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Assasination of Franz Ferdinand
Heir to the Austrian throne was assasinated by Gavrilo Princip. -
The Great War had begun
After Germany invaded Belgium, Britian declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary. -
"No man's land"
German and Allied soldiers spent a period of time in deep, rat infested trenches. -
First battle of Somme
British suffered 60,000 casualties the first day alone, and this bloody trench warface continued for over three years. -
Negro Leagues
National Negro Baseball League organized. -
Nineteenth Amendment
women were given the right to vote. -
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chapter 20-21
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Radio
First Radio broadcast. -
Miss America
The first Miss America contest was held. -
Insulin Discovered
Leonard Thompson, a 14-year-old boy who was dying of diabetes, was given the first human experimental dose of insulin. -
Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley sets women's record by breaking 100 clay targets in a row -
Tomb of Tutankhamen
Archaeologist Howard Carter finds tomb of Tutankhamen near Luxor, Egypt -
Woodrow Wilson
Former President Woodrow Wilson dies -
Television
Scottish inventor John Baird invents the first form of a television. -
Talking movies
First talking movie, The Jazz Singer released. -
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the season. -
Steamboat Willie
First Mickey Mouse talking film, Steamboat Willie. -
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover was elected president. -
Stock Market Crash
Start of the stock market crash. -
Black Tuesday
Prices kept dropping, and on Black Tuesday, more than 16 million shares were sold. -
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World War 2
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Battle of Britian
The air campaign waged by the German Air Force called the Luftwaffe against Great Britain. -
The blitz
The name given to the intensive bombing of Britain by Nazi Germany -
The Eastern Front
Germany attacked the Soviet Union as part of Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of Russia. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, and the US entered the war. -
Tobruk
Allies take Tobruk in North Africa -
Singapore
There were 25,000 prisoners when Singapore fell to Japan. -
Battle of Midway
Marks a US victory in the Battle of Midway when American planes defeated a Japanese -
Auschwitz (The holocaust)
had already begun but the concentration camp at Auschwitz started the systematic murder of Jews. -
Stalingrad
Germany surrenders at Stalingrad, a major defeat for the Germans -
North Africa
The allies win victory in North Africa, and the invasion of Italy begins -
D-Day
marks the date when the Allies invaded France and Paris is subsequently liberated -
The Western Front
US and British forces returned to France launching launched Operation Market-Garden and the Battle of the Bulge -
The Death of Hitler
Adolf Hitler commits suicide -
Germany Surrenders
Germany surrenders -
The end
World War 2 ended -
Credit Cards
First modern credit card introduced. -
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The 1950's
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TV
Color TV was introduced -
Seat Belts
Car seat belts were created -
Polio Vaccine
The polio vaccine was created -
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The 1960's
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Debates
First Televised presidential debates. -
Kennedy for president
President Eisenhower was succeeded by Kennedy in 1960. -
Bay of pigs
Invasion of Cuba backfired on Kennedy -
Sub-orbital space flight
The first U.S. manned sub-orbital space flight is completed with Commander Alan B. Shepard Jr. -
Berlin Wall
The soviets begin building the Berlin Wall. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
In response to the Soviet Union building offensive missiles in Cuba, Kennedy orders a naval and air blockade of military equipment to the island. -
Test-ban treating
The US, Soviets, and Great Britian agree to ban nuclear testing above ground. -
I have a dream
Martin Luther King Jr. made his speech "I have a dream". -
Assassination
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. -
End of the baby boom
This period marked the end of the baby boom. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson wins his first presidential election. -
Medicare
The government medical program for citizens over the age of 65 begins. -
Marshall
Thurgood Marshall is sworn into office as the first black Supreme Court Justice. -
Richard M. Nixon
Richard M. Nixon is inaugurated the 37th president of the US. -
Man on the moon
US atronaut Neil Armstong becomes the first man to walk on the moon. -
Chicago 7
Five members of the "Chicago 7" are convicted of crossing state lines to incite riots during the 1968 Democratic Presidential Convention in Chicago. -
China's satellite
China became the fifth nation to put a satellite into orbit. -
Kent State
Four students from Kent State University in Ohio were killed and nine wounded by National Guardsmen during a protest against the Vietnam War spread into Cambodia. -
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1970's
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Cigarettes
A ban on the television advertisement of cigarettes goes into affect in the United States.
