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The Roaring 20's
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Prohibition
Prohibition is signed into law. Prohibition made the private ownership and consumption of alcohol illegal. -
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh was the first person to fly to Europe. He also wrote an autobiography. -
Pan American
Pan american is created, a company that air mails small deliveries. -
Radio
The radio was one of the most popular inventions of the 1920s. It was sort of a luxury, but many families had one. -
Black Tuesday
On Black tuesday, the stock market crashed. It crashed following a series of drops. It marks the beginning of the Great Depression. -
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The Great Depression
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Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a period in which there were fierce dust storms in the midwest. Farmers were left hopeless, as there was no good soil to grow their crops. The dust storms left many people sick. -
Blitzkreig on Poland
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Pearl Harbor Attack
Japan staged an attack on Pearl Harbr in Hawaii. It caused us to enter the war, eventually bomb them, causing them to surrender. -
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World War II
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D-Day
The US invaded Normandy, France, marking the beginning of the US front in Europe. -
Hitler's Suicide
Hitler supposedly killed himself either with hydrogen cyanide, a gun, or both, while in a bunker nearing invasion from troops. -
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The Cold War
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Ceasefire on Korean War
The Korean War's ceasefire was signed on this date. -
Berlin Wall Erected
The Berlin wall was erected on this date, to keep west germans from leaving the communist west germany. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The wall seperating the two halves of Germany fell on this date.
