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Napoleon annexes Papal States; Pope Pius VII excommunicates him
First peacetime financial crisis in United States; Panic of...
Greek War of Independence ends; Greece is autonomous state
Belgium recognized as independent; neutrality guaranteed by Great Powers
Hungarian War of Independence ends with Austrian, Russian victories
Construction begins on Suez Canal (finished ten years later)
Transcontinental railroad completed in United States at Promontory, Utah
Thomas Edison successfully creates, demonstrates first incandescent light bulb
Eiffel Tower inaugurated and opened; Nintendo founded in Japan
Spanish-American War ends and Philippine-American War begins
City of Tel Aviv founded by 66 Jewish families
United States Congress ratifies Eighteenth Amendment, beginning the Prohibition
Stock market crash in New York starts Great Depression
World War II begins following German invasion of Poland
Communist Party of China take Beijing; nationalists to Taiwan
Castro and Guevara take Havana and overthrow Batista's government
Armstrong and Aldrin land on Moon in Apollo 11
Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge deposed by Vietnamese forces
Solidarity legalized in Poland; party takes nearly every seat
Kosovo War ends with UN led autonomy in region
H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic infects millions around the world
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