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Jan 10, 1901

First Oil Discovery

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Dec 17, 1903

Wright brothers first controlled flight

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Apr 14, 1912

Titanic Sinks

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Dec 1, 1913

Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African Americans workers

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Jun 28, 1914

Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie year

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Period: Jun 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

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May 7, 1915

Sinking of the Lusitania

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May 18, 1917

Passage of the Selective Service Act

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Jun 15, 1917

Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress

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Jul 28, 1917

War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI

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Aug 10, 1917

Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover

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Oct 1, 1917

Russia withdrawls from WWI

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Nov 8, 1917

Russian Communist Revolution begins

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Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Jan 1, 1919

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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Apr 8, 1918

National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson

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Nov 11, 1918

Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies

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Nov 11, 1918

Armistice ends World War I

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Period: Jan 29, 1919 to Dec 5, 1933

Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition

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Jun 28, 1919

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

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Aug 20, 1920

The NFL is founded

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Oct 31, 1922

Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister

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Mar 25, 1923

The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"

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Dec 25, 1926

Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

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May 20, 1927

Charles Lindbergh made the first nonstop transatlantic flight

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Sep 30, 1927

Babe Ruth sets homerun record

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Jan 1, 1928

Bubble Gum invented

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Nov 6, 1928

Herbert Hoover elected President

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Oct 1, 1929

Bank failures begin

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Oct 29, 1929

Great Depression

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Period: Jan 1, 1930 to Jan 1, 1940

Dust Bowl

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May 1, 1931

Empire State Building Completed

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Feb 27, 1932

Japan conquers Manchuria

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May 21, 1932

Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight

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Jun 21, 1932

Hitler comes to power in Germany

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Jul 28, 1932

Hoover disbands the Bonus Army

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Nov 8, 1932

FDR elected president (1st time)

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Jan 1, 1933

Civilian Conservation Corps

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Mar 12, 1933

First Fireside Chat by FDR

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Mar 20, 1933

Hitler sets up Dachau

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May 12, 1933

Agricultural Adjustment Act

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Jun 6, 1934

Congress creates the SEC

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Mar 1, 1935

Congress passes the Social Security Act

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Apr 8, 1935

Work Progress Administration established

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Sep 30, 1935

Boulder Dam Project begins

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Period: Jul 17, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939

Civil War in Spain

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Aug 9, 1936

Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany

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Nov 3, 1936

FDR re-elected President (2nd 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

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Nov 9, 1938

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

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Aug 23, 1939

Hitler and Stalin sign Non-aggression Pact

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Sep 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland

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Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945

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Sep 3, 1939

Germany invades Poland, Britain, and France Dclare War

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Sep 27, 1940

Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact

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Nov 5, 1940

FDR re-elected President (3rd time)

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Mar 1, 1941

Lend Lease Act

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Jun 22, 1941

Hitler invades the Soviet Union

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Dec 7, 1941

Japan invades Northern China

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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

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Feb 19, 1942

Japanese Internment Camps begin

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Jun 3, 1942

Battle of Midway

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Jul 16, 1942

Anne Frank goes into hiding

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Mar 1, 1943

German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa

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Jun 6, 1944

D-Day Invasion

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Nov 7, 1944

FDR re-elected President (4th time)

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Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945

Battle of the Bulge

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Jan 1, 1945

Nuremberg War Trials

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Feb 4, 1945

Yalta Conference

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Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945

Iwo Jima

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May 1, 1945

Victory in Europe Day

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Aug 6, 1945

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Aug 14, 1945

Victory in Japan Day

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Jun 6, 1946

The NBA is founded

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Jan 1, 1952

Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States

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First Oil Discovery

Wright brothers first controlled flight

Titanic Sinks

Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African Americans workers

Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie year

WWI

Sinking of the Lusitania

Passage of the Selective Service Act

Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress

War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI

Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover

Russia withdrawls from WWI

Russian Communist Revolution begins

Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million

Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan

National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson

Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies

Armistice ends World War I

Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition

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

The NFL is founded

Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister

The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"

Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

Charles Lindbergh made the first nonstop transatlantic flight

Babe Ruth sets homerun record

Bubble Gum invented

Herbert Hoover elected President

Bank failures begin

Great Depression

Dust Bowl

Empire State Building Completed

Japan conquers Manchuria

Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight

Hitler comes to power in Germany

Hoover disbands the Bonus Army

FDR elected president (1st time)

Civilian Conservation Corps

First Fireside Chat by FDR

Hitler sets up Dachau

Agricultural Adjustment Act

Congress creates the SEC

Congress passes the Social Security Act

Work Progress Administration established

Boulder Dam Project begins

Civil War in Spain

Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany

FDR re-elected President (2nd time)

Hindenburg disaster

Orson Welles broadcasts the War of the Worlds

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

Hitler and Stalin sign Non-aggression Pact

Germany invades Poland

WWII

Germany invades Poland, Britain, and France Dclare War

Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact

FDR re-elected President (3rd time)

Lend Lease Act

Hitler invades the Soviet Union

Japan invades Northern China

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor-U.S. enters WWII

WWII War Production Board created by Roosevelt

Japanese Internment Camps begin

Battle of Midway

Anne Frank goes into hiding

German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa

D-Day Invasion

FDR re-elected President (4th time)

Battle of the Bulge

Nuremberg War Trials

Yalta Conference

Iwo Jima

Victory in Europe Day

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Victory in Japan Day

The NBA is founded

Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States