[Game] Count to 10,000

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1921 The Allies of World War I reparations commission announce that Germany has to pay 132 billion gold marks ($33 trillion) in annual installments of 2.5 billion.

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1922: Pope Pius XI (Achille Ratti) succeeds Pope Benedict XV as the 259th pope.

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1923 Vladimir Lenin suffers his third stroke, which renders him bedridden and unable to speak; consequently he retires his position as Chairman of the Soviet government.

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1924: Adolf Hitler is sentenced to 5 years in jail for his participation in the Beer Hall Putsch

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1925 Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.

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1926: Birth of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom.

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1927 Communist Party congress condemns all deviation from the general party line in the USSR.

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1928: Chiang Kai-shek is named as Generalissimo of the Nationalist Government of the Republic of China.

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1929 St. Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven gangsters, rivals of Al Capone, are murdered in Chicago.

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1930: National Socialists win 107 seats in the German Parliament (18.3% of all the votes), making them the second largest party.

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1931 The USS Arizona is placed back in full commission after a refit.

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1932: German president Hindenburg begins negotiations with Adolf Hitler about the formation of a new government.

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1933 The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.

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1934: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany, becoming head of state as well as Chancellor.

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1935 Adolf Hitler announces German rearmament in violation of the Versailles Treaty.