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Date |
Event(s) |
1 | 1920 | - 1920: 18th Amendment prohibits alcohol
- 1920: Panama Canal completed
- 1920: 19th Amendment gives women right to vote
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2 | 1927 | - 1927: Lindbergh crosses Atlantic
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3 | 1928 | - 1928: Heisenberg's uncertainty principle
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4 | 1929 | - 1929: Great Depression begins.
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5 | 1933 | - 1933: Roosevelt begins "New Deal"
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6 | 1934 | - 1934: Fermi creates plutonium
- 1934: Adolf Hitler becomes Fueher of Germany
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7 | 1939 | - 1939: World War II begins
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8 | 1941 | - 7 Dec 1941: Pearl Harbor attacked; United States enters World War II
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