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The first womans olypics was held in 1900 in France.
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Orville and Wilbur Wright flew the first successful plane
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded
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Income Tax Amendment establishes a tax on amount of money people make
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Panamal Canal was opened
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World War One begins in Europe
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World War One in Europe ends
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Alcoholic beverages become prohibited
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Women given right to vote
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The Empire State Building was completed as the tallest building in the world, climbing 102 stories tall
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President Roosevelt was inaugurated and begins New Deal to end The Great Depression
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Germany invades Poland to begin World War II
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Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, and the U.S. enters World War II
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U.S becomes a member of the United Nations
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Jackie Robinson becomes the first black major league baseball player
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The U.S entered the Korean war.
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Korean war ended
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Rosa Parks refusesd to follow segregation rules on the Montgomery Bus
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Martin Luther King Jr. begins organizing protests against black discrimination
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Alan Shepard becomes the first U.S. astronaut in space
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President John F. Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas
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U.S combat troops sent to Vietnam to stop communism
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Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated
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President Richard Nixon Resigns
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Berlin Wall, seperating East and West Germany, is torn down
