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Date |
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1 | 1914 | - 1914: World War I begins.
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2 | 1916 | - 1916: Polio Epidemic across the United States
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3 | 1918 | - 1918: Daylight Saving Time Introduced
Influenza Epidemic
- 1918: March–Nov., nationwide: outbreak of Spanish influenza killed over 500,000 people in the worst single U.S. epidemic.
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4 | 1919 | - 1919: Treaty of Versailles Ends World War I
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5 | 1920 | - 1920: Women Granted the Right to Vote in U.S.
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6 | 1921 | - 1921: Irish Free State Proclaimed
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7 | 1939 | - 1939: World War II Begins
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8 | 1951 | - 1951: Truman Signs Peace Treaty With Japan, Officially Ending WWII
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9 | 1958 | - 1958: Lego Toy Bricks First Introduced
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10 | 1961 | |
11 | 1962-65 | - 1962-65: Rubella (German Measles)worldwide epidemic
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