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start of world war 1.
when the Archduke of Austria was assassinated in 1914, this caused a large chain of events lading to the second world war. -
Stock Market Crash (Great Depression)
On October 29th of 1929, the stock market crashed, which caused the great depression. This would go down as the worst stock market crash in history, even worse that the 9/11 stock market crash. -
The Dust Bowl
The term Dust Bowl was a name for the southern plains of the southern united states, which were ravaged by dust storms, further hurting the economy. -
Economy Boost of The Late 30s (End of the depression)
In the late 30s, the u.s was experiencing a manufacturing upraise because of world war 2. This would in-term take the united states out of economic ruin. -
invention of the Jeep
On May 26th of 1941, the jeep was invented and would soon become one of the most used military vehicles in history -
Pearl harbor bombing
On the morning of December 7th 1941, Japanese planes attacked pearl harbor by bombing, and flying their planes into the building. -
Frankin D. Roosevelt dies
He was elected more than two presidential terms. He died in office of a cerebral hemorrhage shortly before WWII ended. -
Germans surrender
The German Instrument of Surrender was the legal instrument that established the armistice ending WWII in Europe. It was signed by representatives of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, the Allied Expeditionary Force and Soviet High Command on May 7 and formally ratified on May 8, 1945. The date is known in the West as Victory in Europe Day. -
United Nations was founded
The UN was founded in 1945 after WWII to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide a platform for dialogue. It contains multiple subsidiary organizations to carry out its missions. -
Hitler commits suicide
Hitler commits suicide
In his bunker while hiding from the Soviets, him and his wife both committed suicide. Hitler took a gunshot to his head and his wife drank poison. After they died some of his staff members took him and his wife and drenched them in gasoline and set them on fire. They did this many times until you couldnt reconize that that was a body. Then they buried them side by side. -
Poloroid Camaras Invented
The instant camera is a type of camera with self-developing film. The best known are those formerly made by Polaroid Corporation.
The invention of modern instant cameras is generally credited to American scientist Edwin Land, who unveiled the first commercial instant camera, the Land Camera, in 1947, 10 years after founding Polaroid Corporation. -
Scrolls are found in the Dead Sea
The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of about 900 documents, including texts from the Hebrew Bible, discovered between 1947 and 1956 in eleven caves in and around the ruins of the ancient settlement of Khirbet Qumran on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea in Palestine. -
Gahndi's Assasination
Gandhi's violent death came just months after the realization of his long sought-after goal - the independence of India from Great Britain. It was a bittersweet victory for Gandhi because along with India's independence came the partitioning of the sub-continent into two separate states - Muslim-based Pakistan and Hindu-based India - an action he thoroughly opposed. Gandhi did not take part in the celebration of India's independence. -
Rock and roll emerges
Chuck berry released his first vinyl record, which began to shape a new genre of music such as rock, and blues rock. -
Joseph Stalin dies
Joseph Stalin, who popularized communism and killed millions, dies of a massive heart attack.
