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Maxime Guillaume was given a patent for a jet engine. The jet engine had never been built, but the idea was there.
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President Warren Harding died a sudden death that doctors thought was a stroke, but due to today's medical knowledge, we know that he died from a heart attack. After his death, Vice-President Calvin Coolidge is made President of the United States.
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Republican Calvin Coolidge defeated Democrat John W. Davis winning with 324 electoral votes.
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Philip Drinker and Lewis Agassiz Shaw created a tool that would change medicine forever. In 1927, they had invented a machine that helped push air in and out of the lungs. Many people survived sicknesses or injuries that previously would have killed them.
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Lindbergh took off in his plane from Roosevelt Field in 1927 and completed the first transcontinental flight. After a 33 1/2 hour flight, he landed in Paris France.
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Dr. Fleming discovered the first antibiotic accidentally after having mold grow in his laboratory.
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Herbert Hoover defeated Albert Smith with a total electoral vote of 444 to Smith’s 87.
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The Great Depression was the largest economic downfall in history. Unemployment rose, production declined, and most families were affected financially.
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On October 29th in 1929, America panicked as the stock market crashed everywhere. Due to this, we entered the Great Depression.
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Roosevelt defeats Hoover to take over the presidency during the Great Depression.
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The First New Deal was a "deal" proposed by President Franklin Roosevelt in an attempt to help the economy and to address the Depression. The New Deal offered jobs, higher wages, old-age pensions, and much more.
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Adolf Hitler is appointed as Chancellor.
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The 21st amendment repealed the 18th ammendment.
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Franklin Roosevelt won the election against Alf Landon without competition with 523 electoral votes leaving Landon with only 8.
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Sir Frank Whittle, a pilot in the Royal Air Force, Ran his first successful test of the jet engine on the ground.
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On July 7th, 1937, shots were exchanged just outside of Peking. Fighting broke out, and a couple of weeks later Japan took over Peking.
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Adolf Hitler joins his German troops into Austria and later declares a new Nazi government.
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Germany invades Poland after ignoring many warnings from Great Britain and France, and they rush to the defense.
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Designed by Igor Sikorsky, the first functioning helicopter had a successful test flight. It only lasted for a few seconds though.
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Roosevelt wins for the 3rd time which made him the first president to serve 3 terms.
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Just before 8:00 am in Honolulu Hawaii, at the U.S. Naval base in Pearl Harbor disaster struck. The Japanese attacked the harbor without warning, killing 2,471 people and sinking or damaging over 20 navy ships. This event was the main reason the United States joined World War 2.