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Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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WWI
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Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg lays out Germany's war aims.
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Henry Ford opens his assembly line to African Americans
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Sinking of Lusitania
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Windhoek, capital of German South-West Africa, is occupied by South African troops
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The British forces under siege at Kut surrender to the Ottomans, first siege of Kut ends.
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Italy declares war on Germany
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The Central Powers create a unified command.
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Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare
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The Germans withdraw to the Hindenburg Line
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Passage of the Selective Service Act
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Greece declares war on the Central powers.
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War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI
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Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover
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Russian Communist Revolution begins
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Decree of peace was signed
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Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million
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Woodrow Wilson presents his fourthteen points peace plan
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Russia Withdraws from WWI
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National Wat Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson
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Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress
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Ottomans invade Armenia.
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Austria-Hungary surrenders to the allies
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Armistice ends World War 1
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Signing of the treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of world war 1
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First meeting of the League of Nations held in London. Official end of World War I.
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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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Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan
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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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Herbert Hoover elected president
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Bank Failures begin
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The stock market crashes "Black Market"
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Boulder dam projects begins
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Dust Bowl
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Japan conquers Manchuria
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Hoover disbands the bonus army
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Hitler comes to power in Germany
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Hitler sets up Dachau
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FDR elected president once, twice, three, four times
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First Fireside Chat by FDR
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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Agricultural Adjustment act
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Congress creates the SEC
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Works Progress Adminiatration established
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Congress passes the 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
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Hindenburg disaster
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Japan invades Northern China
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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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Germany invades Poland - Britain and France declare war
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Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact
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Lend Lease Act
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Hitler Invades the Soviet Union
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Japan bombs pearl harbor - U.S. enters WWII
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WW2 War production Board Created by Roosevelt
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Japanese Internment camps begin
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Battle of Midway
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D-Day invasion
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German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa
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Battle of the Bulge
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Seven Year occupation of Japan
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Yalta Conference
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Iwo Jima
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V-E day
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Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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V-J day
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Nuremberg Trials