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1920s
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First radio broadcast
First broadcast is made over radio on this day. KDKA is the first licensed commercial radio station -
Germanys inflation
britian and france owe america 10 billion. so america loans germany 2.5 billion and raises tariffs on imported goods making paying back america impossible through trade. so america gets paid back with their own money -
Scopes Trial
the scopes trial was when a young biology teacher was put on trial for teaching evolution in his school. he lost the trial and was fined 100 dollars. -
Hoover elected president
Hoover was elected president because the republicans were viewed with booming economy where as the democrats were anti catholic. -
Black Tuesday
This was the day where the stock market dropped the most. not nessarily the beginning but this was the start of the great depression -
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great depression
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Roosevelt inaugurated
Franlin roosevelt wins election of 1932 in the democrat election and takes office in march 4th 1933 -
Hoover dam built
hoover dam completed, large amount of electricity was produced for that area there after -
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WW2
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Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks pearl harbor in hawaii and disables every ship, but is not able to sink aircraft carriers, because they are out of port. -
Doolittle Raid
US Carrier Hornet Launches 16 B-25 Mitchel Medium Bombers to bomb tokyo in retaliation to pear harbor, no plane casualties although some men were lost. planes crash landed in China -
D-Day
Allies invade occupied france at normandy. Code named Operation Overlord, consisting of mainly american, british and canadian troops. -
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Cold War
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Nuclear artillery
First nuclear artiller round is tested and detonated by the us military -
Nautilus
First nuclear submarine Nautilus is launched and comissioned. -
Huge Nuke
Largest nuke ever detonated, is detonated by the russians
