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Franz Ferdidnand is killed by Gavrilo Princip
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Their plan was an holding action against Russia with a quick drive through Belgium to Paris. after France had fallen, German armies would defeat Russia.
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Germany had promised to support Austria–Hungary’s invasion of Serbia, but interpretations of what this meant differed.
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U-Boat sank the British liner Luisitania off the southern coast of Ireland.
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The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle of World War I and was one of the bloodiest.
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The major naval battle of the war begins
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lasted until mid-November. tanks are first introduced during this battle.
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The Election was between Woodrow Wilson and Charles Evans Hughes. Hughes was believed to be president but Wilson ended up winning the election over night by very few votes
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Germany sends the secret Telegram to Mexico in an effort to entice Mexico to join the war. The British intercept and decipher the coded message.
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The United States declares war on Germany
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A seperate peace treaty is signed by Soviet Russia and the Central Powers
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a peace treaty between Russia and the Central Powers is signed
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Austria-Hungary surrendered to the Allies. Germany eventually agreed to cease-fire and sighned the armistice
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fighting ends on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
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The Treaty of Versailles officially ends WWI.
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an artistic movement founded in Harlem which celebrated African Amercian culture
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18th amendment was ratified which made the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol illegal.
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were arrested and charged with robbery and murder of a facotry paymaster and his guard though there was no liable evidence.
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women were given the right to vote due to this amendment
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Station KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, initiates regular radio broadcasts, the first station to do this.
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Became 29th President of the United States. known has one of the worst presidents.
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established the maximum number of people who could enter the United States from each foreign country
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Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall, a friend of Harding's, was convicted of taking bribes from oil executives
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the first talkie film was shown in theaters.
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would later convict John T. Scopes of teaching Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory at a Dayton, Tennessee high school, which violated Tennessee law.
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Flappers started wearing dresses just below the knee.
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landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Babe Ruth hit his 60th home-run making his record
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In the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, six gangsters from the Bugs Moran mob and another man are killed in a Chicago garage
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the stock market crashed in October 1929 was one of the most dramatic events signalling the Depression. Many people who invested in the stock market lost everything in the crash.
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Congress passed the hawley-smoot tariff, which established the highest protective tariff in the united states history.
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A storm that mostly hit kansas, oklahoma, texas, new mexico, and colorado. The dust would travel hundreds of miles.
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Hoover signed this act which lowered mortgage rates for homeowners and allowed farmerst o refinance their farm loans.
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Hoover disbands the bonus army by using a force of 1000 soldiers to roust the veterans. this caused many deaths.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt is inaugurated
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President Roosevelt decalred a bank holiday and closed all banks to prevent further withdrawals.
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the day before the first banks were to reopen, Roosevelt gave his first fireside chat.
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The Tennessee Valley Authority was established. It focused on the Tennessee River Valley and it renovated dams and created thousands of jobs.
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Congress created the Securities and Exchange Commission to regulate the stock market
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The Social Security Act provided substantial benefits to millions of americans. Including the old-age, unemployment, and children with disabilities.
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the most famous photo taken by Dorthea Lang of the Great Depression, "Migrant Mother" was published.
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The Hinddenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station
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This was expelled from AFL and changed its name to the congress of industrial organization.
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Marian Anderson sang from the steps of the lincoln memorial.
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The Wizard of Oz is released in movie theaters
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the battle of Britain begins
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the US Senate passes the Lend-Lease Act
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Japanese launched a surprise air attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
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forced 63-mile march of American and Filipino prisoners of war by the Japanese during World War II
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successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad in the Russian S.F.S.R. during World War II
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the United States and the United Kingdom attacked Normandy beach. also known as D-Day, was the very first day of this massive amphibious invasion, which brought thousands of ships, tanks, planes, and troops across the English Channel
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hundreds of German tanks and several hundred thousand German troops broke through the thinly held American lines
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meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization
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30,000 US marines land on Iwo Jima. many deaths result in this
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hitler and his wife both commit suicide avoiding being found
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marks the victorty for allies in world war II. celebrated the end of the war in Europe
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The Enola Gay dropped the "Little Boy" atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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the atomic bomb "fat man" was dropped on Nagasaki as final attemps for Japanese to surrender
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japanese surrender to the allied powers agreeing to all of their terms, ending world war II
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nuremberg trials begin against the nazi war criminals of wwII
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Hiss was convicted for suspected communism while working for the government.
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senator from Wisconsin began a Communist witch hunt against suspected communists
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The Korean war between North and South Korea begins and lasts until July 27, 1953
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were found guilty of conspiracy of wartime espionage and sentenced to death
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Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin dies from a cerebral hemorrhage at age 73.
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The US sets off its first hydrogen bomb on the South Pacific island of Eniwetok
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Eisenhower defeats Democrat Adlai E. Stevenson and is elected president.
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Khrushchev became the leader of the Soviet Union after Joseph Stalin's death
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The Soviet Union sets off its first hydrogen bomb, adding to the risk of nuclear war.
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Mao Zedong became the chairman of China
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Several satellite nations along with the Soviet Union signed this agreement.
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Interstate highway system begins with the signing of the Federal-Aid Highway Act. The interstate highway system would enable quick and efficient travel for people
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A war over the Suez Canal began against France and Great Britian
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The Soviets launch Sputnik, the first manmade satellite which causes fear in the US.
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The U.S. launches its first satellite, Explorer I, marking U.S. entry into the "space race" with the Russians.
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70 million U.S. viewers tuned in to watch Senator John Kennedy of Massachusetts and Vice President Richard Nixon in the first-ever televised presidential debate.
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president Kennedy founded the Peace Corps
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Soviets sent Yuri Gagrin to space and is the first person to be sent to space and orbit the Earth
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1400 cuban exiles invaded cuba in attemp to over throw Fidel Castro
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First American to be sent into space
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the Berlin Wall was built on the border of east and west Germany
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Rachel Carson publishes her book "Silent Spring"
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JFK had found nuclear missiles in the soviet union which brought tension and brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Soviets eventually dismanteled their missiles.
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hot line is established between Washington and Moscow. helped the speed of communications between the United States and Soviet Union governments
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John F Kennedy was shot and murdered by Lee Harvey Oswald at a parade in Dallas
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the first Warren Report was issued on John F Kennedy's assassination
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Lyndon B. Johnson is elected president on his own terms
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civil rights act forbade discrimination on the basis of sex as well as race in hiring, promoting, and firing
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Richard M. Nixon was elected president
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Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. very big step for the world.
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The first Earth Day celebration is held with millions of American participating in anti-pollution demonstrations
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US national guard fired on college students during a protest killing 4 students
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an American student who, in protest of the United States' involvement Vietnam War, set himself on fire in a deliberate act of self-immolation at Revelle Plaza on the campus of the University of California, San Diego
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The most famous and influential musical group during this time had split.
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Manson's trial began and was found guilty of first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder
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Congress repealed the tonkin gulf resolution, which had given the president near independence on conducting policy in vietnam.
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A forty-four day raid into Laos by South Vietnamese soldiers began with the aid of United States
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this amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
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the publication of the Pentagon Papers had begun
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step in formally normalizing relations between the United States and China.
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The Watergate scandal begins which lead to the downfall of Richard Nixon.Was Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement.
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B-52 planes consecutively bomb north vietnam for several days
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parties agreed to cease-fire and US forces withdrawal from war
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Congress passed the war powers act, which stipulated that a president must inform congress within 48 hours of sending forces into a hostile area without declaration of war
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US President Richard Nixon Resigns from office.
