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Date of Birth
Adolf Hitler was born on April 20,1889. In a small Australian village of Braunau Am Inn. He was born to the mother Klara Pölzl and father Alois Hitler. Klara was technically Alois's niece due to his name change from Schicklgruber to Hitler. So in order to get married they had to get special permission from the Catholic Church. As a baby Adolf had a nickname,Adi. In 1883 near the age of 5, Klara gave birth to brother Edmund. Then later in 1886 she had sister Paula.
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Invention of radio broadcasting
A brilliant Canadian inventor named Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, transmitted human voices from Boston, Massachusetts to several ships at sea owned by the United Fruit Company. This event occurred on Christmas Eve night at 9p.m. Fessenden himself was the host of the broadcast. He later asked the listeners to write and report, and the mail response later confirmed that he was in fact the inventor of the radio.
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Invention of the Tank
Lancelot Eldin de Mole, he was an Australian engineer who invented the tank. He first suggested a shell that would be used as a defense against enemy aircrafts. He sent his drawings to a British War Office, who then rejected them. Germans later bought his drawings and made a model out of them in 1915. Tanks are now used as a vital source of safety in war.
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Hitler sentenced to five years of imprisonment
In 1924, Hitler was arrested and tried for treason. He spent a total of 9 months in prison, only to be released by force of the Nazis'. The reason for his arrest and sentence was that he and the SA took charge of a public meeting. Which featured Bavarian prime minister Gustav Kahr at a large beer hall in Munich. He announced that the National Revolution had begun and he declared the formation of a new government. -
Hitler sentenced to five years of imprisonment (continued)
During his time in prison he wrote a book that laid out his plans for transforming German society into one based on race.
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Big bang theory was proposed
The big bang theory was proposed in 1927 by, Georges Lemaître. It was a way to explain the creation of the universe. First, it was to be believed that the universe was born as a hot singular point, 13.8 billion years ago. Then, over time it began to expand until it reached the point that it is now. This is the most common theory to be believed at this day and age.
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American Gothic was painted
Grant Wood was the one who painted the very famous, American Gothic painting in 1930. It was painted by him at first as an attempt to win a three hundred dollar contest in Chicago. As inspiration he used a small wooden farmhouse he found with an oversized window, then used his sister and dentist as models for the painting. His image for this painting was that the men and women, in their well-crafted world, with all their strength and weaknesses, represent survivors.
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Hitler prepares Germans for war
In 1930, Hitler put six million unemployed Germans to work to prepare for war. He also began to mentally and physically prepare his soldiers as well. Hitlers' propaganda attacked the Jews. Reason being Hitler blamed the Jews for Germany's internal and external problems. Germanys improvement of military positions and the strong allies obtained set the stage for the World War.
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Invention of Electron Microscope
The electron microscope was invited by Max Knoll and Ernst Ruska in 1931. They invented it at the Berlin Technische Hochschule. The electron microscope is a microscope with high magnification and resolution, employing electron beams in place of light and using electron lenses to view small substances.
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Hitler introduces concentration camps against the Jewish
In 1933, Hitler began establishing concentration camps for the Jews, homosexuals, communists, and Gypsies. A concentration camp is where a large amount of people are deliberately imprisoned in a small area, and are worked and beaten until put up for mass execution. The concentration camps had one or two tiers of police officers and commanders, who could imprison anyone that spoke out or did any other action that they didn't like. Many lives were taken due to these concentration camps.
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Hitler leads the Holocaust.
Hitler become the Chancellor of Germany in 1933. Months following Hitler becoming the Chancellor were described by the Nazis party as a 'bloodless' or a 'legal' revolution. But in reality the concentration camps were already killing the Jews, homosexuals, communists, and Gypsies daily. Hitler then promoted gas chambers that killed the minorities who acted out and the ones who didn't. In a short span of the Holocaust, Hitler killed five to six million Jews alone.
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Hitler becomes German dictator
When President Paul von Hindenburg of Germany passed away on August 2, 1934, it left the position open. The German army took a pledge to be loyal to the new Furher. The Furher was a mix of the chancellor and president commanding absolute rule. Hitler now had the power, supplies needed, and support to have world supremacy. He later did fail to have world domination, the power of being able to do so went to his head.
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Wizard of Oz was released
The Wizard of Oz was first released in 1939, directed by Victor Fleming. The movie is about a young girl named Dorothy Gale (played by Judy Garland), who is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home. The film also features Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion, and Jack Haley as the Tinman. The Wizard of Oz became avery well known family movie, making a total $22,202,612.
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Hitler declares war on U.S.A
On December 11, 1941 at 3;30 in the afternoon, Hitler declared war on the United States of America. Hitler wanted Japan to be an ally of Germany in the war against the U.S.A. On July,11 the expectation of the construction of the navy to defeat the U.S was ordered. The U.S. navy prior to this was already in a battle with Germany. Roosevelt was on the side of the Jews since the beginning, so him and Hitler weren't very friendly. Leading to Hitlers decision to declare war on U.S.A.
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Hitler survives an assassination attempt
On July, 20 1944, Hitler is almost assassinated by a bomb that was planted in his briefcase and went off, but failed to kill him. Hitler was at the time leading Germany into a suicidal war on two fronts, and to the higher German officials assassination was the only way to stop him. The plan was that a coup d'etat would follow and a new government in Berlin would save Germany complete destruction by allies. A coup d'etat is a violent overthrow of a government by a small group. -
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So those few German officials that were willing to overthrow the strong power of Hitler, were preforming a coup d'etat. When the bomb went off it only severely wounded and burned Hitler instead of doing its purpose that the German officials wanted it to do in the first place.
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Hitlers' death
On January 16,1945 Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his underground bunker. He had repaired his bunker when he wanted to remain in Berlin at the end of the war. It was fifty-five feet under Hitlers' headquarters as Chancellor. It contained 18 small rooms, and was completely self-sufficient. With both water and electrical supplies. Only two days after him and his wife's Eva Braun marriage, they committed a double suicide. -
Hitlers' death (continued)
It is thought that both Adolf and Eva swallowed cyanide capsules which are called 'suicide pills.' Then following that Hitler shot himself with his pistol for assurance of his death.
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