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Franz Ferdinand Assassinated
Heir to the austrian throne, he visited the bosnian capital sarajevo. He was driving through the city when Gavrillo Princip shot him and his wife sophie. -
War against Serbia
Austria-Hungary declared what was expected to be a short war against serbia. -
Schlieffen Plan
Germany invaded belgium, which followed a strategy known as the schlieffen plan. The plan called for a holding action against russia, which was combined with a drive through belgium to paris. -
Germany declared war
Germany declared war on russia's ally france and after germany invaded belgium britian declared war on germany and austria-Hungary. -
German U-Boat response
One of the worst disasters occurred. A U-boat sank the british liner Luistania. -
Arabic British Liner
A U-Boat sank another british liner called the arabic, drowining two americans. The U.S protested and germany agreed not to sink any moe passenger ships. -
Two parrallel systems of trenches
Two parallel systems of deep rat-infested trenches crossed france from the belgian coast to the swiss alps. German soldiers occupied one set of the trenches and allied soldiers occupied the other. -
Margaret sanger
Opened the first birth-control clinic in the united states. -
First Battle of Somme
During the first battle of somme the british suffered 60,000 casualties just on the first day. The final total of casualties was about 1.2 million, and only seven miles of ground changed hands. -
Sussex Sank
Germany torpedoed an unarmed french passenger steamer, the sussex. 80 passengers including americans were killed or injured. -
1916 Election
Democrats renominated wilson, and the republicans nominated supreme court justice Charles Evans Hughes. -
President Wilson trys to mediate between to alliances
In a speech before the senate president wilson called for a "Peace without victory....a peace between equals" in which neither of the sides would impose harsh terms on the other. -
America Acts
Senators, representatives, ambassadors, members of the supreme court, and other guests crowded in the captial building to hear president wilson deliever his war resolution. -
Jeannette Ranklin
First women elected to congress; stood up and declared "I want to stand by my country but i can not vote for war. I vote no. -
League of Nations
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War ends
The first World War ends. -
19th Amendment
Congress approves the 19th amendment, granting women the right to vote. -
Eighteenth Amendment
The eighteenth amendment to the constitution, banning the manufacture, sale and transportation of alchol, took effect in january. -
Prohibition
only 19 percent of americans supported prohibition. The rest believed that prohibition caused worse effects than the initial problem. -
Harlem Renaissance
An artistic movement founded in harlem which celebrated african american culture. -
KDKA Radio Broadcasts
Station KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania initates regular radio broadcasts the first station to do this. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Secretary of the interior albert fall, a friend of hardinas, was convicted of taking bribes from oil executives. -
Louis Armstrong
Louis armstrong plays for king olivers creole jazz band in chicago. -
Talkies
The first talkie film was shown in theaters. -
Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge is elected president. -
Evolution
Tennessee passed the nations first law that made it a crime to teach evolution. -
Scopes Trial
The trial opened and almost overnight became a national sensation. -
Flappers
Flappers compete in a charleston dance competition. -
Charles Lindenburgh
Makes the first nonstop solo transatlantic flight. -
Graham Mcnamee
Approximately 50 million americans sat listening to their radios as graham mcnamee would announce the boxing mathces. -
St Valentines Day Massacre
In the St Valentines day massacre six gangsters from the bugs moran mob and another man were killed in a chicago garage. -
Black Tuesday
The stock market crashed in october 1929 was one of the most dramatic events signalling the depression. Many people who invested in the stock market lost everything in the crash. -
Tennessee Valley Authority
This act harnessed water power to generate electricity and to help prevent disatrous floods in the tennessee valley. -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Congress passed the hawley-smoot tariff, which established the highest protective tariff in the united states history. -
Dust bowl
A storm that mostly hit kansas, oklahoma, texas, new mexico, and colorado. The dust would travel hundreds of miles. -
Unemployed
8.02 million americans were unemployed. -
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected president -
Farms During the great depression
400,000 farms were lost through foreclosure. Many famers turned to tenant farming and barely scraped out a living. -
Federal Home Loan Bank Act
Hoover signed this act which lowered mortgage rates for homeowners and allowed farmerst o refinance their farm loans. -
Bonus Army
The bonus army arrives in Washington, D.C -
Great Depression
The gross national product was cut in half from 104 billion to 59 billion. 90,000 buisnesses went bankrupt. -
During the Great Depression
More than 13 million americans are unemployed. -
Securities and Exchange commision Act
Congress pass this act to regulate the stock market -
Social Security Act
This act provided substantial benefits to millions of americans. Including the old-age, unemployment, and children with disabilities. -
Committee of Industrial Organization
This was expelled from AFL and changed its name to the congress of industrial organization. -
Marian Anderson
Marian Anderson sang from the steps of the lincoln memorial. -
Wizard of Oz
The wizard of oz was released in theathers and was the first color movie. -
Hitler
Hitler launched a surprise invasion of denmark and norway in order to protect those countries freedom and independence. -
Surrender of hitler
William shirer and the rest of the world watched, hitler hand the french officers his terms of surrender. -
Hideki Tojo
Hideki tojo, the force behind japanese strategy becomes japans prime minister in 1941. -
Soviet Union
Hitler broke the agreement he had made with joseph stalin not to go to war and invaded the soviet union. -
Message to Roosevelt
Roosevelt received a decoded message that instructed japans peace envoy to reject all american peace proposals. Roosevelt knew that this ment war. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack and bomb pearl harbor -
WAAC
Congress gave women this law. This law gave the WAAC and official status and salary but few of the benefits granted to male soldiers. -
