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28th July 1932: Bonus Marchers forcibly evicted from Washington D.C. by the Army

  • 28th July 2020
  • Tagged as: America, First World War, Great Depression, Hoover, MacArthur, United States, USA, Washington DC

Bonus Marchers in Washington D.C. were forcibly removed by the U.S. Army under General Douglas MacArthur.

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15th December 1933: 21st Amendment ends prohibition in the USA

  • 15th December 2019
  • Tagged as: Alcohol, America, Criminal, Gangster, Great Depression, Prohibition, USA

On the 15th December 1933, the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution came into effect, repealing the Eighteenth Amendment which had made the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol illegal.

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24th October 1929: Wall Street Crash begins on ‘Black Thursday’

  • 24th October 2019
  • Tagged as: Economy, Great Depression, Shares, USA, Wall Street Crash

Thursday the 24th October 1929, known as Black Thursday, is generally accepted as the first day of the Wall Street Crash.

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5th October 1936: The Jarrow March departs for London

  • 5th October 2019
  • Tagged as: Economy, Great Depression, House of Commons, Jarrow March, London, Protest, Society, Unemployment

The closure of Palmer’s Shipyard was a devastating blow to the people of Jarrow, where unemployment had hit 70%.

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Opening of the Paris Peace Conference

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Operation Desert Storm

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17th January 2021

Nebraska votes for the 18th Amendment

16th January 1919: Nebraska becomes the vital 36th of the 48 states to approve prohibition in the 18th Amendment

16th January 2021

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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Armistice

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German invasion of Poland

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Berlin Wall opened

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