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West Germany1948Wars
Stalin's gambit was straightforward: squeeze the Western-occupied sectors of the divided city into submission, force the Allies out, and hand all of Berlin to Soviet control. - summary
United Kingdom1940Elections
Churchill's elevation to PM during Britain's darkest hour defined the nation's wartime leadership and his legendary defiance of Nazi Germany.
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. - summary
United Kingdom1936Tech launches
The world's largest passenger liner set sail, embodying the ambition of interwar ocean travel and establishing a benchmark for maritime engineering prestige.
RMS Queen Mary is a retired British ocean liner that operated primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line. - summary
United States1935Awards
The kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh's son captivated America and resulted in the execution of Bruno Hauptmann, marking a turning point in forensic evidence.
Charles Lindbergh and his wife, aviator and author Anne Morrow Lindbergh, was murdered after being abducted from his crib in the upper floor of the Lindberghs' home, Highfields, in East Amwell, New Jersey, United States. - summary
Germany1933Elections
The Nazi Party's electoral victory in March 1933 provided Hitler the democratic mandate he weaponized to establish totalitarian rule and trigger world war.
Since the end of World War II representations of Hitler, both serious and satirical, have continued to be prominent in popular culture, sometimes generating significant controversy. - summary
United States1933Elections
The first major corporate victory in post-Prohibition era elections saw Schenley Industries triumph in shareholder and regulatory battles to dominate American spirits production.
It owned several brands of Bourbon whiskey, including Schenley, The Old Quaker Company, Cream of Kentucky, Golden Wedding Rye, I.W. - summary
India1930Protests
Gandhi's Salt March galvanized mass civil disobedience against British colonial rule and became the defining symbolic act of Indian independence.
The Salt March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, Dandi March, and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India, led by Mahatma Gandhi. - summary
Uruguay1930Sports
Uruguay's inaugural World Cup established what would become the world's most-watched sporting competition, fundamentally reshaping global soccer.
The First Fitna was the first civil war in the Islamic community. - summary
United States1927Tech launches
The U.S. Congress established federal regulation of radio broadcasting, creating the precedent for spectrum management and the creation of the FCC.
It replaced the Radio Act of 1912, increasing the federal government's regulatory powers over radio communication, with oversight vested in a newly created body, the Federal Radio Commission. - summary
United States1923Festivals
The Charleston became the defining dance of the Jazz Age in 1923, symbolizing post-war youth rebellion across America.
The Charleston is a dance named after the harbor city of Charleston, South Carolina. - summary
China1921Revolutions
The CCP's inaugural congress in Shanghai launched the movement that would transform China into a global superpower and reshape twentieth-century history.
Founded in 1921, the CCP won the Chinese Civil War against the Kuomintang and proclaimed the establishment of the PRC under the chairmanship of Mao Zedong in October 1949. - summary
China1920Disasters
Legendary catastrophic inundation in early Chinese history possibly corresponding to actual Holocene megaflood, shaping dynastic foundations and flood mythology.
Beginning in the Bayan Har Mountains, the river flows generally eastwards before entering the 1,500 km (930 mi) long Ordos Loop, which runs northeast at Gansu through the Ordos Plateau and turns east in Inner Mongolia. - summary
India1919Wars
British troops fired on unarmed Indian protesters in Jallianwala Bagh, killing hundreds and turning Indian public opinion decisively toward independence.
In response to the public gathering, Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer surrounded the people with Gurkhas of Nepalese origin and Sikh infantrymen of the British Indian Army. - summary
Russia1917Wars
Nicholas II abdicates following the February Revolution, ending three centuries of Romanov rule and opening the path to Bolshevik power.
It was released only seven months after the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II in February 1917. - summary
Global1916Sports
World War I's devastation forced the cancellation of the Berlin Olympics, marking the first time the modern Games were suspended due to global conflict.
The 1916 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VI Olympiad, were scheduled to be held in Berlin, Germany, but they were cancelled due to the outbreak of World War I, the first time in the twenty-year h… - summary
France1916Wars
Battle of the Somme Begins
The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Republic against the German Empire. - summary
Turkey1916Wars
Gallipoli Campaign Concludes
The Gallipoli campaign, the Dardanelles campaign, the Defence of Gallipoli or the Battle of Gallipoli was a military campaign in the First World War on the Gallipoli Peninsula from 19 February 1915 to 9 January 1916. - summary
Australia1915Wars
Churchill's gamble turned into eight months of trenches and blood.
On April 25, 1915, the 1st Australian Division and the New Zealand and Australian Division (ANZAC) landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula as part of a broader British strategy to knock the Ottoman Empire out of World War I. - summary
