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April 1919
British troops kill hundreds of Indian protesters in Amritsar. -
April 1921
The kingdom of Transjordan is created. -
1921
Ireland achieves independence. -
February 1922
Egypt wins independence from Great Britain. -
1928
A scientist in Scotland discovers penicillin, an antibacterial agent. -
October 1929
The us stock market crashes -
September 1931
Japan invades Manchuria. -
January 1933
Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany. -
1933
Prohibition ends in the United States. -
October 1935
Italian forces invade Ethiopia. -
1935
An earthquake kills 20,000 people in Pakistan. -
November 1938
Anti-Jewish riots sweep Germany. -
1939
The Spanish civil war ends with a Fascist victory.