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Franz Ferdinand along with his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist,Gavrilo Princip.
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Austria made known to Serbia that war was beginning between the two countries.
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Belgium was invaded by the Germans. Belgium soon swept through Paris while France was very weak. Then, Germany defeated Russia. All of this was caused by the stategy the Schlieffen Plan.
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As Turkey formed an alliance with Germany, Trench Warfare began to overshadow the Western Front.
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The British Blockade caused the Germans to react with a counterblockade with U-boats (also known as submarines). The disaster of Lusitania (which was a British liner) happened because of a German U-boat.
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Shortly after Lusitania, Italy claimed war with both Germany and Austria.
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The Battle of Somme begins.
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Woodrow Wilson was re-elected into presidency only winning by a mere 1,500 votes. His slogan was: "He Kept Us Out of War."
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Wilson sends a war address to Congress for the United States to begin war with Germany.
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The German army retreated at the Hindenburg Line.
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For a short period of time, the German Fokker DR.I was a triplane used in combat until many were killed while in flight the next month.
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Germany wanted a peace-establishing agreement with the Allies.
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Austria reconciles with their enemies.
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Germany signs a peace agreement to offically end World War I.
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The Germans signed this treaty post-war to bring a complete end to World War I.
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This was an artistic movement founded in Harlem. It celebrated African- American culture and creativity.
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The eighteenth amendment stated that the use, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol was illegal.
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The Ku Klux Klan launched a recruitment campaign which added 85,000 members to the organization.
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This legislation passed gave women the right to vote.
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Harding was elected as the 29th president.
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Two Italians were convicted of murder and bank robbery of a paymaster and his guard in Massachusetts.
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Congress set restrictions on European immigrants migrating to the United States.
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Oil reserves were increased in Wyoming creating a scandal.
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There was an agreement between: the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Japan, and the U.S. to restrict naval construction.
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The first motion picure ("Phonofilm") was shown.
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Coolidge was elected president after Harding died.
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The "Monkey" Trial had started creating controversy over both the teachings of Evolution and Fundamentalism.
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Lindburgh was the first to fly a plane across the Atlantic Ocean. He landed in Saint Louis, Missouri.
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Ruth hit 60 home runs, breaking the record.
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On this day, the stock market had crashed. This event had jump started "The Great Depression."
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Over 40% of the banks had failed.
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Many unemployed Americans started looking for jobs across the U.S. and migrated from state to state to find small jobs.
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8.02 million workers had lost their jobs and families had to turn to breadlines for food.
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Over $200 million in bank deposits caused the largest bank failure in the United States.
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Congress created the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to lend $2 million to failed banks.
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Hoover promised a bonus pay to all World War I veterans but failed to do so.This caused the death of two veterans.
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FDR was elected president to serve his first term. He had beat Hoover in that election.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt gets inaugurated on this day in history.
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F.D.R. announces a five day bank holiday for all town banks. It was to restore the banking industry.
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The Civilian Conservation Corps was established to design a relief unemployment system.
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Congress passed the Social Security Act.
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F.D.R. signed the legislation for the Works Progress Administration. It employed more than 8.5 million people with small government jobs.
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Lange caputured the harsh lifestyle of those living in the Midwest during the Great Depression by taking notable photographs. These photos showed those in the east what life was like for the families living there.
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Germany (Nazi) and Italy (Fascist) signed this treaty of cooperation.
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FDR was reelected to begin his second term.
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Austria was annexed by Germany.
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Germany, Italy, Great Britian, and France signed an agreement to assign Sudetenland.
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"The Wizard of Oz" was the first color feature film that was released in movie theatres.
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Germany and the Soviet Union signed an agreement to divide eastern Europe.
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Great Britain and France decalred war on Germany.
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Germany invaded Denmark and Norway with a result of Denmark surrendering.
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Germany signed an armistice to claim the northern part of France (Vichy France).
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Italy entered the war.
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Germany is defeated at the end of the Battle of Britain.
