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Date |
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| 1 | 1908 | |
| 2 | 1913 | - 1913: The Suffragettes. Women struggle for the vote.
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| 3 | 1914 | - 1914: World War I begins.
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| 4 | 1916 | - 1916: WW I - The Battle of the Somme. In a bid to help the French, the British launched an assault on the Germans that cost 19,000 dead in the first day.
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| 5 | 1917 | - 1917: Bolsheviks sieze Russia. Communism reigns for next 70 years.
- 1917: Dec 16th - Halifax Explosion - largest before the atomic bomb, kills 1600 and injures 9000 in Canada's worst disaster.
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| 6 | 1918 - 191 | - 1918 - 191: The Spanish Influenza epidemic kills 21 million people worldwide.
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| 7 | 1918 | |
| 8 | 1919 | |
| 9 | 1928 | - 1928: Penicillin discovered.
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| 10 | 1929 | |
| 11 | 1932 | - 1932: Radio's golden years.
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| 12 | 1933 | - 1933: Hitler becomes Chancellor.
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| 13 | 1933-1945 | |
| 14 | 1939 | - 1939: World War II begins - Canada declares war on Germany - 7 days after Britain and France.
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| 15 | 1940 | - 1940: Battle of Britain.
- 1940: Prime Minister Winston Churchill - "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.
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| 16 | 1941 | - 1941: Pearl Harbor attack.
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| 17 | 1944 | - 1944: WW II D-Day - Allies land at the beaches of Normandy. The invasions lead to the liberation of Europe from Nazi occupation.
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| 18 | 1945-1953 | - 1945-1953: Harry S. Truman, President; Alben W. Barkley, V.P.
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| 19 | 1945 | - 1945: 6 Aug - Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima. World War II ends.
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| 20 | 1952 | - 1952: Chesapeake Bay Bridge opens. First bridge to connect Eastern & Western MD.
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| 21 | 1953-1961 | - 1953-1961: Dwight D. Eisenhower, President; Richard M. Nixon, V.P.
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| 22 | 1959 | - 1959: St. Lawrence Seaway opens providing transportation from Lake Superior to Montréal.
- Sep 1959: Liverpool Twp. NS was grated to fishermen from Cape Cod. Included Mersey & Medway Rivers.
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| 23 | 1961-1963 | - 1961-1963: John F. Kennedy, President; Lyndon B. Johnson, V.P.
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| 24 | 1963-1969 | - 1963-1969: Lyndon B. Johnson, President; Hubert H. Humphrey, V.P.
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1907 - 1964 (56 years)