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End of the Great Depression
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"The Shadow" by Orson Welles
Orson Welles voiced crime-fighting vigilante Lamont Cranston on the radio show "The Shadow". -
The First Transatlantic Commercial Flight
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Beginning of World War II
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Dunkirk Evacuation Began
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The Battle of Britain
A military campaign where the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against attacks that were large in scale by Nazi Germany's air force. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt gives permission for developing atomic weapons
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The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
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Colonel Leslie Groves is put in charge of Manhattan Project
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First controlled nuclear fission reaction
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Japan becomes primary target for any future atomic bombs
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D-Day
The day in World War II where the Allied forces invaded northern France, creating the largest fleet launched over the ocean in History. -
Ball Point Pens go on sale
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First atomic bomb was detonated
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The United States bombs Japan
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End of World War II
The War ended in Europe and the Pacific after Japan announced their surrender. -
The Truman Doctrine was developed
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The First Non-Stop Flight Around The World
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The Korean War Starts
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The Immigration and Naturalization Act
