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  • karenjoy
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    1919. April 15 – Save the Children Fund set up in the UK to raise money for the relief of German and Austrian children
  • 13519485
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    26 August 1920 - The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
  • UsedToBeHusky
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    1921 - Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
  • Lonewolf1507
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    1922 The Reader's Digest Published
  • auntiebabs
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    1922
    * First successful insulin treatment of diabetes in Canada.
  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
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    Mount Etna volcano erupts on June 19th 1923 - 60,000 made homeless
  • auntiebabs
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    1924
    IBM was founded
  • UsedToBeHusky
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    1924 - Howard Carter discovers sarcophagus of Tutankhamen.
  • SunKissed1989
    SunKissed1989 Posts: 1,314 Member
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    1925

    3rd January - Mussolini announces taking dictorial powers over Italy
  • aprilgrl27
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    June 19, 1926 – DeFord Bailey is the first African-American to perform on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry.
  • CrazyGraciegirl
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    1926- Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle became the first woman to swim the English Channel
  • CrazyGraciegirl
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    1927- Pan American Airways is formed.
    sorry I answered late.
  • auntiebabs
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    1928
    Home Pregnancy Test is first introduced, in france, which tests for the presence of hCG which doubles every 48 hrs during early pregnancy and is checked using a urine sample. Introduced by Selmar Aschheim and Bernard Zondek.

    (i'm kind of stunned by this one :noway: )
  • devonette
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    1929 -- the Wall Street Stock Market Crashed on October 24, 1929
  • theartichoke
    theartichoke Posts: 816 Member
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    1930 - Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh.
  • weighlossforbaby
    weighlossforbaby Posts: 847 Member
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    Oct 1, 1932-Babe Ruth makes his famous called shot in the fifth inning of game 3 of the 1932 World Series.
  • KathieSwenson
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    1931 April 22 Egypt and Iraq sign peace treaty
  • Drenched_N_Motivation
    Drenched_N_Motivation Posts: 1,004 Member
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    1932-


    The first Purple Heart was awarded.
  • 13519485
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    27 February 1933 - The German Parliament building, the Reichstag, is set afire. The following day the Reichstag Fire Decree is passed which voids many German civil liberties.
  • fitnspin
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    1933 - First draw of french Loterie Nationale. Winner won five millions of francs.

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