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- From top to bottom, left to right: The Wall Street Crash of 1929 devastates global markets, sparking the Great Depression and years of economic hardship; the Lateran Treaty establishes Vatican City as an independent state, resolving the “Roman Question”; the 1929 Palestine riots erupt across Jerusalem, Hebron, and Safed, killing hundreds and deepening Jewish-Arab tensions; the Sino-Soviet conflict (1929) erupts over the Chinese Eastern Railway, leading to a brief military clash; the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre shocks Chicago with the murder of seven North Side Gang members during Prohibition; and the 1st Academy Awards are held in Hollywood, inaugurating the Oscars. (en)
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