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A century around the world.
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President McKinley assassinated. Roosevelt becomes the 26th President.
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Boer War ends
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World War I
Began after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. His murder catapulted into a war across Europe. By the time the war was over and the Allied Powers claimed victory, more than 16 million people had died. -
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Civil War in Russia
Multi-party war in the former Russian Empire fought between the Bolshevik Red Army and the White Army, the loosely allied anti-Bolshevik forces. -
Prohibition goes into effect in Texas
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USA Stock Market Crash
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World War II
Rising to power in an unstable Germany, Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist (Nazi Party) -
Establishment of NATO
The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. -
Brown VS Board of Education
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John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas Texas
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Revolution in Iran
The events involving the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was supported by the United States and United Kingdom, and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the revolution.