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Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist (Nazi) Party.
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Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" published.
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Germany admitted to League of Nations.
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Stock Market on Wall Street crashes.
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Germans elect Nazis making them the 2nd largest political party in Germany.
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Franklin Roosevelt elected President of the United States.
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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.
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First concentration camp opened at Oranienburg outside Berlin.
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Enabling Act gives Hitler dictatorial power.
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Nazi Party declared Germany's only political party.
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German President Hindenburg dies.
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Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany.
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The German Gestapo is placed above the law.
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Mussolini's Italian forces take Ethiopia.
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Olympic games begin in Berlin.
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Nazis take Czechoslovakia.
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Spanish Civil war ends.
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Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany.
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Assassination attempt on Hitler fails.
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France signs an armistice with Nazi Germany.
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Roosevelt re-elected as U.S. president.
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First experimental use of gas chambers at Auschwitz.
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Hitler takes complete control of the German Army.
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First American forces arrive in Great Britain.
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Mass murder of Jews by gassing begins at Auschwitz.
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Last use of gas chambers at Auschwitz.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide.
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First U.S. atomic bomb test; Potsdam Conference begins.
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First atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima, Japan.
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Second atomic bomb dropped, on Nagasaki, Japan.
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World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
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The first election is held in Greece after World War II.
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400,000 US mine workers strike.
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The "Battle of Alcatraz" takes place, killing two guards and three inmates
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US President Harry Truman seizes control of nation's railroads to delay a strike
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US Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate travel.
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Philippines gains independence from US
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President Harry Truman orders desegregation of all US forces
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1st opening session of Congress to be televised
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General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade effective
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1st 407 US soldiers flown to South Korea.