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Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated, sparks World War 1.
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The passenger liner "Lusitania" is sunk by german submarines. 128 Americans are on board.
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British intelligence intercepta a German telegram, which contained a message to Mexico, telling the to attack the US.
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An Armistice is signed to end all fighting on the Western Front, virtually endind World War 1.
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Germany invades Poland, making France and USSR attack Germany, starting WW2.
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Possibly the bloodiest battle of WW2, Germans were stuck in USSR, wearing summer uniforms. Then winter hit, causing many deaths.
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Eisenhower led US and allied forces into the invasion of Normandy. Germany finally surrenders.
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Over 6 million Jews are killed because of "raciacl inferiority". About 2/3 of the population of Jews were killed because of the "Final Solution".
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President Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemmorage. Harry Truman becomes 33rd president.
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After seeing the war will end in Nazi defeat, Hitler takes his own life to save himself from torture.
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The US decides to end the war on a big note: dropping an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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After the successful bombing on hiroshima, the US decides to bomb Nagasaki, which is also successful.
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Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.
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Viet Minh attacks Frenc in Hanoi in Nothern Vietnam. Also called Franc-Vietnamese War
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American and South Korean forces establish a defensive line outside the city of Pusan. Behond the Pusan Perimeter lays the only remaining non-communist Korean land (only 10%).
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North Korean forces capture the South's capital, Seoul.
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John F Kennedy defeats Repblican Richard Nixon and becomes 35th US President.
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American serviceman dies in Vietnam, first death reported. Marks the beginnning of Vietnam War.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara at the time tells the press that Kennedy intends to withdrawAmerican forces from South Vietnam by the end of 1965.
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When riding through Dallas, Texas, Presiden Kennedy is shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald. Lyndon Johnson presumes as President.
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Students in New York gathered to protest the Vietnam war by illegaly burning their draft cards.
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North Vietnamese gunboats attack the USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin, supposedly.Four years later, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara will admit that the U.S. had in fact cooperated with the South.
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Viet Cong forces shock U.S. troops with a wave of attacks supported by North Vietnamese troops. US loses 2500 men.
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The Vietnam War is officially over for the United States. Over 60000 US casualties.
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Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Egypt as the US for help
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Saddam Hussein defies US orders
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Hussein declared Jihad, United Nations gives themuntil this day to withdraw
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Led by Norman Schwarzkopf, use of Stealth bombers, cruise bombers, etc
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After 42 days of attacks, this day was the cease fire
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Slovenia and Croatia declare independence from Yugoslovia- begins Civil War.
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Serbs gain control of Muslims. genocide begins
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Authorizes humanitarian relief effects
Establishes UN operations in Somalia -
Marine and Navy Seals arrive in Mogadishu to help secure area
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US attacks the Aidid compound with helicopters, loses 2
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US retreats Aidid compound
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Mass slaughter in Rwanda of the Tutsi and moderaet Hutu by members of the Hutu majority.
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US fails to intervene, Clinton regrets it and blames his popular downage on it
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Milosevic ready to talk peace
Agreed to:
-Democratic elctions
-2 main groups
-War criminals handed over
RESULTS:
-Muslims killed: 200,000
-20,000 missing/ presumed dead
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Bush gives Hussein ultimatum
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Persian Gulf War leads too Persian Gulf War 2,or The Iraq War
