The Great War era

40 historical events from the great war era. 1914 – 1928

• 1914 CEAn Early U.S. Home Gets Comfort Cooling
• 1914 CEAssassination in Sarajevo
• 1914 CEPanama Canal Opens
• 1914 CEThe First Scheduled Airline Passenger Flight Takes Off
• 1914 CEWorld War I Begins
• 1915 CEArmenian Genocide Begins
• 1915 CEGallipoli Campaign
• 1915 CELusitania Sinks
• 1916 CEBattle of the Somme
• 1916 CEEaster Rising
• 1916 CEJeanette Rankin Is Elected to Congress
• 1917 CEBalfour Declaration
• 1917 CEFebruary Revolution in Russia
• 1917 CEThe NHL Plays Its First Games
• 1917 CEThe Russian Revolution
• 1917 CEUS Enters World War I
• 1918 CENelson Mandela Is Born
• 1918 CESpanish Flu Pandemic Peaks
• 1918 CEWorld War I Armistice
• 1919 CEMay Fourth Movement
• 1919 CETreaty of Versailles Signed
• 1919 CEWeimar Constitution
• 1920 CELeague of Nations Founded
• 1920 CEThe NFL Is Founded
• 1920 CEU.S. Women Gain the Right to Vote
• 1920 CEWomen Gain U.S. Nationwide Voting Rights
• 1921 CEIrish Free State Treaty
• 1922 CEIrish Civil War
• 1922 CEMussolini March on Rome
• 1922 CETutankhamun's Tomb Discovered
• 1923 CEBeer Hall Putsch
• 1923 CEThe Hollywood Sign Is Erected
• 1923 CEThe Republic of Turkey Is Proclaimed
• 1924 CELenin Dies
• 1924 CEThe First Winter Olympics Open
• 1925 CEScopes Monkey Trial
• 1926 CEMarilyn Monroe Is Born
• 1927 CECharles Lindbergh Atlantic Crossing
• 1928 CEPenicillin Discovered
• 1928 CESliced Bread Is First Sold