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1919
January
18
The Paris Peace Conference opens
On 18 January 1919, at the French Foreign Ministry on the Quai d'Orsay, President Poincaré opened the peace conference. The defeated and Russia were absent.
1920
January
21
The end of the Paris Peace Conference
On 21 January 1920 the peace conference's council met for the last time with Clemenceau. Day-to-day business passed to the Conference of Ambassadors.
November
02
Roosevelt loses the vice-presidential race
On 2 November 1920 the Democrats James Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt lost to Harding and Coolidge. The election became a verdict on Wilson's policies.
1921
July
13
The Russian famine
On 13 July 1921 Maxim Gorky appealed to the world to save starving Russia. The Volga famine, caused by drought and requisitions, killed an estimated 5 million.
August
25
The US separate peace treaties with Germany and Austria
On 24 and 25 August 1921 the US made separate peace with Austria and Germany, taking the victor's rights from the Paris treaties without the League of Nations.
29
The US peace treaty with Hungary
On 29 August 1921 in Budapest the US made a separate peace with Hungary, taking its rights under the Treaty of Trianon but no responsibility for the borders.
1922
February
06
The Washington Naval Treaty
On 6 February 1922 the US, Britain, Japan, France and Italy signed a naval treaty in Washington that limited their battleship fleets.
1924
August
16
The adoption of the Dawes Plan
On 16 August 1924 the Dawes Plan was adopted in London. It put German reparations into instalments, gave Germany a loan and opened the way out of the Ruhr.
1928
August
27
The Kellogg–Briand Pact
On 27 August 1928 fifteen states signed a treaty in Paris renouncing war as an instrument of national policy. It provided for no sanctions of any kind.
November
06
Hoover wins the presidential election
On 6 November 1928 the Republican Herbert Hoover soundly beat Al Smith. A year later the Wall Street Crash began the Great Depression, which changed the world.
1929
July
24
The Kellogg–Briand Pact comes into force
On 24 July 1929 Hoover announced at the White House that the Kellogg–Briand Pact was in force. It bound 46 states, while a railway dispute brewed in Manchuria.
October
29
Key event
The Wall Street Crash
On 29 October 1929, Black Tuesday, the New York stock market had the worst day of the crash. The Great Depression began, and it helped Hitler come to power.
1930
April
22
The London Naval Treaty
On 22 April 1930 five powers signed a naval treaty in London. It limited cruisers, destroyers and submarines, and set off a crisis in Japan.
1932
January
07
The Stimson Doctrine
On 7 January 1932 the US told Japan and China it would not recognise any situation or agreement in Manchuria reached in breach of the Kellogg–Briand Pact.
November
08
Roosevelt wins the presidential election
On 8 November 1932 Franklin Delano Roosevelt routed Herbert Hoover, winning 472 electoral votes. A Depression-stricken America put its faith in a “new deal”.
1933
March
04
Roosevelt's inauguration and the New Deal
On 4 March 1933 Roosevelt took office as US president, saying that the only thing to fear was fear itself. The Hundred Days of the New Deal began.
25
The anti-Nazi boycott
In spring 1933 Jews in the US, Britain and Poland began boycotting German goods. On 25 March Göring demanded that German Jews put a stop to it.
September
12
Szilard and the chain reaction
On 12 September 1933 in London the Hungarian physicist Leó Szilárd conceived the idea of a nuclear chain reaction, later the basis of work on the atomic bomb.
November
16
The US recognises the USSR
On 16 November 1933 Roosevelt and Litvinov exchanged notes in Washington establishing relations. The US was the last great power to recognise the USSR.
1934
December
29
Japan renounces the naval treaties
On 29 December 1934 Japan gave the US notice that it was renouncing the Washington Treaty. Fleet limits expired at the end of 1936 and a new arms race began.
1935
August
31
The Neutrality Act
On 31 August 1935 Roosevelt signed the first Neutrality Act. It banned arms sales to all belligerents, aggressors and victims alike.
1936
March
25
The Second London Naval Treaty
On 25 March 1936 the US, Britain and France signed the Second London Treaty. Without Japan and Italy, it limited only the size of warships, not of fleets.
November
03
Roosevelt re-elected
On 3 November 1936 Roosevelt defeated Alf Landon, carrying 46 of the 48 states and 523 of 531 electoral votes. Americans backed the New Deal.
1937
January
20
Roosevelt's second term
On 20 January 1937 Roosevelt took the oath for a second term in the rain. It was the first inauguration held on that date, moved by the 20th Amendment.
October
05
The Quarantine Speech
On 5 October 1937 in Chicago, Roosevelt called for a “quarantine” of states spreading an “epidemic of lawlessness”. No action followed; isolationists protested.
December
12
The Panay incident
On 12 December 1937 Japanese aircraft sank the US gunboat Panay and three tankers on the Yangtze near Nanjing. Tokyo apologised and paid compensation.
1938
January
26
The Allison incident
On 26 January 1938 a Japanese soldier in Nanjing slapped the US diplomat John M. Allison, who was investigating a rape. Japan apologised.