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Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie
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Passage of the Selective Service Act
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War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI
War Industries Board(http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h4302.html) -
Russia withdraws from WWI
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Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million
Worldwide Flu(http://www.history.com/topics/1918-flu-pandemic) -
Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Plan
Fourteen Point Plan(http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1324.html) -
Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African Americans workers
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Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress
Espionage and Sedition Acts
(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-espionage-act) -
National War Labor Board established to by Woodrow Wilson
Nation War Labor Board(http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401802880.html) -
Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies
Austria Surrenders(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-war-i-ends) -
Armistice ends World War One
World War 1 Ends(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-war-i-ends) -
Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover
Food Administration (http://histclo.com/essay/war/ww1/cou/us/food/w1cus-usfa.html) -
Signing of the Treaty of Versailles established the peace at the end of WWI
Treaty of Versailles(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/treaty-of-versailles) -
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Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition
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Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
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Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight
Transatlantic Flight(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lindbergh-lands-in-paris) -
Herbert Hoover elected president
Herbert Hoover(http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/herbert-hoover) -
The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"
Stock Market Crash(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stock-market-crashes) -
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Empire State Building Completed
Empire State Building (http://history1900s.about.com/od/1930s/a/empirestatebldg.htm) -
Japan Conquers Manchuria
Japan Conquers Manchuria (http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-two/causes-of-ww2/manchuria-1931/) -
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Dust Bowl
Dust Bowl(http://www.history.com/topics/dust-bowl) -
Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight
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Hoover disbands the Bonus Army
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Hitler comes to power in Germany
Hitler comes to power(https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adolf-Hitler/Rise-to-power) -
First Fireside Chat by FDR
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FDR is elected President 1st Time
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Hitlers reign
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Works Progress Administration established
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Congress passes the Social Security Act
Social Security Act(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-signs-social-security-act) -
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Civil War in Spain
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Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany
Four Gold Medals(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/owens-wins-4th-gold-medal) -
FDR is Elected President 2nd Time
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Hindenburg Disaster
Hindenburg Disaster(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-hindenburg-disaster) -
Japan Invades Northern China
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Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds
War of the Worlds(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/welles-scares-nation) -
Kristallnacht (Night of the Falling Glass)-Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods
Kristallnacht(http://www.history.com/topics/kristallnacht) -
Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact
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Germany Invades Poland
Germany Invades(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland) -
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World War II
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Germany invades Poland Britain and France Declare War
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Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact
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FDR is elected President 3rd Time
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Hitler Invades the Soviet Union
Hitler Invades Soviet Union(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa) -
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor-U.S. Enters WWI
Pearl Harbor(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor) -
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Japanese Interment Camps Begin
Japanese Internment Camps(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation) -
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Battle of Midway
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German General Rommel surrenders in North America
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FDR is elected President 4th Time
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Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge) -
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Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States
Seven Year Occupation(https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/japan-reconstruction) -
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Iwo Jima
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Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Nuremburg War Trials