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Boy Scouts was Established in U.S.
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The Mona Lisa was Stolen after Five Years of being Displayed.
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Sinking of the Titanic occured, because of a collision into an iceberg, killing over 1500 people.
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Introduced to the US, was a temporary income tax to help raise money for World War I.
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The first world war was an extremely bloody war in Europe leaving with 10 million military deaths and another 20 million wounded.
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The Lusitania was sunk by the German U-Boat, U-20, and was sunk in under 18 minutes.
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The First Self-Service Grocery Store in the U.S. was called Piggly Wiggly, and opened in the Southern and Western areas of the U.S.
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On April 6, 1917, the U.S. joined the allies--Britain, France, and Russia--to fight in World War I.
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The Spanish Flu Pandemic swept around the world in three waves, killing an estimated 50 million to 100 million people.
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The Peace treaty was between Germany and the Allied Forces to end World War I and say that Germany must fix all the disasters that happened to the countries.
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In 1919, the 19th Admendment for women's suffrage was passed, and ratified in 1920.
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The polygraph, or lie detector, was invented by John Augustus Larson.
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The Tomb of King Tut was found in the "Valley of the Kings," and was untouched for over 3000 years.
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Hitler was jailed after a failed coup to take over Germany. This would soon start World War II.
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The very first Olympic Winter Games was held in 1924, and the first gold medal during it was was won by Charles Jewtraw of the United States in the 500-meter speed skate.
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Hitler published his first volume of Mein Kampf (My Struggle) in 1925, talking about politics, war, plans, and imprisonment. Following that, his second volume came out in 1927.
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Harry Houdini died of peritonitis, secondary to a ruptured appendix.
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Competing with Lou Gehrig to see who would end up with the most home runs, in the last three games of the season Babe Ruth hit his 60th homerun.
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In April, after being disappointed by his distributor stealing his most popular character, Walt Disney decided to create Mickey Mouse and put it on Television.
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As the stock market crashed, it began the start of the Great Depression, where many people trying to sell stocks and bonds, they couldn't because of the crash.
