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WWI
This war was caused as a result of political tensions among the powerful European nations. -
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The Great Depression
This was preceeded by a period of prosperity which ended with the market crash. -
Pearl Harbor
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Vietnam
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First Man in Space (Yuri Gagarin, Russia)
Gagarin only got to be part of one spaceflight even though he was the first man in space. -
Watergate
President Nixon's administration broke into Democratic National Committee headquarters.