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WWI
The first world war was centered in Europe with more than 9 million people killed in a war of the "Allies" vs "Central Powers." -
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression started after the stock market crash in 1929 making it the worst and longest economic depression in the western industrialized world. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor Attacked
Japan attacked the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor believing it was their only threat and hoping to get rid of it by surprise air attack with war planes. -
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Vietnam
This war occured in Vietnam and Cambodia until the fall of Siagon with U.S. involvement occuring in order to stop the spread of communism. -
First Man in Space (Yuri Gagarin, Russia)
Soviet cosmonaut traveled in space and orbitted the planet on the "Vostok I" in 89 minutes. -
Watergate
watergate President Nixon was linked to a robbery that occured at the office of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Hotel which had occured in order to tap phones and gain information in order to get Nixon reelected.
