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Spain1939Wars
Franco's nationalist victory concluded Europe's bloodiest pre-WWII conflict and installed a fascist dictatorship lasting four decades.
The international response to the Spanish Civil War included many non-Spaniards participating in combat and advisory positions. - summary
Austria1938Wars
Nazi Germany's annexation of Austria violated the Treaty of Versailles and demonstrated Western powers' unwillingness to resist Axis expansion.
Relations between Austria and Germany are close due to their shared history, with German being the official language and Germans being the ethnic group of both nations, and bordering each other. - summary
Spain1937Wars
Nazi and Fascist warplanes obliterated the Basque town on Franco's behalf, pioneering aerial terror tactics that horrified the world.
On 26 April 1937, the Basque town of Guernica was aerially bombed during the Spanish Civil War. - summary
Soviet Union1936Disasters
Stalin's campaign of terror executed thousands of Communist Party officials, military officers, and intellectuals, consolidating totalitarian control through mass violence.
The Great Purge or Great Terror, also known as the Year of '37 and the Yezhovshchina, was a political purge in the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1938. - summary
United States1933Launches
FDR's bold economic program fundamentally expanded federal authority and redefined the state's role in managing capitalism and social welfare.
Roosevelt's four terms as president from 1933 to 1945. - summary
United States1932Tech launches
Earhart became the first woman to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic, breaking gender barriers in aviation and celebrity.
Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviator and aviation pioneer who became one of the most celebrated figures of early flight. - summary
Spain1931Elections
Municipal elections toppled the monarchy and installed Spain's Second Republic, setting the stage for civil conflict.
The phrase Spanish Republic at war refers to the Second Spanish Republic during the Civil War of 1936–1939. - summary
Germany1930Elections
The Nazi party's stunning electoral surge in Depression-era Germany signaled the crisis of liberal democracy and democracy's near-fatal vulnerability.
The Basic Law also requires that the federal legislature enact detailed federal laws to govern elections; electoral law(s). - summary
United States1930Disasters
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff's protectionism triggered retaliatory trade wars and deepened the Great Depression's global reach, cementing economic isolationism.
The Tariff Act of 1930, also known as the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act, was a protectionist trade measure signed into law in the United States by President Herbert Hoover on June 17, 1930. - summary
South Africa1930Elections
White women gained voting rights in South Africa, marking a significant electoral expansion despite the country's segregationist policies.
Women's suffrage, the right of women to vote in elections, emerged as a transformative movement in the 19th and 20th centuries, marking a critical turning point in the struggle for gender equality. - summary
Soviet Union1928Elections
Stalin's radical economic and political consolidation accelerated industrialization while eliminating rivals, fundamentally reshaping the Soviet state and totalitarian governance.
The Soviet First League in football was the second highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet Top League. - summary
United Kingdom1928Elections
Women gained full voting equality in Britain, doubling the electorate and marking a watershed moment for democratic representation.
It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. - summary
United States1927Tech launches
The Jazz Singer's release with synchronized sound marked the death of silent film and transformed cinema into a fully realized audio-visual medium.
A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. - summary
United Kingdom1926Protests
The nine-day General Strike of 1926 mobilized over 1.7 million workers across Britain and marked the peak of interwar labour militancy before a decisive government victory.
A general strike is a strike action in which a substantial proportion of the total labour force in a city, region, or country participates. - summary
Switzerland1925Wars
The Locarno Treaties guaranteed Germany's western borders and promised collective security, temporarily stabilizing European relations and enabling Germany's League of Nations entry.
The Locarno Treaties, known collectively as the Locarno Pact, were seven post–World War I agreements negotiated amongst Germany, France, Great Britain, Belgium, Italy, Poland and Czechoslovakia in late 1925. - summary
France1924Sports
The Fédération Internationale des Échecs established standardized rules and competitive structures for chess, transforming the game from parlor pursuit to sanctioned sport.
The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE, is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national chess federations… - summary
United Kingdom1924Elections
Britain's 1924 election restored Conservative power under Baldwin and ended the first Labour government, reshaping postwar British party competition.
A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Wednesday 29 October 1924, as a result of the defeat of the Labour minority government, led by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, in the House of Commons on a motion … - summary
United States1924Elections
Coolidge's landslide victory consolidated Republican dominance in the Jazz Age and reflected voter satisfaction with economic prosperity.
The Republican ticket of incumbent President Calvin Coolidge and former Director of the Bureau of the Budget Charles G. - summary
United States1920Elections
The ratification of the 19th Amendment granted American women the right to vote, concluding a 70-year suffrage campaign and doubling the eligible electorate overnight.
Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. - summary
