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archducke assassinated
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Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium.
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First Battle of Ypres
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The first Zeppelin raid on Britain took place
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Italy declared war on Germany and Austria
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The Allies started the evacuation of Gallipoli
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British forces surrendered to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia
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Battle of Jutland
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Start of the Brusilov Offensive
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USA declared war on Germany
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the Italian Army was heavily defeated
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Germany broke through on the Somme
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Turkey made peace
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Peace conference met at Paris
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The Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Germans.
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The Palmer Raids begin, launching a period of intense government persecution of radical political dissidents in response to the postwar Red Scare sweeping the nation.
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The Great Steel Strike of 1919 ends with capitulation by the steelworkers
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19th Amendment passed
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•Pancho Villa Retires
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Congress passes immigration restrictions
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The Sacco-Vanzetti trial begins; immigrant Italian radicals Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti will eventually be convicted of murder and executed.
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Baseball's World Series is broadcast on radio for the first time; the New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees, five games to three
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Ford Motor Company exceeds $1 billion
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F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby
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Ernest Hemingway publishes The Sun Also Rises.
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Babe Ruth hits his 60th homerun
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Hover is made president
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Mickey mouse was made
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stock market crashes
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"Saint Valentine's Day Massacre," the single bloodiest incident in a decade-long turf war between rival Chicago mobsters fighting to control the lucrative bootlegging trade, members of Al Capone's gang murder six followers of rival Bugs Moran.
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Pluto is discovered
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Gangsters raid Chicago hotel, killing three in gang war
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Jose Uriburu seize control of gov't. of Argentina
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Al Capone Imprisoned for Income Tax Evasion
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Empire State Building Completed
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A 60-nation disarmament conference begins in Geneva, Switzerland
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Chemists at the Imperial Chemical Industries in Great Britain synthesize the first plastic
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Adolph Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
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Assassionation attempt on FDR
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U.S. and Soviet Union establish diplomatic relations
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Persia officially changes its name to Iran
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U.S. Supreme Court declares National Industrial Recovery Act unconstitutional
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The Green Hornet radio show debuts
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The Grapes of Wrathby John Steinbeck is published
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Great Britain and France declare war on Germany; World War II begins
