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world war 1 begins
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World WaR 1 ends
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World War 2
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Hitler Invaded Poland
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
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D-Day
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V-E Day
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Cold War begins
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Harry Truman Announced Communism
Harry S. Truman: My fellow Americans, the British, Chinese and United States governments have given the Japanese people adequate warning of what is in store for them. The world will note that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a military base. If Japan does not surrender, bombs will have to be dropped on her war industries and unfortunately thousands of civilian lives will be lost. I urge Japanese civilians to leave industrial cities immediately and save themselves. Source: Courtes -
Marshall Plans Begins
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ESCS established
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Cuban Crisis
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Germany Unites
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East and West Germany Reunited
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Euro Introduced
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The soviet union collapses
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Soviet Union Ends
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Maastricht treaty signed
wikipediawikipediawas signed on 7 February 1992 by the members of the European Community in Maastricht, Netherlands.[1] On 9–10 December 1991, the same city hosted the European Council which drafted the treaty.[2] Upon its entry into force on 1 November 1993 during the Delors Commission,[3] it created the European Union and led to the creation of the single European currency, the euro. -
Berlin Wall falls
