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The most devastating stock market crash in the history of the US.
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The first air cooling system was invented by Willis Carrier.
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On May 1, President Hoover presses a button in Washington, D.C. officially opening and turning on the Empire State Building’s lights.
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Giuseppe Zangara tried to kill President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami, Florida.
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The first concentration camp was Dachau, established on March 20, 1933 in the southern Germany.
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It was during the Great Depression that Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow went on their two-year crime spree
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The Nazi government passed two new racial laws at their annual NSDAP Reich Party Congress in Nuremberg, Germany.
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Igor Sikorsky invented the first flying helicopter.
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Hindenburg was attempting to land at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey, a flame appeared on the outer cover of the rear of the Hindenburg. Within 34 seconds, the entire airship was consumed by fire.
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Amelia Earhart flew across the Atlantic Ocean and mysteriously disappeared.
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World War II, which lasted from 1939 to 1945, was a war fought primarily between the Axis Powers.
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He was liked by many Americans so he was elected again for an unprecedented third term.
