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was killed by princip
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germany declares war on russia and great britian declares war on germany
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germany invades belgium
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germans stop russian advance
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allied forces defeated in bid to establish supply line with russia
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german u boat sinks british ship
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these 2 battles clamed the lives of millions
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the allied victory costs over half a million casualties
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the us declares war on germany
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the amerricans fil gaps between french and british lines during german offensive
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u.s.troops help stop german advance on paris
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theturning point of the war allies advance steadaly after defeating the germans
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pershing leads american army to victory
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american advance helps end the war
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when palmer made hoover his special assistant palmer and hoover hunted down suspected communists socialist and anarchists
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warren g harding is elected president
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sacco and vanetti where convicted of killing a paymaster and his gurad
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the ninteenth amendment gave women the right 2 vote
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federal aid road act funds national highway
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louie armstrong plays for king olivers creole jazz band in chicago
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blues singer ma rainey performs with her jazz band in chicago
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president harding dies and calvin coolidge becomes president
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time magazine begins to publish
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calvine coolidge was elected president
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philip randolph organizes the brotherhood of sleeping car porters
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the scopes trial takes place in tennessee
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henry ford introduced the model a
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charles completed the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight
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herbert hoover takes office
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the first academy awads are persented
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the stock market crashes
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more than 40% of banks fail
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army officers led by jose uriburu seize control of the government of argintins
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jane addams shares the nobel peace prize
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8.o2 million americans are unemployed
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japan invades manchuria
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the bonus army arrives at washingtion
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ibn saud becomes king of newly united saudi arabia
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franklin delano roosevelt is elected president
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from prison mohandas k gandhi leads a protest against british policies in india
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adolf hitler takes power in germany
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congress creates the sec to regualte the stock market
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congress passes the social security act
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labor unions begin using sit down stirkes
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route 66 is completed linking chicago to los angilies california
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germany invades poland
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the japaneses surrender
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the united nations is established
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allied soldgers capture iwo jima
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italians exicute mussolini
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hitler commits suicide
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v-e day ends the war
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allies capture okinawa
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the u.s.drops atomic bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki
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germans attack allies in the battle of the buldge
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church hill give his iron curtian speech
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state of isreal created
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harry trueman elected president
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the berlin air lift begans wich drops supplys into west berlin
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china becomes communist under mao zedong
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u.s. troops are sent to korea
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disc jockey alan freed it the first to use the term rock n roll on the air
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esienhower is elected
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korean war cease fire
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brown vs board of education tokapa outlaws segrigation
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esienhower re elected
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nasa the national arenotics and space association is established
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alaska and hawii become the 49th and 50th state
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kennedy is elected president
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the u.s launches bay of pigs invasion
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john glenn is the first american to orbit the earth
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south african civicl rights leader nelson mandela is imprisoned
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u.s.and u,s,s,r face off in cubin missle crises
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president kennedy assassinated lyndon b johnson president
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lyndon b johnson is elected
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congress passes the economic oppertunity act and civicl rights act
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u.s. troops enter vietnam
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cultural revolution begins in chins
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thurgood marshal becomes african american justice of the supreme court
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race riots occur in major u.s.cities
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richard m nixson is elected president
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martin luther king assassinated
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u.s.astronauts walk on the moon
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the grape boycott forces growers to sign contracts with united farm workers
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ohio national guard kills four students
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political party la raza unida is formed
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marcos declares marshal law in the philipiness
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richard nixson is elected
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richard m nixson is re elected
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energy crisis begins and gasoline prices soar
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the united states signs cease fire with north vietnam and vietkong
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native americans stage protest at wounded knee south dakota
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gerald ford becomes president when nixson resignes
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communists capture saigon south vietnam surrenders
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president jim carter is elected president
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americans celebrate the nations bicentennial
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the movie saterday night fever inspires disco
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a nuclear power accident occurs at three mile island in pennsylvania
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john f kennedy elected