German Commander
The german commander surrenderd and two days later his starving troops also surrendered. -
D-Day
The first day of the invasion of operation overlord. -
Battle of the Bulge
Eight german tank divisions broke through weak american defenses along an 80-mile front. -
Yalta Conference
A meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the united kingdom, and the soviet union for the purpose of discussing europes post war reorganization. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
30,000 U.S Marines land on iwo jima. Many deaths had resulted in this. -
V-E Day
The allies celebrated on this day. It ment victory in europe day. It also ment that the war in europe was finally over. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
The enola gay dropped the little boy atomic bomb on hiroshima. -
Bombing of Nagasaki
The atomic bomb was dropped on nagasaki as a final attempt for the japanese to surrender. -
Alger Hiss
alger hiss was convicted for suspected communism while working for the government. -
Korean war
north korean forces swept across the 38th parallel in a surprise attack on south korea. -
Enemy tanks
Philip day spotted a column of eight enemy tanks moving toward his company. -
United Nations
The united nations forcces retreat south toward the 38th parallel when the chinese communists forces open a counteroffensive in the korean war. -
Ethel and julius rosenberg
These two americans were found guilty of conspiracy of wartime espionage and sentenced to be executed. -
ANZUS Treaty
The united states, australia and new zealand sign a mutual security pact -
Joseph Stalin
joseph stalin dies from a cerebral hemorrhage at age 73 -
Eniwetok H-Bomb Test
The U.S sets off its first hydrogen bomb on the south pacific island of eniwetok. -
Election of 1952
Eisenhower defeats democrat Adlai E Stevenson and is elected president. -
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong became the chairman of china -
Suez War
A war over the suez canal that began aganist france and great britian. -
Sputnik
The soviets launch sputnik the first manmade satellite which causes fear in the US. -
U.S launches satellite
The U.S launches its first satellite, Explorer 1, marking U.S entry into space race with the russians. -
Cold War
The first major world's fair since the end of World War II opens in Brussels, Belgium and evokes a Cold War debate between the pavilions of the Soviet Union and the United States -
NASA
NASA selects the first seven military pilots to become the Mercury Seven, first astronauts of the United States. -
Television Debate
70 million TV viewers watched nixon and kennedy debating issues. -
Crises over cuba
President Eisenhower had cut off diplomatic relations with cuba because of a revolutionary leader named fidel castro. -
John F. Kennedy
John became the 35th president of the United States and he delivers his inaugural adress. -
Bay of pigs
1,300 to 1,500 cuban exiles supported by the U.S military landed on the islands southern coast at Bahia de Cochinos, the bay of pigs. -
Alan Shepard
Alan climed into freedom 7, a tiny capsule on top of a huge rocket booster. The capsule left earth's atmosphere in a ball of fire and returned the same way only lasting fifteen mintues. -
Silent Spring
Rachel carson published her book silent spring. -
Hot line
The hot line was only used for emergencies and it would help reduce the risk of war occurring by accident or miscalculation. -
Warren Commission
The warren commission investigated and concluded that Oswald had shot the president while acting on his own. -
Tragedy in Dallas
President John F. Kennedy was assainated in his car by lee harvey oswald. -
Civil Rights Act
The civil rights act forbade discrimination on the basis of sex as well as race in hiring, promoting, and firing. -
War on Poverty
Congress enacted the Economic Opportunity Act approving 1 billion for youth programs, antipoverty measures, small-business loans, and job training. -
Miranda v. Arizona
All suspects must be read their rights before questioning. -
U.S Launches satellite
The U.S launches its first satellite, explorer 1, marking U.S entry into the space race with the russians. -
Immigration Act of 1965
This act opened the door for many non-european immigrants to settle in the united states by ending quotas based on nationality. -
Vatican city
Pope John Paul II, Korol Wojtyla of Poland, is elected Pope at Vatican City. -
First man on the moon
Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon which was a very big step for the world. -
Toas
Taos of new mexico regain possession of Blue Lake as well as surrounding forestland. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Congress repealed the tonkin gulf resolution, which had given the president near independence on conducting policy in vietnam. -
South vietnam surrendered
North vietnamese tanks rolled into saigon and captured the city, and soon after south vietnam surrendered to north vietnam -
President nixon heads to Moscow
Three months after visiting Beijing president nixon heads to Mosocw. He was the first U.S president ever to visit the Soviet Union. -
Watergate
The Watergate crisis begins when four men are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate office building in Washington, D.C. -
U.S signs an agreement
The united states signed an agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in vietnam. -
Vietnam peace pacts
Four vietnam peac pacts were signed in Paris, France. It was know as the "Paris Peace Accords". -
The vietnam war ended
The last U.S combat troops left for home and for america, the vietnam war had ended. -
War powers act
Congress passed the war powers act, which stipulated that a president must inform congress within 48 hours of sending forces into a hostile area without declaration of war.h -
Indian self-determination and education assistance act
Congress passed these laws whcih gave tribes greater control over their own affairs and over their childrens education. -
American Legion Convention
Twenty-nine people attending an American Legion convention in Philadelphia are killed by a mysterious ailment -
Confronting the energy crisis
During fireside chat, president Carter urged his fellow americans to cut their consumption of oil and gas. -
Nuclear-Proliferation Pact
Fifteen nations, including the United States and the Soviet Union, sign a nuclear-proliferation pact, slowing the spread of nuclear weapons around the world. -
American Pioneer eleven
The american pioneer eleven passes the planet saturn, becoming the first space craft to visit the planet. -
Chrysler Bailout
The chrysler bailout is approved by the federal government and a 1.5 billion loan is floated to help assist the third largest car marker in the united states.
