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Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers
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*Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie
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Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover
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Passage of Selective Service Act
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Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress
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War industries Board established to regulate production in WWI
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Russia withdraws from WWI
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Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million
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Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan
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National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson
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Passage of the Prohibition and end of Prohibition
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Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
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Kristallnacht -Hitler destroys Jewish Neiborhoods
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First Fireside Chat by FDR
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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Dust Bowl
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Works Progress Administration established
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First Harley-Davidson Knucklehead produced
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Civil War in Spain
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Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany
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FDR becomes President (2)
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Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight
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Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the worlds
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Germany invades Poland Britain and France Declare War
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Hitler and Stalin sign Non Aggression Pact
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Japan, Germany, And Italy sign the Tripartite Pact
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Battle of the Bulge
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German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa
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Seven Year occupation of Japan by the United States
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Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Japanese Internment Camps begin