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Japan invaded the naval base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii which resulted in the U.S. entering World War II.
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The American troops delayed Japanese island-hopping until November of 1942.
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U.S and British troops attacked the Germans on France's Normandy Beach.
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The German troops made a lasting effort to split the allied forces which resulted in a retreat by Germany.
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Hitler commited suicide.
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The Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
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Twelve nations at the time formed together to dismiss any possible invasion from the Soviet Union,
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Hiss was convicted for suspected communism while working for the government. The trial against Mr. Hiss was very large and media-based.
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President Harry Truman called order for this deadly bomb that was 1,000 times stronger than the atomic bombs that hit Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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This senator from Wisconsin began a Communist witch hunt against suspected communists. This event severely effected America, causing a scare that communism was spreading.
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General MacArthur was fired by President Harry Truman.
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The powerful leader of the Soviet Union died.
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Khrushchev became the leader of the Soviet Union after Joseph Stalin's death. He was a devout supporter of the Communist Party, but he was not as harsh as Stalin.
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Julius and Ethel Rosenburg were the very first American civilians to be executed for espionage. Mr, Rosenburg, who worked on the Manhattan Project was translating information to the Soviet Union with his wife's help.
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This was a battle between North and South Korea. At the Battle of Inchon, a surprise attack pushed the forces back to the 38th Parallel which is where North and South Korea are split.
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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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A war over the Suez Canal began against France and Great Britian.
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The Soviet Union had launched this first satellite to orbit the Earth. The Soviets were the first to do so. This event had sparked the space race with the United States.
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The Soviet Union launched their second satellite to where they put a dog on board to test survival. Laika (the dog) did not live.
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Castro became the leader of Cuba. He was a strong believer of Communism and incorporated it into Cuba's form of government. This was an extreme threat to the United States because of its country's close proximity.
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J.F.K. was elected president and launched "The New Frontier."
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The Soviets had shot down an American spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers.
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Yuri Gagrin is the first human that reaches outer space.
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Kennedy apporved the plan to train Cuban exiles to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro. This was a failed attempt. Many of the exiles were put to death or imprisoned. This event publicly embarrassed J.F.K. as a new president.
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Nikita Khrushchev decided to build a wall to seperate East and West Berlin to mantain communism. West Berlin was guarded and housed barbed wire fences. East Berlin was the free side to where the people could do whatever they pleased.
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America became terrified after learning that the Soviet Union had nuclear weapons ready to launch from Cuba. The United States had also placed missles in Turkey.
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On this fateful day,J.F.K. was shot in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. One bullet had hit him as well as the Texas governor in a matter of 8.5 seconds.
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Johnson is elected president in his own right after being sworn into office after J.F.K's assasination.
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Congress passed this act to create several government programs to help the needy.
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The U.S. troops enter the Vietnam War.
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Zedong began the culture revolution in his country of China.
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Thurgood Marshall was the first African American ever elected into the Supreme Court.
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M.L.K.J. was assasinated after several years of being a civil rights activist.
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Richard M. Nixon was finally elected president after loosing to John F. Kennedy in 1960.
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Neil Armstrong was an American who was the first man to ever land on the moon. This event surely put the United States in the lead of the Space Race.
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The most popular rock band in the late 1950s and early 1960s broke up.
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America celebrated it's first holiday involving planet Earth.
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President Nixon was reelected to a second term of presidency.
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The Watergate scandal involving Nixon had begun.
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The American troops pulled out of Vietnam.
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Native Americans staged a protest involving civil rights in South Dakota.
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War broke out in this area. Seven Arab states were attacked.
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The prices for gas started to rise after an energy crisis began.
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President Nixon's vice president had resigned.
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Vice President Ford became the president after Nixon resigned post-Watergate scandal.
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President Carter was elected after Ford finished the shortest term in history.
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North and South Vietnam had united as one unit.
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The King of Rock 'n Roll was found dead in his Memphis,Tennessee home.
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This type of fashion was inspired by the movie Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta.
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In our home state, a nuclear accident had occured.
