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Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers
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Assassination Of 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
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Food Adninistration set up under Herbert Hoover
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Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million
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Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Plan
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National War labor Board established toregulate production in WWI
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Espionage and sedition acts passed by Congress
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Signing of Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI
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Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies
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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
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Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight
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Dust bowl
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First Fireside Chat by FDR
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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Works Progress Administration established
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Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at the Olympics in Germany
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FDR elected presedent (second term)
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Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds
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Kristallnacht(night of falling glass) Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods
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Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact
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Britain and France declare war
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Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact
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FDR elected president (third term)
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Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor-U.S. enters WWII. World War II
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Battle of Midway
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FDR elected as President (fourth and final term)
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Battle of the Bulge
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Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States
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Yalta Conference
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Iwo Jima
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Bombing of Hiroshima and Negasaki
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Nuremberg War Tials
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First Star Wars is released
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