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Pluto is discovered for the first time by an Arizona scientist. Name of Pluto inspires Walt Disney to name one of his characters.
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Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic.
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More than four million people are unemployed as a result of the Wall Street Crash. It begins in October 1929 and doesn't end till October 1939.
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A surprise attack from the Japanese that made the U.S. join World War II.
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The first computer is built by J. Presper Eckert. It occupied about 1,800 square feet and weighed about 50 tons.
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Beginning in September 1939, World War II finally ends on December 30, 1945; being the greatest global war.
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Korean War begins to aid South Korea from communism.
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Sputnik was the first artificial Earth satellite launched by the USSR.
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Alaska becomes the 49th state of the United States of America.
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Martin Luther King Jr. gives his famous speech, "I had a dream".
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Voting rights bill is passed making it possible for all races to vote.
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Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the moon.
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All cigarette ads are banned on television.
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Voting age is changed from 21 to 18, making this the 26th amendment.
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Star Wars is released, being one of the most popular movies of all time.
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The Hepatitis B vaccine is invented by Pablo DT Valenzuela.
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James Russell invented the first compact disc.
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East German government announced that all German citizens could visit West Germany and West Berlin.
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The World Wide Web went live to the world. There was no fanfare in the global press. In fact, most people around the world didn't even know what the Internet was.
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The Cold War ends and the Soviet Union ceases to exists. It returns to Russia.
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A domestic terrorist car bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City.
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On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States.
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The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when Columbia disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven crew members.
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Barack Obama becomes the 44th President of the United States, being the first African-American President.
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Osama Bin Laden, the founder and head of the Islamist group Al-Qaeda, is killed by American troops.
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The Boston Marathon bombing was a terrorist pressure cooker bombing, followed by subsequent related shootings, that occurred when two pressure cooker bombs exploded during the Boston Marathon.
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Same-Sex marriage is legalized in all 50 states.
