Year
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Hint
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Answer
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1949
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This province joins Canada
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Newfoundland
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1948
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This Indian leader is assassinated by a Hindu extremist
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Mahatma Gandhi
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1947
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Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to break this
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The Sound Barrier
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1946
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Third Reich leaders are prosecuted at trials in this German city
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Nuremberg
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1945
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The United States tests this weapon in New Mexico
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Atomic Bomb
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1944
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On D-Day, Allied forces land in this French region
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Normandy
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1943
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This Italian leader is deposed as Prime Minister of Italy
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Benito Mussolini
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1942
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The United States destroys four Japanese aircraft carriers at this battle
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Battle of Midway
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1941
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Japan launches a surprise attack on this U.S. naval base
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Pearl Harbor
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1940
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This politician becomes Prime Minister of the U.K.
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Winston Churchill
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1939
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WWII begins as Germany invades this country
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Poland
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1938
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The Anschluss - Germany annexes this country
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Austria
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1937
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Japanese troops commit atrocities following the capture of this Chinese city
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Nanjing
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1936
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This British king abdicates
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Edward VIII
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1935
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Farms throughout the American prairies are devastated by this
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The Dust Bowl
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1934
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Surgeon R.K. Wilson allegedly photographs this Scottish creature
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Loch Ness Monster
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1933
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The 21st amendment brings an end to this era in American history
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Prohibition
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1932
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This U.S. President is elected, promising a "new deal" for the American people
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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1931
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At 1,250 feet high, this building becomes the world's tallest
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Empire State Building
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1930
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This country wins the first World Cup
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Uruguay
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The entire world, except Americans, knows the World Cup is the World Cup. As in, the entire world plays in it. Unlike the World Series...