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Charles Lindbergh flies solo from New York to Paris.
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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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The United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. World War II ends as Japan Surrenders.
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Hijacked plans 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.