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The Treaty of Versaillies is signed and revolutionary outbreaks take place across Europe
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The Bolsheviks win the Russian Civil War
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Mussolini and his fascists take power in Italy. The former Tsarist Russian Empire becomes the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
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Hitler attempts to seize poewr in Germany in the unsuccessful Munich Putsch
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The Nazis win only 3 percent of votes in German elections
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Almost one in five people own a car in the US. The first Australian screening of a 'talkie' takes place.
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The Great Depression begins
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Under the Melbourne Agreement, Australian goverments agree to cut spending.
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Unemployment reachs its peak in the worst year of the Depression
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Hitler and the Nazis gain power in Germany. Germany and Japan leabe the Leauge of Nations.
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Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
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The Spanish Cilvil War begins. Stalin begins purges of his opponents in the Communist Party and the military in the USSR.
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Germany invades Poland and World War 2 begins