945 V-E Day History.com May 8, 1945 victory in europe Google.com Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima Wikipedia.com Aug 6, 1945 bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki History.com Aug 9, 1945 Bombing of Nagasaki Wikipedia.com Aug 15, 1945 Victory in Japan Google.com Sep 2, 1945 V-J Day Holidayinsights.com Sep 4, 1945 Seven year occupation of Japan by United States First-team.us Oct 24, 1945 United Nations formed Wikipedia.com Nov 20, 1945 Nuremburg War Trials History.com Jun 24, 1948 Berlin Airlift History.com Apr 4, 1949 NATO established Nato.int Aug 29, 1949 USSR develops Atomic Bomb Coldwar.org Jun 25, 1950 Korean War starts History.com