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(1903 - 1946) 1912 -British ocean liner Titanic sinks after striking an iceberg off Newfoundland 1913 -Armory Show in New York City introduces modern art to United States 1914 -Panama Canal Opens -
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Robert Frost
(1873 - 1963) 1914 - World War 1 begins in Europe 1917 - United States enters World War 1 1917 - Russian Revolution ends czarist -
James Thurber
(1894 - 1961) 1919 - Treaty of Versailles 1920 - Harlem Renaissance begins 1920 - First commercial radio broadcast in the Unisted States is aired -
Ernest Hemingway
(1899 - 1961) 1920 - Eighteenth amendment goes into effect 1920 - ninteenth amendment to constitution grants U.S. women the right to vote 1927 Charles A. Lindbergh completes first transatlantic solo flight by airplane -
William faulkner
(1897 - 1962) 1927 - The Jazz Singer, one of the first sound films with dialogue, opena 1929 - U.s stock market crashes leading to Great Depression 1930 - Mohandas Gandhi leads protest against British Salt tax in India -
William carlos Williams
(1899 - 1961) 1933-Franklin D Roosevelt becomes U.S. president; New Deal program to counter Great Depression begins 1933 - Nazi Leader Adolf Hitler comes to power in Germany 1935 - Social Security act is enacted -
E.E Cummings
(1894 - 1962) 1936-Spanish Civil War breaks out 1937 - Pioneering aviator Amelia Earnhart disappears while flying around the world -
Langston Hughes
(1902 - 1967) 1939 - Nationalist forces of Francisco Franco win Spanish Civil War 1939 - Germany invades Poland 1939 - First commecial television broadcast
