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Apr 15, 1912

Titanic Sinks
Jun 28, 1914

Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie
Jul 11, 1914

Babe Ruth makes his MLB debut
Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

World War I

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May 7, 1915

Sinking of the Lusitania

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Mar 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 and Sedition scts passed by Congresss

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Jul 28, 1917

War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWl

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Aug 10, 1917

Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover

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Jan 1, 1918

Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million

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Jan 8, 1918

Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan

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Mar 3, 1918

Russia withdraws from WWl

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Apr 8, 1918

National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson

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Nov 3, 1918

Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies

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Nov 11, 1918

Armistice ends World War I

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Jun 19, 1919

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

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Jan 16, 1920

Prohibition Begins
Period: Jan 17, 1920 to Jun 17, 1933

Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition

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Oct 29, 1922

Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

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Jul 24, 1925

Hoover disbands the Bonus army

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Dec 25, 1926

Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

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May 21, 1927

Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight

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Nov 6, 1928

Herbert Hoover elected President

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Feb 14, 1929

St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Oct 29, 1929

The stock market crashes "Black Tuesday"

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Nov 1, 1929

Bank failures begin

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Jan 1, 1931

Boulder Dam Project begins

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Mar 3, 1931

"The Star-Spangled Banner" becomes National Anthem
May 1, 1931

Empire State Building Opened
Sep 19, 1931

Japan invades Northern China

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Feb 27, 1932

Japan conquers Manchuria
May 21, 1932

Amelia Earhart crosses Atlantic in a solo flight

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Mar 4, 1933

FDR elected President

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Mar 12, 1933

First Fireside Chat by FDR
Mar 22, 1933

Hitler sets up Dachau
Apr 5, 1933

Civilian Conservation Corps

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May 12, 1933

Agricultural Adjustment Act
Dec 5, 1933

Prohibition Repealed
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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Apr 8, 1935

Works Progress Administration established
Aug 14, 1935

Congress passes the Social Security Act

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Jul 17, 1936

Civil War in Spain

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Aug 1, 1936

Jesse Owen wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany

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Nov 3, 1936

FDR re-elected President (second time)

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May 6, 1937

Hindenburg disaster

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Oct 30, 1938

Orson Welles broadcasts the War of the Worlds
Nov 9, 1938

Kristallnacht (night of the falling glass)-Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods
Jan 1, 1939

Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers

Solidarity
Aug 28, 1939

Hitler and Stalin sign Non Aggression Pact
Sep 1, 1939

Germany Invades Poland

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Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945

World War II

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Sep 3, 1939

Germany invades Poland Britain and France Declare war
Sep 27, 1940

Japn, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact
Nov 5, 1940

FDR elected President (third time)

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Mar 11, 1941

Lend Lease Act
Jun 22, 1941

Hitler Invades the Soviet Union
Dec 7, 1941

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor- U.S. enters WWII

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Jan 16, 1942

WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt
Feb 19, 1942

Japenese Internment Camps begin
Jun 4, 1942

Battle of Midway
May 13, 1943

German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa
Jun 6, 1944

D-Day Invasion
Nov 7, 1944

FDR re-elected President (fourth time)

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Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945

Battle of the Bulge
Feb 4, 1945

Yalta Conference
Feb 19, 1945

Iwo Jima
Apr 12, 1945

FDR dies while in office
May 8, 1945

V-E Day (Victory in Europe)
Aug 6, 1945

Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Aug 9, 1945

Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
Sep 2, 1945

V-J Day (Victory in Japan)
Period: Sep 3, 1945 to Apr 18, 1952

Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States
Oct 1, 1946

Nuremburg War Trials
Oct 14, 1947

Chuck Yeager breaks sound barrier
Jan 1, 1948

Berlin Airlift

Titanic Sinks

Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie

Babe Ruth makes his MLB debut

World War I

Sinking of the Lusitania

Russian Communist Revolution Begins

Passage of Selective Service Act

Espionage and Sedition scts passed by Congresss

War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWl

Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover

Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million

Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan

Russia withdraws from WWl

National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson

Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies

Armistice ends World War I

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

Prohibition Begins

Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition

Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

Hoover disbands the Bonus army

Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight

Herbert Hoover elected President

St. Valentine's Day Massacre

The stock market crashes "Black Tuesday"

Bank failures begin

Boulder Dam Project begins

"The Star-Spangled Banner" becomes National Anthem

Empire State Building Opened

Japan invades Northern China

Japan conquers Manchuria

Amelia Earhart crosses Atlantic in a solo flight

FDR elected President

First Fireside Chat by FDR

Hitler sets up Dachau

Civilian Conservation Corps

Agricultural Adjustment Act

Prohibition Repealed

Dust Bowl

Congress creates the SEC

Hitler comes to power in Germany

Works Progress Administration established

Congress passes the Social Security Act

Civil War in Spain

Jesse Owen wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany

FDR re-elected President (second time)

Hindenburg disaster

Orson Welles broadcasts the War of the Worlds

Kristallnacht (night of the falling glass)-Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods

Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers

Hitler and Stalin sign Non Aggression Pact

Germany Invades Poland

World War II

Germany invades Poland Britain and France Declare war

Japn, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact

FDR elected President (third time)

Lend Lease Act

Hitler Invades the Soviet Union

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor- U.S. enters WWII

WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt

Japenese Internment Camps begin

Battle of Midway

German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa

D-Day Invasion

FDR re-elected President (fourth time)

Battle of the Bulge

Yalta Conference

Iwo Jima

FDR dies while in office

V-E Day (Victory in Europe)

Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

V-J Day (Victory in Japan)

Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States

Nuremburg War Trials

Chuck Yeager breaks sound barrier

Berlin Airlift