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Cease-fire in Vietnam, U. S. forces withdraw and Spiro Agnew resigns
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Work on the New York subway begins on the first section from city hall to the bronx. It was finacnced by the isuue of rapid transit bonds by the state of New York and because no company was willing to take the risk of such a large project.
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Connecticut passes new laws limiting the speed of auotomobiels to 10 MPH in cities, 15 MPH in villages and 20 MPH in rural areas.
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The Queensboro bridge started to be built. I was finished by 1909. This bridge conected New Yokr boroughs of Manhattan and Queens.
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The armory show brings modern art to america. Over 100,000 visitors and 300 european works exhibited. Most important painting of exhibitation was Dutchamps " nude descending staircase"
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Jack London commits suicide at age 40. Woodrow Wilson is reelected as president on his 14 points of peace platform. This platform would later be wilsons basis for the league of nations.
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The United states enters world war 1, on the side of the allies.
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A joint resolution to officially end world war 1 in the united states finally passes.
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The unites states immigration law now included the Japanese.
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After hitting an all time high in september the stock market crashes creating a world wide economic crisis.
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Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Congress passes social secruity act.
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The fair labor standards act makes it illegal to employ child labor
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Attack on Pearl Harbor and the subsequent entrance of the United States into WWII.
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Executive order 9066 is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, confining 110,000 Japanese Americans, including 75,000 citizens, on the West Coast into relocation camps during World War II.
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The Truman Doctrine is passed by the U.S. Congress, granting $400 million in aid to Greece and Turkey to battle Communist terrorism.
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First modern credit card is introduced
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DNA is discovered in this year.
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European Economic Community was Established in this year
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Lego bricks are first introduced
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University of Mississippi integrated
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The detroit riot happened in this year
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First Man walked on the moon
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44% of married woman where employed
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Regan was elected president
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Equal amendment dies
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William Rehnquist becomes chief justice of the Supreme Court
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Massive Alaskan oil spill by Exxon Valdez
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Hubble Space Telescope launched during Space Shuttle Discovery mission.
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Soviet Republics declare independence
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Bill Clinton elected President, and the Recession recovery happened
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A heat wave kills 750 in Chicago, bringing to attention the plight of the urban poor and the elderly in extreme weather conditions.
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bill clinton was reelected in 1996 and heBill is Impeached by the United States House of Representatives in 1998
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U.S. presidential election, 2000; incumbent Texas governor George Walker Bush wins by 537 votes in Florida in a highly contested election against the incumbent Vice President Al Gore. He is thus elected 43rd President of the United States
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19 terrorists hijack four planes and crash them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania killing nearly 3,000 people and injuring over 6,000. All civilian air traffic is suspended for 3 days, the first time an unplanned suspension had occurred in U.S. history.
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U.S. presidential election, 2008; Barack Obama elected 44th President of the United States
