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The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
leading to austria hunhary to declare war on serbia -
Germany and Ausria hungary declare war on russia
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Germany evades belgium
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belgium and france halt the german advance
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the lusitania is sank by a german U-boat
1,198 died 128 were american -
the battle of somme
the british sufered 60,000 casualties the first day alone -
Zimmermann note
germany planned to attack the us by using mexicos hatred of the us at the time. -
Washington Assemblys to hear President Wilson deliver his war Resolution
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The U.S launched 95 ships
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Alvin York resuce mission
he single handly capture 132 german and kill 25 while resucing his six team -
Austria Hungary surrendered to the allies
one by one the central powers surrendered -
Berlin now controled by socialist
germany become republic as the kaiser give up the throne -
Armistice is declared
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Gen Wrangel opens offensive against red Army
However, by this stage in the Russian Civil War, such measures were too late, and the White movement was rapidly losing support both domestically and overseas. Wrangel is immortalized by the nickname of "Black Baron" in the marching song The Red Army is the Strongest composed as a rallying call for a final effort on the part of the Bolsheviks to end the war; the song became immensely popular in the early Soviet Union during the 1920s -
nineteenth amendment
women were given the right to vote -
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics established
Modern revolutionary activity in the Russian Empire began with the Decembrist Revolt of 1825. Although serfdom was abolished in 1861, it was done on terms unfavourable to the peasants and served to encourage revolutionaries. A parliament—the State Duma—was established in 1906 after the Russian Revolution of 1905, but Tsar Nicholas II resisted attempts to move from absolute to constitutional monarchy -
Teapot Dome Scandal
In 1921, President Harding issued an executive order that transferred control of Teapot Dome Oil Field in Natrona County, Wyoming, and the Elk Hills and Buena Vista Oil Fields in Kern County, California from the Navy Department to the Department of the Interior. This was not implemented until 1922, when Interior Secretary Fall persuaded Navy Secretary Edwin C. Denby to transfer control. Later in 1922, Albert Fall leased the oil production rights at Teapot Dome to Harry F. Sinclair of Mammoth O -
1st nonstop transcontinental flight (NY-San Diego) completed
First nonstop transcontinental flight: Roosevelt Field, Long Island to Rockwell Field, North Island, San Diego. Longest straight-line distance covered nonstop until then[1] -
First Olympic Winter Games
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Robert Goddard Fires His First Liquid-Fuel Rocket
when American professor Dr. Robert H. Goddard launched a vehicle using liquid oxygen and gasoline as propellants.[4] The rocket, which was dubbed "Nell", rose just 41 feet during a 2.5-second flight -
Peace Bridge between US & Canada dedicated
The building of the Peace Bridge was approved by the International Joint Commission on August 6, 1925. Edward Lupfer served as chief engineer.[3] A major obstacle to building the bridge was the swift river current, which averages 7.5 to 12 miles per hour (12.1 to 19.3 km/h). Construction began in 1925 and was completed in the spring of 1927. On March 13, 1927, Lupfer drove the first car across the bridge. On June 1, 1927, the bridge was opened to the public. The official opening ceremony was h -
Sacco and Venzetti Executed
Nicola Sacco (April 22, 1891 – August 23, 1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (June 11, 1888 – August 23, 1927) were Italian-born anarchists who were convicted of murdering two men during the armed robbery of a shoe factory in Braintree, Massachusetts, United States in 1920 -
First Oxford English Dictionary Published
the Philological Society was concerned with the process of publishing a dictionary with such an immense scope. Although they had pages printed by publishers, no publication agreement was reached; both the Cambridge University Press and the Oxford University Press were approached -
Penicillin Discovered
penicillin would be a useful disinfectant, being highly potent with minimal toxicity compared to antiseptics of the day, -
splitting the atom
Ernest Walton for an experiment which was to be known as splitting the atom using a particle accelerator, and Edward Appleton for demonstrating the existence of the ionosphere -
Air Conditioning Invented
