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Mohandas Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869. He was born in Porbandar, a seacoast town in the Kathiawar Peninsula north of Bombay. He was the fourth child of Karamchand Gandhi(history.com).
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In 1869 Russian chemist Dimitri Mendeleev started the development of the periodic table. Arranging chemical elements by atomic mass. He predicted the discovery of other elements, and left spaces open in his periodic table for them(chemistry.about.com).
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The museum opened in 1870. The Metropolitan is located in New York City. It is the largest art museum in the United States, and is among the most visited art museums in the world(metmuseum.org).
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After attending Inner Temple Law School in the UK. Gandhi passes the bar exam and becomes a lawyer. Unknown to him at the time, his mother has passed away while he is at school(history.com).
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Gandhi is thrown off of a train in South Africa for refusing to move from his First Class seat to Third Class. This discrimination against Indians was common. This personal experience gave Gandhi resolve to fight discrimination(sscnet.ucla.edu).
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Wilhelm Roentgen was already working on the effects of cathode rays during 1895, before he actually discovered X-rays. His experiments involved the passing of electric current through gases at extremely low pressure.The X-Ray is stilled used today(history.com).
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The Treaty of Paris of 1898 was an agreement made in 1898 that involved Spain relinquishing nearly all of the remaining Spanish Empire, especially Cuba, and ceding Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States(History.com).
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Orville Wright piloted the first powered airplane 20 feet above a wind-swept beach in North Carolina. The flight lasted 12 seconds and covered 120 feet. Three more flights were made that day with day with Orville's brother Wilbur piloting the record flight lasting 59 seconds over a distance of 852 feet(history.com).
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Gandhi and 2,000 fellow Indians in Johannesburg burn their registration cards in protest. Even as Gandhi and other leaders are repeatedly arrested over 6 years of protest, non-violent rallies continue to grow in size(sahistory.org).
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The Allies included Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States. These countries fought against the Central Powers which included Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria(history.com).
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The Wall Street bombing occurred on September 16, 1920, in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City. The blast killed 30 people, and another eight died later of wounds(history.com)
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The British retaliate by passing the Salt Act which makes it illegal for Indians to make their own salt, punishable by at least three years in jail. On March 12th, Gandhi travels 200 miles on foot for 24 days to Dandi to make his own salt(history.com).
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Gandhi launches the Quit India campaign declaring India’s independence from British rule. Gandhi is imprisoned(mkgandhi.org).
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Tensions between Hindu and Muslim factions resurface and escalate into violence. India is divided into Pakistan and India. The lasting effects of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947(history.com).
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India gained there independence on August 15, 1947.The British House of Commons passed the Indian Independence Act, which divided India into two dominions, India and Pakistan. It called for each dominion to be granted its independence by August(history.com).
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Gandhi was killed on January 30, 1948. He was killed in New Delhi. He was killed by Nathuram Vinayak Godse. He was shot 3 times in the chest from point blank(History.com)
