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The zimmerman telegram is made public across the United States.
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World war 1 comes to an end, the signing of an armistice between the Allies and Germany.
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On this date, the 19th amendment is ratified, granting women the right to vote.
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First solo trip across the atlantic ocean by air.
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The first of the stock market crash of 1929
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British and French prime ministers with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. The agreement averted the outbreak of war but gave Czechoslovakia away to German conquest.
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1.5 million german soldiers invade Poland, along with U boats and the bombing of Polish airfields.
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Japanese forces bomb American naval base on Hawaiian territory
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the day the Allied powers crossed the English Channel and landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, beginning the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi powers.
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Hiroshima & Nagasaki were bombed on the 6th and the 9th of August, respectively.
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Korean war begins
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Dec 9, 1952 – May 17, 1954
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Nov 1, 1955 – Apr 30, 1975
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Oct 16, 1962 – Oct 28, 1962 Soviet missile bases are found set up in Cuba
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The president is assassinated as he rode in a motorcade in downtown Dallas, Texas
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The first steps by humans on another planetary body were taken by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
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A series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001