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One of the deadliest natural disasters in history claiming between 8,000 to 12,000 lives. -
Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful man-powered airplane flight. -
The Titanic took 26 months to build and was built to be unsinkable. But on April 14th, 1912; the Ship which was carrying 2,224 passengers hit an iceberg and began to sink. Causing more than 1500 deaths by April 15, 1912. -
After the assassination of the Austrian archduke, Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist a global conflict began between two coalitions, the Allied Powers and the Central Powers began. Fighting took place throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. This war was known to be one of the deadliest of all times. -
The 19th amendment to the us constitution guaranteed the right to vote for women was passed by congress on June 4th, 1919, and was then sent to states for ratification... -
The Wall Street Crash of 1929 started the period of The Great Depression -
Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. -
Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany, and the first Nazi concentration camp was established. -
World War 2 started when the Nazi's invaded Poland on 9/1/1939. The invasion led Britain and France to declare war on Germany two days later. -
Many allied troops (America, Australia, Canada Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, U.K) invaded France, beginning the WW2 invasion of Europe. -
Racial segregation in public schools is declared unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court stating that it violates equal rights given by the 14th amendment. -
Alaska and Hawaii are declared part of the United States as the 49th and the 50th state.