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Warren G. Harding became President
He served as president until his death in 1923 -
First female governor
Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first female governor in the state of Wyoming -
Pluto discovered
Clyde W. Tombaugh used Lowell's predictions to find the planet after Lowell's death -
Ghandi Salt March
it was a boycott on salt tax -
National Anthem
President Hoover signed an Act making the Star Spangled Banner the Nations song -
Empire State Building
it was built by Americans after the Eiffel Tower was built in Paris in 1889 -
kidnapping
Charlie Lindbergh's son was kidnapped by Bruno Richard Hauptmann -
First Flight
Amelia Earhart was the first woman to flight across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by herself -
The New Deal
set up to reduce unemployment, provide welfare for the poor, and deal with the devastation of the Great Depression -
Chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany by President Paul Von Hindenburg in order for an eye to be kept on the Nazi party -
Attempted Murder
Giuseppe Zangara tried to kill FDR in Miami, Florida -
First Concentration Camp
Dachau was the first camp of Dachau. Initially established to hold political prisoners of the Third Reich, it soon grew to hold a large and diverse population of people -
Mao Zedong Long March
civil war between nationalists and communists in China which lead to a long retreat -
social security
enabling the several States to make more adequate provision for certain people of certain needs. -
Spanish Civil War
military revolt against the Republican government of Spain -
Axis power agreement
Rome and Berlin forms an Axis Power which later included Japan -
World War 2
war fought primarily between the Axis Powers (Nazi Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and the United States) -
3rd time
FDR was the first and only elected to a third presidential term -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese went on a suicide mission in Pearl Harbor striking the start of U.S. involvement in WW2 -
Anne Frank
her and her family went into hiding from Nazi police -
Warsaw Ghetto
Jewish town that fought back against German soldiers who intended to put them in Treblinka Death Camp -
Italy Switches
they got caught up and looked for the easiest way out -
Invading Normandy
Allies invaded Normandy in order to free the captured -
Presidential Death
FDR dies from a stroke -
Gandhi's Death
he was assassinated in New Delhi, India -
peace treaty
Truman signs treaty ending world war 2 -
New Leader
Fidel Castro becomes leader of Cuba -
First t.v. debate
Candidates Kennedy and Nixon holds the First debate on television -
Tet Offenssive
a series of surprise attacks by Vietcong -
Terracotta Army Found
Qin Shi Huang buried his army with him. Two farmers found them in hopes of finding water. -
Mother Teresa
she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize -
woman in space
Sally Ride becomes the first woman in space -
Freed Mandela
after 27 years of imprisonment Mandela is freed and later becomes the President of South Africa in 1994 -
OJ Trial
they "found" him not guilty and let him off