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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi party.
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Benito Mussolini s appointed Prime Minister of Italy.
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Joseph Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union
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Japan's army seizes Manchuria, Chine
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Adlof Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
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The Neutrality Act is passed by U.S. Congress
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Italian Army invades Ethipoia in Africa
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Militarists take control of Japanese Covernment
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Adolf Hitler send troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty.
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Japan's army pillages Nanijng, China; massacres a quarter of a million people.
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Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland and Czechoslavakia to Germany.
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Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps.
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Germany invaded Poland
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The United Nations charter is ratified by its five, permanent members: The United States, Britain, France, China, and the Soviet Union.
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Free French leader Charles de Gaulle is named president of France's provisional government.
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The Nuremberg Trials open. For the next ten months, a tribunal comprised of Allied jurists will pass judgement on scores of Nazi war criminals.
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Emperor Hirohito addresses his subjects and tells them that he is not, contrary to popular belief, a divine being.
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The United Nations Security Council convenes in London to agree on procedural rules for the international body.
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The International Atomic Energy Commission is established to help regulate emerging nuclear weapons technology
