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Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated
Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip -
Austria declares war on Serbia
Austria declares war on Serbia for assination of the Archduke -
Germany declares war on France
Germany delacers war agian -
Britain declares war on Germany
Britain wants to go aganist Germany -
Lusitania Sunk
Torpedoed by German U-boat -
Battle of the Somme begins
Battle of the Somme begins -
Woodrow Wilson re-elected President
Woodrow Wilson re-elected President of the United States with campaign slogan: "He kept us out of the war" -
Germany begins unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany begins unrestricted submarine warfare with u boats -
United States learns of Zimmermann telegram
United States learns of Zimmermann telegram that tells mexico if they fight america they will be allies -
United States declares war on Germany
United States declares war on Germany after Zimmerman note was published. -
Bolshevik Revolution
Bolshevik Revolution that leads to the killing of their ruler -
Russia drops out
Russian cease-fire declared -
Wilson gives “Fourteen Points” speech
Wilson gives “Fourteen Points” speech before U.S. Congress -
End of war
Germany signs armistice, formally ending the war -
Treaty Signed
Treaty of Versailles signed -
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The 1920s
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Prohibition
Congress ratified the Eighteenth Amendment -
"The Flapper"
The silent film "The Flapper" comes out. -
last Model T made
Ford watched the 15 millionth Model T Ford roll off the assembly line -
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
Al Copone's bloodest gang fight -
"The Star Spangled Banner"
"The Star Spangled Banner" is adopted as our national anthem -
Hitler
Adolf Hitler was appointed as the chancellor of Germany -
FDR
FDR Assassination attempt -
FDR inaugural address
Franklin Roosevelt delivered his first inaugural address before 100,000 people on Washington’s Capitol Plaza. -
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde killed by police -
Alcatraz
The first prisoners are delivered to Alcatraz Prison -
Hindenburgh
The hindenburgh veplin explodes -
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart Vanishes -
Wizard of Oz Movie
Wizard of Oz Movie Premiers -
World War II
World War II breaks out -
Period: to
1940s
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M&Ms made for military
M&Ms® were only sold to military -
Pearl Harbor
Japanes bombed Pearl Harbor -
D-Day
An attack on Germany known as D-day -
Auschwitz
Auschwitz was liberated -
Anne Frank
Anne Frank dies of typhoid in a concentration camp -
Hitler Dies
Hitler kills himself -
Atomic Bomb
First atomic bomb test, near Alamogordo, New Mexico -
WWII Ended
WWII started on September 1, 1939 and ended September 2, 1939 -
CIA
CIA was formed -
NATO
NATO was established -
Period: to
The 50s
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Peanuts comic
Peanuts comic first in newspaper -
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg exucutied -
Segregation ruled illegal in U.S
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Disneyland opened
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Emmett Till murdered
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James Dean dies in car crash
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Rosa Parks rufuses to give up her seat on a bus
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The Cat in the Hat is publised
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Castro becomes dictator of Cuba
