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On this day, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparked the beginning of World War 1. -
The Treaty of Versailles was signed, ending the First World War. -
The 19th amendment was passed granting women the right to vote. -
The beginning of the Great Depression as the United States stock market crashed. -
Economic policies implemented by FDR in efforts to combat the great depression. -
Hitler invaded Poland sparking the Second World War. -
Japan's bombing of this military base incited the involvement of the United States in World War 2. -
Normandy's beach was invaded with approximately 10,000 casualties. -
Following Germany, Japan surrendered and the Second World War came to an end. -
9 African-American students became the first to be integrated into an all-white school after the Brown v. Board of Education ruling. -
The bill outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin.