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By naudia.hruby@centuraps.org
  • World War I

    World War I

    The assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand by South Slav patriot Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914, kicked off World War I.
  • The roaring Twenties

    The roaring Twenties

    In the roaring twenties peaple had more money in ther pockets than ever. Many North Carolinians believed that the 1920s would be a very successful decade.
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    The Great Depression was the country's and the contemporary industrial economy's longest and worst depression.
  • The dust bowl

    The dust bowl

    The Dust Bowl, sometimes known as "the Dirty Thirties," began in 1930 and lasted for a decade, but the region's long-term economic effects lasted much longer.
  • The first session of the Unicameral

    The first session of the Unicameral

    The Nebraska "experiment," as it was slated to meet its first session in January 1937, whatever the grounds for its adoption.
  • World War II

    World War II

    On September 1, 1939, Germany attacked Poland, starting World War II in Europe.
  • SAC is at Offutt Air Force Base

    SAC is at Offutt Air Force Base

    In 1946, the US government set up the Strategic Air Command (SAC) as part of its reaction.
  • Race riots in Omaha

    Race riots in Omaha

    The Strategic Air Command (SAC) was created in 1995 as part of the US government's response.
  • UNL Students protest the Vietnam War

    UNL Students protest the Vietnam War

    This began as a protest then became a student-lead occupation of the Military and Naval Sciences building.
  • The first computer

    The first computer

    The first computer was made in 1976.