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The first commercially licensed radio station became broadcasting different events.
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A group called the League of Nations was formed to stop other countries from going into war.
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The novel, The Great Gatsby was published by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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Millions of Americans were unemployed and nearly half the countries banks failed during the Great Depression.
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The largest known dwarf planet was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in the Kuiper Belt.
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The "boyish" look of 1920's fashion was replaced with fur coats and evening gowns.
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Disney Studios used the newly developed Technicolour Film Process to produce a short Mickey Mouse film.
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A terrible dust storm that occurred in America, dubbed the Black Sunday.
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The much-loved musical, fantasy film The Wizard of Oz was premiered in Hollywood.
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World War II started when Germany invaded Poland, which led to Britain and France declaring war on Hitler's Nazi state in retaliation.
