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  Hitler invades Poland, World War II begins.
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  Japan bombs Pearl Harbor,United States enters World War II.
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  In the middle east, Isreal was established.
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  President John F. Kennedy assassinated.
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  Hijacked planes crash into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a field in rural Pennsylvania. THousands of lives are lost.