In 1902, the first modern electrical air conditioning unit was invented by Willis Carrier in Buffalo, New York Designed to improve manufacturing process control in a printing plant, Carrier's invention controlled not only temperature but also humidity. Carrier used his knowledge of the heating of objects with steam and reversed the process. Instead of sending air through hot coils, he sent it through cold coils (filled with cold water). -
The Dust Bowl
the name given to an area of the Great Plains (southwestern Kansas, Oklahoma panhandle, Texas panhandle, northeastern New Mexico, and southeastern Colorado) that was devastated by nearly a decade of drought and soil erosion during the 1930s. The huge dust storms that ravaged the area destroyed crops and made living there untenable. -
Bonnie and Clyde Killed by Police
It was during the Great Depression that Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow went on their two-year crime spree (1932-1934). The general attitude in the United States was against government and Bonnie and Clyde used that to their advantage. With an image closer to Robin Hood rather than mass murderers, Bonnie and Clyde captured the imagination of the nation. -
Germany Issues the Anti-Jewish Nuremberg Laws
the Nazi government passed two new racial laws at their annual NSDAP Reich Party Congress in Nuremberg, Germany. These two laws (the Reich Citizenship Law and the Law to Protect German Blood and Honor) became collectively known as the Nuremberg Laws. These laws took German citizenship away from Jews and outlawed both marriage and sex between Jews and non-Jews. Unlike historical antisemitism, the Nuremberg Laws defined Jewishness by heredity (race) rather than by practice (religion). -
Hoover Dam Completed
Hoover Dam, once known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and cost over one hundred lives. The dam was controversially named after President Herbert Hoove -
Golden Gate Bridge Opened
bridge spanning the Golden GateEngineer estimated the cost at $100 million, which would have been $2.12 billion in 2009, and impractical for the time. He asked bridge engineers whether it could be built for less -
Amelia Earhart Vanishes
Pacific Ocean, en route to Howland Island -
Einstein Writes a Letter to FDR About Building an Atomic Bomb
The Einstein–Szilárd letter was a letter written by Leó Szilárd and signed by Albert Einstein that was sent to the United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 2, 1939. Though Szilárd consulted with his fellow Hungarian physicists Edward Teller and Eugene Wigner on it, he was the principal author. The letter warned of the danger that Germany might develop atomic bombs and suggested that the United States should initiate its own nuclear program. It prompted action by Roosevelt, which e -
World War II Begins
World War II altered the political alignment and social structure of the world. The United Nations (UN) was established to foster international co-operation and prevent future conflicts but at a great cost that everyone paid. -
Mount Rushmore Completed
a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore (Lakota Sioux name: Six Grandfathers) near Keystone, South Dakota, in the United States. Sculpted by Danish-American Gutzon Borglum and his son, Lincoln Borglum, Mount Rushmore features 60-foot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of four United States presidents -
Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor
On the morning of December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise air attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. After just two hours of bombing, more than 2,400 Americans were dead, 21 ships* had either been sunk or damaged, and more than 188 U.S. aircraft destroyed. -
The Bataan Death March
forced march of American and Filipino prisoners of war by the Japanese during World War II. The 63-mile march began with 72,000* prisoners from the southern end of the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines -
Manhattan Project Begins
the Manhattan Project,” named for one of the initial sites of research, Columbia University in Manhattan, New York. Headed by Brigadier General Leslie R. Groves (military head) and J. Robert Oppenheimer -
D-Day
.In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, the Allies launched an attack by sea, landing on the beaches of Normandy -
Hitler Commits Suicide
the end of World War II imminent and the Russians nearing his underground bunker under the Chancellery building in Berlin, Germany, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler shot himself in the head with his pistol, likely after swallowing cyanide -
United Nations Founded
is an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation. -
Dr. Spock's The Common Book of Baby and Child Care Is Published
book about how to raise children -
Marshall Plan
the American initiative to aid Europe and Asia, in which the United States gave $13 billion -
NATO Established
is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party
