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Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie
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WORLD WAR I
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Sinking of the Lusitania (Sister ship to the Titanic)
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Russia withdraws from WWI
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Russian Communist Revolution begins
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Passage of the Selective Service Act
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War industries Board established to regulate production in WWI
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Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover
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National War Labor board Established by Woodrow Wilson
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Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million
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Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress
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Austria-Hungary surrenders to the allies
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Passage of prohibition and end of prohibition
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Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers
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Babe Ruth Sets the Single Season Homerun Record
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GREAT DEPRESSION
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Dust bowl
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Japan Invades Northern China
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Japan Conquers Manchuria
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FDR Elected First Time
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First Fireside Chat by FDR
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Hitler Sets Up Dachau
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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Agricultural Adjustment Act
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FDR Elected Second Time
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Orson Welles Broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds
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Hitler and Stalin Sign Non Aggression Pact
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Germany Invades Poland
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WORLD WAR II
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Germany Invades Poland Britain and France Declare War
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Japan, Germany, and Italy Sign the Tripartite Pact
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FDR Elected Third Time
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Lend Lease Act
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WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt
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Battle of Midway
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German General Rommel Surrenders in North Africa
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FDR Elected Fourth Time
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Battle of the Bulge
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Yalta Conference
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V-E Day and V-J Day
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Seven Year Occupation of Japan by United States
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Nuremburg War Trials
