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Water For Elephants
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US: American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers the planet Pluto at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Scientists found a new planet and called it Pluto -
WORLD: Gandhi's Salt march
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US:The state of Nevada legalizes gambling.
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BOOK:Jacob's parents died.
Jacob's father and mother died in a car crash which devesated him. -
BOOK:Jacob was in an Ivy League School
Jacob was in an Ivy Leauge School so he can become a vet like his father. -
BOOK:Jacob runs away
Jacob runs away from home and ends up on a circus train. -
BOOK: Jacob on the train meets a Camel
Jacob gets on the train and meets 3 other guys and Camel, the only one that likes him, helps him out. -
BOOK:Jacob meets Marlena
Jacob meets a girl named Marlena and is in love with her. Love at first site. -
BOOK: Jacob meets a new friend.
Walter helps in the toughest of times and they are their for one another. -
BOOK: Jacob becomes the vet for the circus.
People find out thta he was in school to become a vet and then make him become the vet for the animals. -
BOOK: The circus invests in getting an elephant for the acts.
Uncle Al surprises Marlena with an elephant to work with. -
WORLD: Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany
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US:President Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated for the first time. His speech with its hallmark phrase, "We have nothing to fear, but fear itself," begins to rally the public and Congress to deal with great depression issues.
President Roosevelt made a spech about the great depression. -
US:In South Dakota, a strong dust storm strips topsoil from depression era farms.
A storm destroyed a lot of the soil they used to farm. -
US: The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed, ending prohibition.
Passed the 21st amandment -
WORLD: Alcatraz becomes a federal prison
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BOOK: August beats the elephant and the elephant kills him
August beats the elephant, Rosie, and she takes her revenge for the way she has been treated. -
US:Hoover Dam is dedicated by President Roosevelt.
Built a dam and dedicated it to Roosevelt -
BOOK: Jacob and Marlena get together.
Jacob and Marlena get together and they quit their jobs at the circus and Jacob goes back to school to become a vet. -
US: Gone with the Wind is published by Margaret Mitchell.
A famous book was published. -
WORLD: Spanish civil war started
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WORLD: Spanish civil war ends
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US:The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York
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US: Albert Einstein alerts Franklin D. Roosevelt to an A-bomb opportunity, which led to the creation of the Manhattan Project.
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US:The United States declares its neutrality in the European war after Germany invaded Poland, effectively beginning World War II after a year of European attempts to appease Hitler and the aims of expansionist Nazi Germany.