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Start of the Great Depression
Dark Tuesday was the day that started the Great Depression, the day the stock market crashed. Even President Herbert Hoover attempted to fix the crisis but he was unable to. -
Hitler is Appointed Chancellor of Germany
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Franklin D. Roosevelt is Elected President of the United States
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The End of Prohibition
The end of the ban of the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. -
Elvis Presley was Born
He is improtant because he became an icon in the music idustry. He was known as the King of Rock 'n Roll. -
Hindenburg Disaster
The German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States. -
Amelia Earhart Disappears Above the Pacific Ocean
She was on her way to Howland Island from Lae, Papua New Guinea. -
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The Night of Broken Glass
Kristallnacht or Reichskristallnacht, also referred to as the Night of Broken Glass, was a pogrom against Jews throughout Nazi Germany. -
Operation Dynamo, aka. Miracle of Dunkirk
This was an important day because over 340 000 prisioners escaped from Dunkirk. Hitler decides to retreat for a while and this got British got to escape by sea by using all sorts of different boats. -
The appeal of June 18, Charles de Gaulle
The appeal is often considered to be the origin of the French Resistance to the German occupation during World War II. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
They were attacked by 353 Japanese fighters, bombers and torpedo planes in two waves. Four U.S. Navy ships were sunk and four others were damaged. This is also when the U.S joined the war as an ally. -
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The Battle of Hong Kong
This was an important event because this was when Hong Kong had surrendered to the Empire of Japan and 10,000 troops were captured and were sent to camps all around Japan. -
Nazis Make the Decision to rid Germany of all Jews
Nazi's hated Jews because they thought they were the cause of World War One and thought they were different. -
The Battle of Dieppe
The battle of Dieppe was a terrible start for the Allies, many Canadian troops were lost during battle and many allied troops were taken as prisoners. -
D Day
The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. -
Death of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry was a French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist, and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of several of France's highest literary awards and also won the U.S. National Book Award. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies
The United States of America's 32nd president dies. -
Victory Europe Day
This is the day that the Germans surrender to the allied forces. -
Hiroshima Atomic Bombing
During the final stage of World War II, the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
Nagasaki Atomic Bombing
During the final stage of World War II, the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
