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"the armistice signed at Le Francport near Compiègne that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War I between the Allies and their opponent, Germany."
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(Women's voting rights)
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First flight around the world.
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"The Wallstreet Crash," or "Great Crash." Major stock market crash in 1929.
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To combat the effects of the Great Depression, there was the First New Deal and the Second New deal, from 1933-1936
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Normandy Landings. Largest sea invasion in history. Involved 15 some-odd different forces.
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United states detonated two nuclear bombs over Japan
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"The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries."
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Lasted Dec 9, 1952 – May 17, 1954
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"The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis of 1962, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union initiated by the American discovery of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba."
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"...authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia."
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"Police arrested burglars in the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. Evidence linked the break-in to President Richard Nixon's re-election campaign."
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