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more then 40% of the banks nations fail
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army of officers led by jose uriburu seize control of the government of argentina.
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8.02 million americans are unemployed.
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jane addams shares the nobel peace prize.
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japan invades manchuria
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ibn saud becomes king of newly united saudi arabia
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franklin delano roosevelt is elected president.
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the bonus army arrives in washington Dc
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17 African countries gained independence.
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JFK was elected president.
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Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in outer space.
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US launches the Bay of pigs invention.
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John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth.
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The drug thalidomide is pulled from the market after it is found responsible for thousands of birth defects in europe.
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President Kennedy is assassinated
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Congress passes the economic opportunity act and civil rights act
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Lyndon B Johnson is elected president.
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Charles Whitman shoots and kills 16 people and injures 31 others from observation deck of the tower
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US and USSR face off in the cuban missile crisis.
