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2017
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This controversial businessman becomes US president
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Donald Trump
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2016
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The British people decide to leave...
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the European Union
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2015
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ISIS fighters kill 130 people in this city
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Paris
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2014
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Russia annexes this Peninsula
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Crimea
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2013
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Whistleblower announces that the NSA spy out
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Edward Snowden
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2012
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The Queen officially opens this sport event
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Summer Olympics
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2011
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A civil war begins here which goes on until now
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Syria
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2010
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This volcano discontinues the European air traffic
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Eyjafjallajökull
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2009
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First Afro-American U.S. president
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Barack Obama
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2008
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This European country announces its independence
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Kosovo
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2007
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Apple releases this brand new phone
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iPhone
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2006
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Olympic Winter Games location
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Turin
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2005
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This Asian country now possesses nuclear weapons
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North Korea
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2004
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What kills 250,000 people on Boxing Day?
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Earthquake / Tsunami
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2003
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This tennis GOAT wins his first title
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Roger Federer
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2002
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New European currency
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Euro
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2001
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Al-Qaeda attacks the United States (nickname)
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9/11
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2000
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Russian politician who becomes de-facto leader
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Vladimir Putin
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1999
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The NATO attacks unduly this country
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Serbia
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1998
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American political sex scandal
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Lewinsky scandal
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1997
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Movie with Leo diCaprio and Kate Winslet
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Titanic
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1996
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Rapper fatally shot in Las Vegas
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Tupac Shakur
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1995
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Terrible massacre in the Bosnian War
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Srebrenica
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1994
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This happens in Rwanda
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Genocide
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1993
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African country gets its independence
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Eritrea
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1992
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Racial riots in this U.S. city
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Los Angeles
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1991
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This superpower collapses
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Soviet Union
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1990
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Deutsche Wiedervereinigung, in English
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German reunification
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1989
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This concrete barrier falls
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Berlin Wall
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1988
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Female tennis player wins the 'Golden Slam'
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Steffi Graf
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1987
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Mr. Gorbachev, ...
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Tear down this wall!
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1986
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Catastrophic nuclear accident in the Ukraine
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Chernobyl disaster
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1985
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Portuguese football player born in Madeira
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Cristiano Ronaldo
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1984
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Indian Prime Minister assassinated
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Indira Gandhi
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1983
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Official beginning of this world-wide communication network
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Internet
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1982
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War between Argentina and the UK
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Falklands War
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1981
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This woman marries Charles, Prince of Wales
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Diana
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1980
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This U.S. volcano erupts
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Mount St. Helens
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1979
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Revolution in this Asian country
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Iran
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1978
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First Polish pope
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John Paul II.
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1977
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This German terrorist group peaks its activity
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Red Army Fraction
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1976
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Founding Father of China dies
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Mao Zedong
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1975
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The fall of this city ends the Vietnam War
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Saigon
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1974
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This U.S. president resigned the presidency
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Richard Nixon
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1973
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War between Israel and Egypt
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Yom Kippur War
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1972
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Attack during the Olympics in this city
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Munich
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1971
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Country receives its independence from Pakistan
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Bangladesh
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1970
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This English rock band breaks up
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The Beatles
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1969
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Mankind lands on this astronomical body
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Moon
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1968
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On what holiday did Communist forces launch a devastating offensive?
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Tet
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1967
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War between Israel and Egypt (again)
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Six-Day War
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1966
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This country wins its first FIFA World Cup
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England
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1965
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Human rights activist assassinated in Manhattan
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Malcolm X
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1964
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This incident leads to the Vietnam War
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Gulf of Tonkin incident
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1963
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Lee Harvey Oswald kills this politician
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John F. Kennedy
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1962
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This crisis almost lead to WWIII
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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1961
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First man in space
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Yuri Gagarin
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1960
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Why is 1960 the "Year of Africa" (answer in one word)
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Independence
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1959
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This "Líder" becomes Cuban president
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Fidel Castro
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1958
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This French general founds the Fifth Republic
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Charles de Gaulle
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1957
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This terrorist is born in Riyadh
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Osama bin Laden
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1956
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Revolution in this European country
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Hungary
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1955
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Collective defense treaty among the USSR and its satellite states
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Warsaw Pact
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1954
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Where a soccer miracle happens
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Bern
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1953
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This Russian dictator dies
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Josef Stalin
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1952
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This English monarch becomes Queen
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Elizabeth II.
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1951
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American couple sentenced to death because of telling secret nuclear plans
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
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1950
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War between the communist north and the capitalist south
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Korean War
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1949
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This Federal Republic is founded
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Germany
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1948
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David Ben-Gurion declares the independence of his country
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Israel
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1947
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Name a country that gained its independence in 1947
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India or Pakistan
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1946
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This war begins in the former French colonies of Southeast Asia
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First Indochina War
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1945
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What V-E-Day means
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Victory in Europe Day
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1944
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On 20 July, Claus von Stauffenberg attempt to assassinate ...
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Adolf Hitler
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1943
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Bloodiest battle in the history of warfare
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Battle of Stalingrad
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1942
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Decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of WWII
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Battle of Midway
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1941
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A date which will live in ....
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Infamy
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1940
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German Air Force against Royal Air Force
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Battle of Britain
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1939
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Nazi Germany attacks this country
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Poland
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1938
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Term used to describe the annexation of Austria
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Anschluss
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1937
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German zeppelin catches fire in Lakehurst, NJ
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LZ 129 'Hindenburg'
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1936
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Guerra Civil Española, in English
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Spanish Civil War
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1935
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Antisemitic laws in Nazi Germany introduced in Nürnberg
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Nuremberg Laws
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1934
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Hitler calls himself now ....
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Führer
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1933
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The only U.S president who was 12 years is office becomes president
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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1932
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Ibn Saud found this country (the name appears in the country name)
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Saudi Arabia
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1931
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This NYC skyscraper becomes the tallest building in the world
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Empire State Building
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1930
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Uruguay wins the first .....
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FIFA World Cup
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1929
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Great economic crisis that started after the U.S. stock market crash
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Great Depression
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1928
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The Winter Olympics are held in the Swiss village
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St. Moritz
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1927
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First aviator to fly nonstop from New York to Paris
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Charles Lindbergh
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1926
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This American model is born as Norma Jeane Mortenson in Los Angeles
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Marilyn Monroe
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1925
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This autobiographical book by Hitler is published
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Mein Kampf
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1924
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The founder of the Soviet Union dies
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Vladimir Lenin
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1923
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Mustafa Atatürk declares the independence of his country
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Turkey
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1922
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Howard Carter discovers this Egyptian Pharao
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Tutankhamun
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1921
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This republican becomes U.S. president
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Warren G. Harding
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1920
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International organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace
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League of Nations
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1919
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This Asian country is the only one becoming its independence in 1919
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Afghanistan
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1918
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The Armistice of Compiègne ends this war on 11 November
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World War I
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