New Jersey and the World
| World | New Jersey |
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| 1920-New Jersey becomes the first state to ratify Prohibition | |
| 1922-Benito Mussolini takes power in Italy 1922-1923 Runaway inflation cripples Germany 1923-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics first constitution issued 1924-Lenin dies |
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| 1927-Charles Lindbergh flies non-stop from New York to Paris. His plane uses an engine built in Paterson, N.J.
The Holland Tunnel opens to automobile traffic between New Jersey and New York City |
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| 1928-Kellogg-Briand Pact -- nations agree to solve disputes peacefully 1929-Stock Market crash, triggers The Great Depression 1931-1932 Japan conquers Manchuria |
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| 1933-Hitler comes to power in Germany | 1933-Newark breweries reopen, after having been closed by Prohibition |
| 1934-Austrian Chancellor Dolfuss assassinated 1935-Mussolini conquers Ethiopia |
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| 1936-Hitler places troops in the Rhineland | 1936-W.P.A. Workers undertakes several projects in New Jersey including:
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| 1937-Japan invades China | 1937-The German zeppelin Hindenburg explodes - Lakehurst, N.J.
The Pro-Nazi German-American Bund formed, with its headquarters at Camp Norland, Andover, N.J. |
| 1938-Germany takes over Austria and the Sudetenland (Munich Pact) | |
| 1939-Hitler's troops overrun Poland, starting World War II | 1939-New Jersey native Frank Sinatra gives his premier Performance at New York's Paramount Theater |
| 1940-Japan joins Axis, attacks French and English colonies in Southeast Asia. Germany quickly defeats France. 1940-1941 Battle of Britain 1941- Germany invades Russia Japan attacks Pearl Harbor United States enters war |
1940-1941 New Jersey receives 9% of all allied war-related contracts
Naval station Earle, in Monmouth County, expands its war production |
| 1942- Fierce fighting in North Africa between British and German forces | 1942-Camp Kilmer opens in Piscataway German U-Boats sink several U.S. ships within site of The New Jersey coast Basic training Camp Boardwalk opens in Atlantic City |
| 1943- Italy surrenders 1945-World War II ends |