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Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl, with the aleternate name- "The Dirty Thirties", was a man-made problem. It was caused by farmers tilling the land and kicking up huge amounts of dirt all over the west and midwest. -
Anne Frank fleas
Anne Frank movie Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl who is very famous bcause her diary that she kept during the whole rise and fall of Nazi Germany. She fled from Germany with her family July the sixth, 1942, to avoid being captured and killed in concentration camps. -
Warsaw Ghettos uprise
Inside the ghetto The Warsaw Ghetton in Nazi occupied Poland was the biggest flair-up of Jewish agression in the second world war. -
Gram was born
My gram was born on Earth Day of 1945. At her time of birth, many counties were just leagalising womens sufferage rights and other basic human rights. In 1945, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed.
My gram was born to a family in Palmer, Michigan in the upper peninsula (U.P.). She had a few siblingings and they had many chores and were never bored. In summer, they could fish, play ball or catch snakes in the marsh behind their house. -
The Führer commits suicide
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Hiroshima bombed
First-hand accounts of the bombing An American B-29 bomber plane dropped one atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima durring World War II. It killed an estimated 80,000 people and decimated 90% of the city. -
Nagasaki bombed
Quick compilation of Nagasaki bombing Three days later, the city of Nagasaki was bombed, killing an estimated 40k people. The Emperer of Japan- Hirohito, surrendered the war after this attack. -
Gram starts school
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a proxy war was a long and costly war against the Viet Kong guerilla soldiers of North Vietnam. America fought with South Vietnam to keep the North from reuniting the two seperate countries. The North was a communist land and South Vietnam didn't want to be part of it. -
Had a daughter (my mum)
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Mt. St. Helens erupts
Mt. St. Helens documentaryMt. St. Helens is a volcano in Washington state. The eruption caused numerous earthquakes and lahars (volcanic mudslides of boiling water and ash) for months to come. Few people weren't evacuated in time. -
Chernobyl nuclear disaster
Ten interesting facts about Chernobyl Chernobyl was a large city in Ukraine, but unfortunatly, their nuclear reactor in the nuclear power plant blew up. Fallout fell for days and people for generations were radioctive and mutated. Chernobyl is now a wildlife refuge. -
The greatest grandson in the world was born
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Terror attacks on the WTC and Pentagon
People jumping from the WTC on September 11th, 2001, a terrorist group hijcaked four American flights and used them to hit major American buildings, two of which were the World Trade Centre's north and south buildings. Another building hit was the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and the fourth flight went down in a field in rural Pennsylvania. -
Becomes a great-grandma
My niece Ava was born from my sister Shannon. This was my Grandma's first great-grandchild. -
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
Three nuclear reactors melted as a result of the earthquake/tsunami double-hit on March 11th, 2011. People were forced from their homes and are still refugees to this day. An estimated 19,000 people died from the three disasters that were rolled into one. Article
