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THE INVASION OCCURED ONE WEEK AFTER SIGNING THE MOLOTOV-RIBBENTROP PACT.
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THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OF ALL FAIHS, ATTENDED THE COUNTY FAIR. THEY JOINED IN A PEACE DEMONSTRATION AS GREAT BRITIAN DECLARED WAR ON GERMANY.
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HIGLAND PARK ZOO, WAS RECONSTRUCTED AND REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC.
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PHILIPPE PETAIN PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED THAT HE AND FRANCE WOULD ASK FOR AN ARMSTICE. FRANCE COULD NOT FIGHT AGAINST GERMANY DUE TO TROUBLES IN THEIR COUNTRY.
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THIS WAS A SURPRISE ATTACK AGAINST THE UNITED STATES NAVAL BASE AT PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII. MANY PEOPLE DIED DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.
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PITTSBURGH WAS SHOCKED OPVER THE JAANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR.
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THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT NAVAL BATTLE OF WORLD WAR 2. THIS BATTLE HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON THIS HORRIFIC WAR.
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STEEL WORKERS, WAGE COMMITTEE, MEETING AT WILLIAM PENN HOTEL. THERE WAS A 44 CENT WAGE INCREASE GRANTED BY THE WAR LABOR BOARDS.
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THE ARMY SHOW WAS GIVEN AT PITT STADIUM.
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THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD WAS A BATTLE IN WOLD WAR 2 AND GERMANY FOUGHTTHE SOVIET UNION, THEY DID THIS TO CONTROL THE CITY OF STALINGRAD IN SOUTHWESTERN RUSSIA.
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D-DAY WAS THE DAY THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY BEGAN. THIS WAS A TURNING POINT OF WORLD WAR 2.
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A RALLY IN PITTSBURGH PLANT, 20,000 WORKERS OF WESTINGHOUSE REAFFIRMED NO-STRIKE PLEDGE FOR THE DURATION OF THE WAR.
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A SURVEY SHOWED THAT WAR CONTRACTS COMPLETED OR UNDERWAY IN PITTSBURGH PLANTS TOTALED 903,398,644 DOLLARS.
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THIS BATTLE TOOK PLACE DURING WORLD WAR 2. THIS BATTLE LASTED 6 EXTRA DAYS AFTER GERMANY SURRENDERED.
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PITTSBURGH REALTY VALUES DROPPED TO 980,000,000 DOLLARS. THIS WAS THEIR LOWEST POINT IN 25 YEARS.
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HITLER ORDERS AN ATTACK ON PRIMARY AMERICAN FORCES. HITLER PLANNED TO LEAD THE ATTACK AND CAPTURE ANTWERP.
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THIS WAS A BATTLE IN WHICH THE U.S. FOUGHT AND CAPTURED IWO JIMA. AS I STATED BEFORE ABOUT IMPORTANT EVENTS OF WORLD WAR 2, THIS WAS ANOTHER EVENT THAT OCCURED DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.
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DR. JOHN G. BOWAN WASTHE NATIONS HIGHEST PAID EDUCATOR. HE WAS REAASIGNED FOR 15 YEARS AS CHANCELLOR OF PITTSBURGH UNIVERSITY.
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THE CITY MARKED ITS 100th ANNIVERSARY OF A FIRE THAT OCCURED IN 1845.
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HARRY S. TRUMAN BECAME PRESIDENT ON THE DAY FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT PASSED AWAY FROM CEREBRAL HEMORRAGE. MANY AMERICANS WERE SHOCKED OF HIS DEATH.
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THE CITY SHUT DOWN WHEN PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT PASSED AWAY.
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ADOLF HITLER COMMITED SUICIDE BY BITING INTO A CYANIDE CAPSULE AS HE SHOT HIMSELF IN THE TEMPLE WITH A WALTHER PPK. HIS REASONING FOR THIS ACT WAS BECAUSE HE WAS SO OVERWHELED WITH THE WORL WAR.
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THIS WAS THE DAY THE ALLIES ANNOUNCED THE SURRENDER OF GERMANS IN EUROPE.
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DR. PAUL ANDERSON WAS REELECTED PRESIDENT OF PENNSYLVANIA'S WOMEN'S COLLEGE.
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THIS WAS THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED ON A JAPANESE CITY OF HIROSHIMA. MANY WERE SURPRISED BY THE U.S. ATTACK.
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THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB WAS DROPPED BY A U.S. AIRCRAFT ON THE JAPANESE CIVILIANS. MANY DIED FROM MILES AWAY FROM THE PLACE THE BOMBING OCCURED.
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RUSSIAN LABOR LEADERS ARRIVED TO THE DITRICTS STEEL MILLS.
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THE CITY WAS HAPPY THATTHE JAPANESE SURRENDERED.
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THIS WAS A VICTORY OVER JAPAN. THE UNITED STATES CAPTURED AND SAVED MILITARY BASES AROUND THE WORLD.
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PITTSBURGH INDUSTRIES LAID OFF 7,000 WORKERS AS A CANCELLATION OF THE WAR CONTRACT.
