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William McKinley
He was assassinated on September 6, 1901, inside the Temple of Music on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. -
Italy's King Assassinated
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Theodore Roosevelt
He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement -
President William McKinley Assassinated
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Boer War ends
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San Franciso earthquake
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NAAACP
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William Howard Taft
He was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States. He is the only person to have served in these two offices. -
Mona Lisa stolen
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Titanic sinks
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Woodrow Wilson
A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913 -
Personal income tax
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World War 1
It involved all the world's great powers, which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom, France and Russia) and the Central Powers (originally centred around the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy -
Lusitania suck by german U-boat
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Russian Revolution
The Tsar was deposed and replaced by a provisional government in the first revolution of February 1917.In the second revolution, during October, the Provisional Government was removed and replaced with a Bolshevik (Communist) government. -
Russian Rev.
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Prohibition begins in the U.S.
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Warren G Harding
A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential self-made newspaper publisher. -
King Tut discovered
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Calvin Coolidge
A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state -
Babe Ruth breaks homerun record
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Herbert Hoover
He was originally a professional mining engineer and author.Hoover easily won the Republican nomination, despite having no previous elected office experience. -
Stock Market crashed
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Pluto discovered
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Empire State building completed
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Assassination attempt on FDR
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Franklin Roosevelt
He was a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war -
First assassination attempt on Mussolini
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Spanish Civil War
It was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939. The war began after a declaration of opposition by a group of generals under the leadership of José Sanjurjo against the Government of the Second Spanish Republic -
Japan invides China
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World War 2
It was the most widespread war in history, with more than 100 million people serving in military units. In a state of "total war", the major participants placed their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities at the service of the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. -
WWII begins
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Battle of Britian
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japan attacks Pearl Harbor
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Battle of Midway
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Italy joins the Allies
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D-Day
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Harry Truman
After he had gained national prominence as head of the wartime Truman Committee, Truman replaced vice president Henry A. Wallace as Roosevelt's running mate in 1944. -
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Cold War
The Cold War was a continuing state of political and military tension between the powers of the Western world, led by the United States and its NATO allies, and the communist world, led by the Soviet Union, its satellite states and allies. -
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First Indochina War
The conflict pitted a range of actors, including the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps, led by France and supported by Emperor Bảo Đại's Vietnamese National Army against the Việt Minh -
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Arab-Israeli War
It was fought between the State of Israel and a military coalition of Arab states and Palestinian Arab forces. It was the first in a series of wars in the continuing Arab–Israeli conflict. -
Korean War begins
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Korean War
The Korean War was primarily the result of the political division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. -
Elizabeth becomes Queen
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Dwight Eisenhower
He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II, and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe -
Joseph Stalin dies
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First atomic submarine launched
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McDonalds founded
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John F. Kennedy
Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald was charged with the crime, but was shot and killed two days later by Jack Ruby before a trial could take place. -
Berlin Wall built
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Lyndon Johnson
Johnson was greatly supported by the Democratic Party and as President, he was responsible for designing the "Great Society" legislation -
JFK assassinated
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Civil Rights passed
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U.S. sends trrops to Vietnam
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Richard Nixon
The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. -
Neil Armstrong on the moon
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Terrorists attack Olympic games in Munich
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Gerald Ford
As President, Ford signed the Helsinki Accords, marking a move toward détente in the Cold War. With the conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam nine months into his presidency, U.S. involvement in Vietnam essentially ended -
President Nixon resigns
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Tangshan earthquake kills 240,000
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James Carter
He was born October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia. Peanut farming, talk of politics, and devotion to the Baptist faith were mainstays of his upbringing -
Elvis found dead
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Jamestown Massacre
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Mt. St. Helens erupted
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Assassination attempt on Ronald Reagon
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Ronald Reagon
Born in Tampico, Illinois and raised in Dixon, Reagan was educated at Eureka College, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and sociology. -
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Falklands War
The conflict resulted from the long-standing dispute over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, which lie in the South Atlantic, east of Argentina. -
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Ivasion of Grenada
Triggered by a bloody military coup which had ousted a four-year revolutionary government, the invasion resulted in a restoration of constitutional government. -
Posion gas leak in Bhapal India
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Pan am Flight 103 bombed over Lockerbie
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George H.W. Bush
Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to Senator Prescott Bush and Dorothy Walker Bush. Following the attacks on Pearl Harbor in 1941, at the age of 18, Bush postponed going to college and became the youngest aviator in the US Navy at the time.[ -
Berlin Wall falls
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Hubble Space telescope was launched
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Gulf War
The invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi troops that began 2 August 1990 was met with international condemnation, and brought immediate economic sanctions against Iraq by members of the UN Security Council. -
Gulf War ended
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L.A. riots for Rodney King
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Bill Clinton
He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation. -
Northridge earthquake
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Killing spree at Columbia High School
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Hillary Clinton wins a seat in the Senate
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Spyplane collides with China fighter plane
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George W. Bush
A series of terrorist attacks occurred eight months into Bush's first term as president on September 11, 2001. In response, Bush announced the War on Terror, an international military campaign which included the war in Afghanistan launched in 2001 and the war in Iraq launched in 2003 -
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War on Terror
Is a term commonly applied to an international military campaign led by the United States and the United Kingdom with the support of other NATO as well as non-NATO countries -
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Afghanistan War
The primary driver of the invasion was the September 11 attacks on the United States, with the stated goal of dismantling the al-Qaeda terrorist organization and ending its use of Afghanistan as a base. -
U.S. reports War on Terror
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Space shuttle Columbia explodes over Texas
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Iraq War
Prior to the war, the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom claimed that Iraq's alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction posed a threat to their security and that of their coalition/regional allies.[ -
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Barack Obama
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review -
2010 olympic games in Vancouver
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Earthquake rocks Chile 8.8
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South Sedan becomes Africa's 54th state
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King Abdullan grants women rights to vote
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Gabrielle Giffords steps down from Congress